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don't east russians basically hate putin for the most part?
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Seriously, a Russian gopnick in their natural adidas plumage is a modern day symbol of Russia. Seeing that piece of culture wane away would be a crime.
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Shibawanko posted:don't east russians basically hate putin for the most part? East Russia is where Putin most frequently has to sack elected governors and appoint replacements.
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Alchenar posted:Russia has five military districts. The Western (Zapad) is the one that has received the lion's share of modernisation so is the most 'fighty' and leading the axis attacking Kiev and assessed by many to be the center of gravity of Russia's advance. Why does nenetsia not get a district?
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Don't worry. New domestic producer of track suits will be up and running soon zadidas.
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Dante posted:This look like a russian remake of the 2002 budget movie Equilibrium Putin: Ukrainians will welcome us with open arms. As saviours. Calmly. Coolly. Entirely without incident.
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Mar 7, 2022 22:11
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https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1500942396535840772?s=20&t=4EYHf9cVjgu-TPnc7ok_vA Sorry,  for convoy being blown up.
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We will give you your track suits if every oligarch sends 3 pigeons or sparrows to Kiev.
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Edmond Dantes posted:Putin: Ukrainians will welcome us with open arms. As saviours. Calmly. Coolly. Entirely without incident. goddamn that is pretty good. Someone should make a clip where each of the motorcycle/trenchcoat guys has image of a BMP stuck on it as it gets shot by his guns (which are now javelins).
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Mar 7, 2022 22:14
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How do they keep getting AA getting blown up by A.
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Mar 7, 2022 22:14
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:Why does nenetsia not get a district? Northern Fleet HQ is where all the boomers are, Russia quite sensibly decided that the navy should be in charge of all the military infrastructure up there (Sensibly for a country that is sufficiently self-aware of how corrupt it is that if it gave the army the budget to for protecting the nuclear subs then Very Bad things would happen).
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Mar 7, 2022 22:15
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Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:isn't the venezuelan oil sector a hosed up mess of broken equipment and procedures? iirc last year russia looked into taking over some chunk of it and backed away, probably because the cost of repair to get the oil wouldn't be worth the price of the oil. like i dont think it would really be possible for venezuela to increase production that's part of what any deal would have to fix
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Mar 7, 2022 22:17
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Security Council meeting going on now - Russia's rep already spoke, it consisted of what you would expect. https://twitter.com/julianborger/status/1500939069412491270?t=yjNI9va43vGvLrKWsuxWRw&s=19
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Mar 7, 2022 22:19
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slow hands posted:Sorry for the dumb question but what would the implications of Russia defaulting be? Even worse devaluation of their currency? Destroys any incentive for anyone to buy their bonds, so eliminates their ability to raise new funds (particularly new foreign currency) on the open market. Basically kills a massive line of credit, because everyone knows that they don't pay their I.O.U's. They'll still have others, like war bonds, going begging to China etc, but they'll need to find something since their reserves can't possibly survive a serious conflict - wars run on money, lots of money. No state can run a serious conflict without securing huge loans from somewhere.
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KitConstantine posted:Security Council meeting going on now - Russia's rep already spoke, it consisted of what you would expect. They aren't in charge of this meeting correct? Also, is there any teeth to that Ukraine argument that the Russian Federation is not the legitimate successor to the Soviet Union's seat? Because we did those shenanigans with China and Taiwan before... I don't know how much it would even do to boot Russia from the Security Council at this point, I mean possibly further minor humilation? TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Mar 7, 2022 |
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TulliusCicero posted:They aren't in charge of this meeting correct? Practically speaking no, as there's decades of precedent whereby the entire UN and its member states, including Ukraine, treated the Russian Federation as the legitimate successor to the Soviet Union.
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Antigravitas posted:How do they keep getting AA getting blown up by A. Russian incompetence goes from A to Z
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TulliusCicero posted:They aren't in charge of this meeting correct? They have nuclear weapons, they are not gonna get booted.
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TulliusCicero posted:They aren't in charge of this meeting correct? We are absolutely moving towards the point where Russia gets booted from the security council, but that's a long-term diplomatic effort. They need to ramp up their war crimes, maybe a false flag nuclear attack, while having their military prestige and economy crushed. When China and India turn on them then there can absolutely be an international consensus to strip them of their seat. It's still going to take years, there's no one weird trick.
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TulliusCicero posted:They aren't in charge of this meeting correct? No, and furthermore the Security Council and the UN only has the limited function/authority it has because all major powers agree to sit on it due to having a veto. Removing Russia from the security council would just mean the UN is weaker. Morrow posted:We are absolutely moving towards the point where Russia gets booted from the security council, but that's a long-term diplomatic effort. They need to ramp up their war crimes, maybe a false flag nuclear attack, while having their military prestige and economy crushed. When China and India turn on them then there can absolutely be an international consensus to strip them of their seat. It's still going to take years, there's no one weird trick.
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I feel like at this point India would just take Russia's seat if it came down to it. But yeah I really don't see it happening
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Cocaine Bear posted:Russian incompetence goes from A to Z However, they are pretty good at the other 6 letters.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:The high oil prices are offsetting some of the damage sanctions are causing to russias ability to finance the war so lowering oil prices isn’t just about helping peoples commute it’s also important in terms of the point of sanctions. That's a good point I hadn't considered re: sanctions. But yeah, they're going to hit him whether or not they're lifting oil caps so might as well go for the least worst option.
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Dante posted:No, and furthermore the Security Council and the UN only has the limited function/authority it has because all major powers agree to sit on it due to having a veto. Removing Russia from the security council would just mean the UN is weaker. yeah the UN is not supposed to be supranational, it only works in the capacity of a forum for communication and coordination, russia's seat on the security council doesn't really give them more power that they don't already have
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https://censor.net/ua/video_news/3322626/bash_benzovoz_otoyi_sho_z_pritsepom_bash_beter_gory_suka_v_adu_ukrayinski_voyiny_znyschuyut_tehniku Some good footage showing Ukrainians hitting a convoy with their locally produced laser guided ATGM Stugna-P. Filmed from the control panel LCD view. 3 missiles shot in the clip, 2nd missile was a dud/landed flat shortly after launch. Hit a fuel truck and a BTR
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https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1500915756237737991 russia is very hosed
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Are the Bayraktar drones relatively quiet? I'm surprised that people seem to be chilling next to obviously tempting drone targets while the drone circles overhead.
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radmonger posted:However, they are pretty good at the other 6 letters. Z is 9th in their alphabet, so other 24.
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Morrow posted:We are absolutely moving towards the point where Russia gets booted from the security council, but that's a long-term diplomatic effort. They need to ramp up their war crimes, maybe a false flag nuclear attack, while having their military prestige and economy crushed. When China and India turn on them then there can absolutely be an international consensus to strip them of their seat. It's still going to take years, there's no one weird trick. I don't ever see Russia getting booted from the Security Council, absent them using actual nuclear weapons in a non-defensive capacity. Does it require a vote of the General Assembly, or the Security Council itself, to amend the UN Charter? If it's the Security Council, then China would most certainly veto it, less so if it takes the General Assembly.
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Shes Not Impressed posted:https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1500942396535840772?s=20&t=4EYHf9cVjgu-TPnc7ok_vA Looks like they know how to pick out the vehicles carrying high explosives so the surrounding vehicles get covered in burning poo poo too. Was that a SAM carrier or something?
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Dante posted:Are the Bayraktar drones relatively quiet? I'm surprised that people seem to be chilling next to obviously tempting drone targets while the drone circles overhead. Modern drones that carry ordnance like that are high and quiet enough to where you often cannot hear or see them with the naked ear/eye, even if someone calls you and tells you that it is over your position right now.
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Slow News Day posted:https://twitter.com/ragipsoylu/status/1500915756237737991 Well more like certain bondholders are very hosed to be honest. mlmp08 posted:Modern drones that carry ordnance like that are high and quiet enough to where you often cannot hear or see them with the naked ear/eye, even if someone calls you and tells you that it is over your position right now.
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Seth Pecksniff posted:I don't ever see Russia getting booted from the Security Council, absent them using actual nuclear weapons in a non-defensive capacity. Does it require a vote of the General Assembly, or the Security Council itself, to amend the UN Charter? If it's the Security Council, then China would most certainly veto it, less so if it takes the General Assembly. Based on the corruption we've seen so far, we ought to take a look at sale history on molotok. ru to see if their arsenal hasn't been pawned off.
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Dante posted:Are the Bayraktar drones relatively quiet? I'm surprised that people seem to be chilling next to obviously tempting drone targets while the drone circles overhead. Yeah, plus they’re small and operating at a fairly high altitude.
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gay picnic defence posted:Looks like they know how to pick out the vehicles carrying high explosives so the surrounding vehicles get covered in burning poo poo too. Was that a SAM carrier or something? Yeah it was a SAM system, clearly not being used very effectively!
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Dante posted:Are the Bayraktar drones relatively quiet? I'm surprised that people seem to be chilling next to obviously tempting drone targets while the drone circles overhead. If all your AA systems keep breaking down/ getting stolen then there's really not a lot you can do
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Dante posted:Are the Bayraktar drones relatively quiet? I'm surprised that people seem to be chilling next to obviously tempting drone targets while the drone circles overhead. They fly high, and if you stand in the middle of a column of vehicles with running diesel engines you will not hear many things.
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Anubis posted:I'm not shocked, but I am disappointed. New thread title? Lead out in cuffs posted:Intelligence agencies from across NATO have been watching Russia gently caress with their countries for years now. Trump, the 1/6 insurrection, the truck Nazis in Ottawa, Brexit and so many other major threats to democracy where targeted Russian propaganda and even active Russian intelligence assets were involved. But the agencies' job is just to report on this poo poo, and it's up to other branches of their governments to actually react to it. And large numbers of elected representatives are now either buying into Russian-promoted fringe propaganda, or are full-blown Russian assets themselves. So the CIA/NSA, CSIS, MI5, and a host of equivalent agencies have had to stew in their frustration as they've dutifully pointed out the Russian fuckery, and watched nothing be done about it. Those are some great Evil Overlord Thug outfits they have going.
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TulliusCicero posted:If all your AA systems keep breaking down/ getting stolen then there's really not a lot you can do Not to mention "Exploding".
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