Fuligin posted:

gonna need an edit with the jazz hands

Flipswitch posted:

One thing I didn't really realise until this conflict is just how big Wagner seems to be.

Egg Moron posted:

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

the future this thread wants

Egg Moron posted:

crepeface posted:

also, only 6 new pages today, did the GBS thread reopen or something

crepeface posted:

also, only 6 new pages today, did the GBS thread reopen or something

Jazerus posted:

no but we didn't have a weirdo of the day crawl out of the woodwork today

redneck nazgul posted:

why are the kiwis sending things, they're about as far from the north atlantic as it gets!

Lostconfused posted:

Got to dump the MRAPs and you might as well do it in a country where they suck poo poo to drive.

Frosted Flake posted:

Excuse me, I’ve given my life to empire science.

crepeface posted:

news round up guy please add RT, tass and global times so we can get some real news tia

quote:

https://tass.com/world/1584249

Hungary’s Orban says he understands Putin’s arguments, rejects his actions on Ukraine
3 MAR, 06:24

BUDAPEST, March 3. /TASS/. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that he understands Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arguments, but rejects his actions regarding Ukraine. Speaking in an interview for Switzerland’s Die Weltwoche, the Prime Minister also stated that the West must find a way to coexist with Russia peacefully regardless.

Orban disclosed that he discussed international security issues, including the expansion of NATO, during a meeting with Putin in February, 2022. According to the Prime Minister, the Russian leader told him back then that "Hungary’s membership in NATO is not a problem, only Ukraine’s and Georgia’s."

"Putin’s problem is the US missile bases, already created in Romania and Poland, as well as the potential expansion of NATO to Ukraine and Georgia, with subsequent deployment of weapons there. In addition, the Americans cancelled important disarmament treaties. This is why Putin could no longer sleep well at night," Orban believes. "I understand what Putin said, but I reject what he did," he added.

He also opined that Russia views thing differently from the West, because "this is a different civilization." However, "it matters not if the West likes it or not," he said. He underscored that Western power must find a way to coexist peacefully with such a strong power as Russia.

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https://tass.com/emergencies/1584295

23 shelling attacks by Ukrainian troops reported in DPR in past day, one civilian killed
3 MAR, 07:45

DONETSK, March 3. /TASS/. Twenty-three shelling attacks by Ukrainian troops were reported in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) during the past day, one civilian was killed and another one was wounded, the DPR’s mission to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) for issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes reported on Friday.

According to the mission, shelling was conducted from 152mm and 155mm artillery systems, with 62 shells being fired. Coming under shelling were the cities of Golmvsky, Gorlovka, Donetsk, Nikolaskoye, Penteleimonovka, and Yasinovataya.

As a result of shelling attacks, one civilians was killed and another one was wounded. Three houses were damaged.

Thirty shelling attacks by Ukrainian troops were reported on the previous day.

quote:

https://www.rt.com/russia/572354-medvedev-nato-ukraine-war/

Ex-Russian president names ‘red line’ for direct war with NATO
2 Mar, 2023 20:29

Canadian and German troops teaching Ukrainians how to use Leopard tanks already qualifies as participation in the conflict, but sending fighter jets to Poland would mean “direct entry,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

Medvedev, who is also deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, warned the US and its allies that they can be treated as parties to the conflict “if, in addition to supplying weapons, they train personnel to operate them,” citing legal precedents from the early 20th century.

Tank training on EU territory already applies, Medvedev noted on Telegram, but if that expands to fighter jets based somewhere in Poland, “that would be direct entry of the Atlanticists into war against Russia, with all the consequences that entails.”

According to Medvedev, only fear of this has so far restrained the “infantile” West from giving airplanes and long-range weapons to Kiev, though he predicted their desire to destroy Russia would prevail before long.

While the US, NATO and the EU talk about the “freedom-loving people of Ukraine,” Thursday’s attack on Russia’s Bryansk Region shows that they are supporting “Nazi bastards, terrorist scum who attack civilians,” Medvedev said.

“These are your proteges, Mr. Sunak, Macron, Scholz and Biden!” he wrote, addressing the leaders of the UK, France, Germany, and US. “And our attitude towards you is now the same as towards them. Your countries are now participants in the terrorist acts of the Ukrainian regime, and you are direct accomplices of terrorists.”

Though the West considered him a “liberal” during his 2008-2012 presidency, Medvedev has been blunt and outspoken about the military operation in Ukraine since it was launched in February 2022. Just last month, he warned the US that its talk about “strategic defeat” means Russia now sees the conflict as existential.

A group of Ukrainian soldiers crossed the border into Russia on Thursday morning, attacking two villages and shooting up a car with civilians inside. Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the “terrorist attack” and vowed to punish the perpetrators.

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https://www.rt.com/news/572352-poland-cut-aid-ukrainian-refugees/

Warsaw cuts aid for Ukrainians
2 Mar, 2023 18:24

Warsaw has changed its policy on Ukrainians fleeing the conflict between Moscow and Kiev who are staying in Poland. Under a regulation that came into force on Wednesday, they will now have to cover some of the costs of their own accommodation if they stay in state-run shelters for more than four months.

Ukrainians living in group accommodation facilities must pay for half of the expenditures from March, according to amendments made to the Ukrainian Citizens Assistance Act signed by President Andrzej Duda in late January. That amounts to up to 40 zlotys ($9) per person per day, the document published by the Polish parliament says.

Those who stay in the state-run facilities for more than 180 days will have to cover 75% of the costs starting from May 1, meaning the sum they pay will be around 60 zlotys ($13.6) per person per day, the legislation says.

Minors under 18, people with disabilities, people of retirement age, pregnant women, and those raising a child up to the age of one or taking care of three or more minors, will be exempted from the new rules.

The move was taken to “balance expenses” and encourage Ukrainian refugees to become more “independent,” Deputy Interior Minister Pawel Szefernaker told Polish media. “It is not the role of the state to rent apartments,” he told Poland’s RMF24 radio, adding that “we are coordinating activities aimed at ensuring that those [Ukrainians] who have not become independent in Poland become independent as soon as possible.”

Some refugee aid programs in Poland are to be taken over by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Szefernaker said. According to the deputy minister, Warsaw spent 6 billion zlotys ($1.36 billion) on helping Ukrainian refugees in the first six months of 2022.

Brussels only provided Poland with an additional 900 million zlotys ($203.55 million) of aid in 2022, he said, calling it a “drop in the ocean” of what is needed.

“We keep pointing out that a fund is needed [to support] countries like Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Romania, which have accepted the largest number of [Ukrainian] refugees. These are the only funds we have received from the European Union,” Szefernaker told RMF24.

According to Poland’s PAP news agency, half a million people have stayed in Poland’s state-run accommodation centers since the start of the military operation in Ukraine. Some 80,000 are still living there now, the agency added.

Weka posted:

Empire science

Jazerus posted:

no but we didn't have a weirdo of the day crawl out of the woodwork today and i guess the war is p much the same old thing

Al! posted:

boo BOO

fizzy posted:

TASS



RT

Homeless Friend posted:

we have already reeducated the gbs posters. slava ukrani

Chillgamesh posted:

Gotta say Wagner Group sounds like they would make pretty great villains in a shooter game. Maybe something like FEAR and you're being haunted by the Ghost of Kyiv

Chillgamesh posted:

Gotta say Wagner Group sounds like they would make pretty great villains in a shooter game. Maybe something like FEAR and you're being haunted by the Ghost of Kyiv

Chillgamesh posted:

Gotta say Wagner Group sounds like they would make pretty great villains in a shooter game. Maybe something like FEAR and you're being haunted by the Ghost of Kyiv

Chillgamesh posted:

Gotta say Wagner Group sounds like they would make pretty great villains in a shooter game. Maybe something like FEAR and you're being haunted by the Ghost of Kyiv

Chillgamesh posted:

Gotta say Wagner Group sounds like they would make pretty great villains in a shooter game. Maybe something like FEAR and you're being haunted by the Ghost of Kyiv

Regarde Aduck posted:

When the war is over some of the munitions will still be lying around. Civilians get blown up by unexploded cluster munitions wherever they've been used. They've tried and failed to make them 'safer' for civilians. They're very useful so big boy nations refuse to give them up.

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

the future this thread wants

#МОНТЯН! posted:

​The poorest and most unfortunate in Russia 😭

Despite the war and the introduction of unprecedented sanctions with the freezing of accounts, yachts and palaces, this did not affect the richest Russians in any way. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, only in the first two months of 2023, the wealth of Russia's richest businessmen grew by $10.4 billion:

• Lukoil owner Vagyt #Alekperov became richer by $2.43 billion. Probably, part of this income refers to the supply of petroleum products to Romania and Bulgaria, and from there to Ukraine for the Armed Forces;

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Alekperov is a shareholder of Lukoil, the publicly traded oil and gas company that reported revenue of $125.1 billion in 2021. The Moscow-based company employs more than 100,000 people and accounts for about 2% of the world's oil production. Alekperov is calculated to have collected more than $5 billion in dividends.
As of March 2, 2023 :
Last change -$94.4M ( -0.5%)
YTD change +$2.50B ( +16.3%)

- Severstal's owner Alexey #Mordashov - +1.54 billion;

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Mordashov is the largest shareholder of Severstal, Russia's fourth-biggest steelmaker. He also owns stakes in miner Nordgold, power generation equipment maker Power Machines, and TUI, a European tour operator. He has investments in hypermarket chain Lenta, Bank Rossiya and telecommunications operator Rostelecom.
As of March 2, 2023 :
Last change -$267M ( -1.3%)
YTD change +$1.26B ( +6.7%)

- NLMK owner Vladimir #Lisin - +$905 million;

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Lisin is the chairman of Novolipetsk Steel, Russia’s largest steelmaker. The publicly traded company produced 15.7 million metric tons of crude steel and had $16.2 billion of revenue in 2021. He also owns Freight One, a rail freight operator in Russia; port facilities operator UCL Port; and shipping company VBTH.
As of March 2, 2023 :
Last change -$184M ( -0.9%)
YTD change +$851M ( +4.3%)

- owner of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works Vladimir #Rashnikov - +$825 million;

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Rashnikov is the chairman of Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, a Russian steel and pipe producer. The publicly traded company had revenue of $11.9 billion in 2021. Rashnikov acquired most of its stock in the 1990s by buying shares distributed by the Russian government to plant workers following the fall of the Soviet Union.
As of March 2, 2023 :
Last change -$101M ( -1.1%)
YTD change +$732M ( +8.6%)

- USM owner Alisher #Usmanov - $738 million.

quote:

Usmanov owns 49% of USM, a Russia-based investment group that controls Metalloinvest, Russia's largest iron ore producer, and MegaFon, a Moscow-based telecommunications company. He controls Kommersant, a Russian newspaper, and has stakes in AliExpress Russia Holding and Akkermann Cement.
As of March 2, 2023 :
Last change -$18.6M ( -0.1%)
YTD change +$855M ( +4.6%)

As for Russia's richest billionaire, owner of NorNickel, Vladimir Potanin, who is 44th in the ranking, lost $94.2 million. Probably due to Bloomberg's biased assessment of Potanin's new assets, among which Tinkoff and Rosbank stand out. 🫢

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Potanin is the president of Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of high-grade nickel. He owns about one-third of the Dudinka, Russia-based company, which had revenue of $17.9 billion in 2021. Potanin's other investments include stakes in Tinkoff Bank and Rosbank.
As of March 2, 2023 :
Last change -$356M ( -1.3%)
YTD change -$326M ( -1.1%)

It is surprising, because all last year, metallurgists and oil companies were actively crying about the sanctions, falling prices and continuous losses, demanding for support from the state - and in the end, they have come out with a nice big surplus. Well, it is not surprising that big business, despite the good profits, was lukewarm to Putin's call to voluntarily increase contributions to the budget, which was in deficit due to the sanctions. Participation of big business in helping the army at war or civilians affected by the hostilities is out of the question. All this rests on the shoulders of ordinary citizens.

★ Канал #МОНТЯН!
★ #МОНТЯН! без купюр
★ Все каналы #МОНТЯН!
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Some Guy TT posted:

huh weird that putin is a dictator who wants to genocide ukraine as the first step to maniacal world domination but cant even be bothered to prevent domestic corporations from making indirect sales to the country hes trying to conquer

crepeface posted:

news round up guy please add RT, tass and global times so we can get some real news tia

Budzilla posted:

What do you think will happen with Russia's oil if they stop paying Ukraine transit fees?

Budzilla posted:

What do you think will happen with Russia's oil if they stop paying Ukraine transit fees?

Budzilla posted:

What do you think will happen with Russia's oil if they stop paying Ukraine transit fees?

Ardennes posted:

It will go through the Caspian? Btw, a study came out that the price cap actually had pretty minimal effect.

Budzilla posted:

So if the oil/gas was cut off today can the other pipelines make up the shortfall?