Russia and Ukraine

[Fake Messiah]

“I’m observing a stunning picture of the suicide of the Russian economy.”

- Igor Lipsits, an expert on the Russian economy.

[Leonardo17]

On inflation:
I’m not economist but there has been 2-3 digits inflation for as long as I can remember.
+ These figures are mostly “estimates”. The yearly increase in the prices of everything here is much higher than that.
Today I wrote a bit about President Erdogan in the thread on “Religious Education” in the “Philosophy” section of the forum.

/Putin’s Russia is different. It’s an ancient communist state. People have some freedom of expression. But if you are a regime opponent, you’d better get out of the country as soon as you can (which is something many people in Russia have already done).

On Nuclear threat:

Russian state is saying the same thing since it first invaded Ukraine. It’s trying to scare free nations by brandishing the threat of nuclear warfare.

So the West provided his support step by step, doing everything possible to avoid the unthinkable.

On ATACMS:

Today Ukrainians have started to hit targets inside Russia. They don’t have permission to use ATACMS in a similar manner yet.

This is due to the fact that they have the right to defend themselves against aggressions that are coming from inside Russia.

So again: The situation is being handled very cleverly.

On Fighter Jets:
France is retiring it’s Mirage-2000 fleet for more modern Rafales aircraft (like before Erdogan we wanted to retire our F-16’s for more modern F-35’s – Which is something all NATO countries are doing right now ) and it’s giving it’s 20 or so jets to Ukraine.

How Ukraine is going to coordinate all this different types of aircraft is problematic. But in order to end the current war of attrition, they need air-superiority so tanks can start rolling on occupied territories backed by artillery and infantry etc.

But is it possible to establish air-superiority on Russia?

I think we will have to wait and see

https://www.yahoo.com/news/france-send-m...09937.html

[Fake Messiah]

Joke of the century:

“(Russia) didn't do anything bad to anyone. (Russia) did not attack anyone, unlike the United States of America.”

- Valentina Matviyenko
Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation

[The Grand Nudger]

Do our officers think that Ukrainians have more drones? russia has more people than Ukraine has drones! On the scale of our huge country, 500 000, 1 000 000 and even 5 000 000 deaths are not many, but every killed and split into atoms in an explosion — this is someone’s husband, father, brother! Our people are being killed in companies within days! Our tanks, TOS, infantry fighting vehicles are burned in batches in meat attacks! And no one gives a fuck!’

-some random invader complaining to the internet about his COs and general lot in life. Poor grunt doesn't realize the russian officer corp isn't doing any better.

[Fake Messiah]

Russians think that Mexico is their ally and they want to send them nuclear missiles to target the US

[Fireball]

Cartels with nukes. What could possibly go wrong?

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's surprising how ignorant Putin is of countries not his own.

[Mister Agenda]

He's entered the 'insulated from reality' phase of dictatorship.

[Thumpalumpacus]

He's entered the 'insulated from reality' phase of dictatorship.

Right -- the first thing I thought of when I read an article about this was this sounds a lot like Hitler's misapprehensions about America.

[Fake Messiah]

He's entered the 'insulated from reality' phase of dictatorship.

Right -- the first thing I thought of when I read an article about this was this sounds a lot like Hitler's misapprehensions about America.

Didn't it remind you more of The Zimmermann Telegram?

Anyway, I better pray to St. Jesús Malverde that Mexico doesn't go on the Russian side.



In the meantime:

"The 'Putin system' is beginning to collapse"

Mathematician and philosopher Immanuel Niven's statements are supported by a close analysis of Russia's economic situation.

According to the mathematician, the "Putin system" is beginning to collapse, exactly what he predicted mathematically already in March: "The announced drastic tax increases in Russia (the highest tax increases in the history of modern Russia) as well as Putin's recently published slogans (according to which "everyone must work as if they were at the front") are dramatic signs that the toxicity of the Russian war economy is reaching a critical level."

"If the cost of replacing material losses (in such a way that the speed of replacement is in balance with the speed of losses) is no longer within the scope of the financing of the state budget, then a system becomes unfinanceable. This unfinanceability is toxic for a system because it causes the system to collapse in the medium term (unless the war is won)."

Niven explains further that Russia is familiar with this type of toxicity: "The USSR collapsed when the costs of the arms race (pushed by US President Ronald Reagan) could no longer be financed from the state budget, which led to the collapse of the state."

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/the...r-BB1nWwtZ