Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, ronwagn said: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/02/10/russia-places-top-navalny-aide-on-interstate-wanted-list-a72884 Russia Places Top Navalny Aide on Interstate Wanted List Good! You can see his previous top aide, Ashurkov, offering to destroy reputations of major Russian companies for a few millions in funding to a British consular official in an FSB surveillance video https://www.rt.com/russia/514291-navalny-aide-funding-alleged-british-spy/ More than enough to get the whole organization charged with treason / being a terror cell. (The British gave the guy an asylum instead) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, ronwagn said: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/02/09/how-has-society-changed-in-the-wake-of-the-winter-protests-a72878 How Has Society Changed in the Wake of the Winter Protests? (Last Winter) There were not really any "winter protests" You can see maybe some 15 "protesters" on the image above and some skilled camera work. People are getting fed up with your pet hamster's antics. Which the article actually sorta does say. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 January 30, 2022 https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/democracy-and-media/2022/01/navalny-ally-murmansk-flees-russia-aides-face-terrorist-labels Navalny ally in Murmansk flees Russia as aides face 'terrorist' labels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 January 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: There were not really any "winter protests" You can see maybe some 15 "protesters" on the image above and some skilled camera work. People are getting fed up with your pet hamster's antics. Which the article actually sorta does say. No, people are tired of your lies Andrei. https://elmoudjaweb.com/tens-of-thousands-flood-moscow-streets-to-protest-alexei-nalvanys-arrest-jaweb/ Tens of Thousands Flood Moscow Streets to Protest Alexei Nalvany’s Arrest – Jaweb 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, ronwagn said: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/democracy-and-media/2022/01/navalny-ally-murmansk-flees-russia-aides-face-terrorist-labels Navalny ally in Murmansk flees Russia as aides face 'terrorist' labels Like I said, they have every reason to classify Navalny and his actual cronies as terrorists / foreign agents / some kind of major threats to national security. This, however, appears to be just a crazy woman looking for her 15 minutes of fame. Never heard about her before. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, ronwagn said: No, people are tired of your lies Andrei. https://elmoudjaweb.com/tens-of-thousands-flood-moscow-streets-to-protest-alexei-nalvanys-arrest-jaweb/ Tens of Thousands Flood Moscow Streets to Protest Alexei Nalvany’s Arrest – Jaweb Yawn. Moscow protests usually got several sufficiently precise CCTV systems to count protesters down to a couple of individual protesters error term. Next time, tell me in real-time and I will show you. I counted like 500 and stopped watching, it was too boring. Maybe there were a couple of thousands in Moscow, but not tens of thousands. You have a very low standard of proof for yourself, Ron, to accuse anyone of anything. Remember, the Big Brother is coming for you bastards and will make you pay for all the injustice you despicable moralizing asses inflicted on the rest of humanity. All that needs to be done is to hold you up to your own supposedly high standards just once, and you will disintegrate into a bunch of infirm snot that you really are. If you really are a Christian, Ron, prey for the Big Bro to spare you. You cannot afford the restitutions that you will need to pay as your personal share. Edited January 30, 2022 by Andrei Moutchkine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 January 30, 2022 https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/civil-society-and-media/2019/06/putin-signs-law-clamping-down-distribution-foreign-print-media Putin signs law clamping down on distribution of foreign print media President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday that introduces fines for the unauthorized production or distribution of foreign print media. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 (edited) 32 minutes ago, ronwagn said: No, people are tired of your lies Andrei. https://elmoudjaweb.com/tens-of-thousands-flood-moscow-streets-to-protest-alexei-nalvanys-arrest-jaweb/ Tens of Thousands Flood Moscow Streets to Protest Alexei Nalvany’s Arrest – Jaweb Ah, the Daily Beast. A typically shoddy work of British propaganda apparatchiks reporting to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Brown Boris Vishnevsky was never a "local deputy in Moscow", because he is in St. Petersburg. However many of him there are now https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/06/three-near-identical-boris-vishnevskys-on-st-petersburg-election-ballot Here we go, an actual verifiable lie Edited January 30, 2022 by Andrei Moutchkine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, ronwagn said: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/civil-society-and-media/2019/06/putin-signs-law-clamping-down-distribution-foreign-print-media Putin signs law clamping down on distribution of foreign print media President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday that introduces fines for the unauthorized production or distribution of foreign print media. Most likely, a retaliatory measure for restrictions on some Russian media. Do you know who is affected? There is hardly such a thing as actual print media anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 24 minutes ago, ronwagn said: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/civil-society-and-media/2019/06/putin-signs-law-clamping-down-distribution-foreign-print-media Putin signs law clamping down on distribution of foreign print media President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday that introduces fines for the unauthorized production or distribution of foreign print media. I don't really see anything new yet. If you mean this https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2021-05-14/russian-federation-restrictions-on-media-with-foreign-funding-imposed/ It is a much softened version of analogous US law. Unlike the American law, the Russian one has not been used to prosecute private individuals who are not publishing anything. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 58 minutes ago, ronwagn said: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/democracy-and-media/2022/01/navalny-ally-murmansk-flees-russia-aides-face-terrorist-labels Navalny ally in Murmansk flees Russia as aides face 'terrorist' labels Let's respond in kind, shall we? This guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier who is 77, diabetic and has a heart problem is currently dying in US prison because they won't move him to a Covid hospital or as much as give him a booster shot https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-covid-positive_n_61f4a8f2e4b04f9a12bd7138? Why don't you do something for Native American rights for a change, Ron, before worrying about a strange woman in Murmansk? You claimed that to be an issue of importance to you, didn't you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, ronwagn said: https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/civil-society-and-media/2019/06/putin-signs-law-clamping-down-distribution-foreign-print-media Putin signs law clamping down on distribution of foreign print media President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on Monday that introduces fines for the unauthorized production or distribution of foreign print media. Ah, the Barents Observer is affected? I think they violated the Russian law on LGBT propaganda to minors for printing some kind of sappy story of a Sakha? youth of confused gender identity. Did their Russian edition have a printed run at all though? Not all is lost though https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/01/21/a-brotherhood-of-bears-flourishes-despite-russias-anti-lgbt-agenda-a76079 (Bears is a combination gay+hirsute fetish, I think) Edited January 30, 2022 by Andrei Moutchkine 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starschy + 211 PM January 30, 2022 All those Nawaly Terrorists and Nato financed supporters should leave Russia. Even 30000 people in Moscow with 12 Mio are non relevant. In front and around GUM are always 1000 People for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoMack + 547 JM January 30, 2022 Can Russia meet its oil production output this month? The country has missed its increased quota allotted to it over the last 2 months under its OPEC+ agreement. While in a major oil war with the Saudis in 2020, did Russia push its output beyond the limits of existing oil fields. Is Russia's spare capacity unable to fulfill its goal on the market. As Biden begs for additional crude oil from OPEC and Russia to stem the downward spiral of his Presidency due to increased energy prices, (and other crises) will he go for broke with his handlers by being weak soft with Iran. Reports show that negotiators are leaving Vienna due to the lack of strength being exerted in the deal to get the US back into the JCPOA. In this report it sounds like a move Biden will make to save himself. “Reports that the Biden administration is working with the Russians on a secret nuclear agreement with Iran are doubly concerning,” Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told the Free Beacon. “First, they create a conflict of interest with Russia as we are trying to prevent an invasion of Ukraine. Second, preemptive sanctions relief, and failure to transmit an interim agreement to Congress, would violate the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. The administration needs to end their simultaneous surrender to Russia and Iran before it’s too late.”… If a new deal with the United States is reached, Iran will see all economic sanctions imposed on it by the Trump administration removed. This includes sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, a key source of cash for the regime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starschy + 211 PM January 30, 2022 Russia don‘t care if Oil Production in volume is a few % up or down. The Key measurement in all Russian Oil and Gas companies are net profit margin. For years thats the key figure. Volume is important but for the investors dividend net profit is the key. Iran presented Russia a 20 year agreement like the Chinese one. That JCPOA is probably not longer worth a rescue mission. As mid term election may sweep democrats away. Iran could have a smaller bomb even with 60% enrichement. About the double size of the Hiroshima nukes. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 30, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Starschy said: Russia don‘t care if Oil Production in volume is a few % up or down. The Key measurement in all Russian Oil and Gas companies are net profit margin. For years thats the key figure. Volume is important but for the investors dividend net profit is the key. Iran presented Russia a 20 year agreement like the Chinese one. That JCPOA is probably not longer worth a rescue mission. As mid term election may sweep democrats away. Iran could have a smaller bomb even with 60% enrichement. About the double size of the Hiroshima nukes. It is far from obvious that uranium based nukes work at all, even if highly enriched. The real explosive yield of Hiroshima was under 1%, making it a "dirty bomb" at best. The Chelyabinsk meteor was 10x the size of Hiroshima, yet only destroyed all the window glass in town. Even Nagasaki-style (solid Pu) is way tricky. The original design had a shelf life as low as 48 hours after being built. https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/604623/why-no-one-will-ever-build-another-nagasaki-type-bomb/ Only the "hydrogen" fusion nukes are real. Edited January 30, 2022 by Andrei Moutchkine 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ronwagn + 6,290 January 31, 2022 20 hours ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: Let's respond in kind, shall we? This guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Peltier who is 77, diabetic and has a heart problem is currently dying in US prison because they won't move him to a Covid hospital or as much as give him a booster shot https://www.huffpost.com/entry/leonard-peltier-covid-positive_n_61f4a8f2e4b04f9a12bd7138? Why don't you do something for Native American rights for a change, Ron, before worrying about a strange woman in Murmansk? You claimed that to be an issue of importance to you, didn't you? I will have to put my two cents worth in for him. He looks like 37 in that nice picture, and a good smile too. The name is a distant memory. He looks more Mexican than Indian, like me at that age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 January 31, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, ronwagn said: I will have to put my two cents worth in for him. He looks like 37 in that nice picture, and a good smile too. The name is a distant memory. He looks more Mexican than Indian, like me at that age. ~28. It is a mugshot from 1972. Edited January 31, 2022 by Andrei Moutchkine 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piotr Berman + 82 January 31, 2022 Notsonice to Tomasz: You working for Putin???? You sold yourself out??? ---- Commentary sympathetic to Russia in Poland is perhaps a minority position, but with at least two historical traditions. Nationalists in Konfederacja are open to realistic, positive-sum relationships with Russia, both for economic reasons and geo-political. Current government insists on fostering bad relations with Russia AND Germany, and sketchy relations with USA, geopolitically is more rational to have realistic requests and seek advantageous exchanges. Dmowski, one of the founders of Polish nationalistic ideology seeked Russia as an ally, so "tsarist" Russia of 21-st century is a natural ally as well. But you do not need to be a Confederate to have such view (Konfederacja has an amazing and sometimes amusing collection of ideas, e.g. restoration of monarchy). There is also a leftist tradition, but the trend is that it is fragmented into pieces that are Atlanticist and pieces that keep their mouth shut on geopolitics. Tomasz sticks to what is good for business in Poland. Concerning economic sacrifices for the sake of supporting democracy, the current government is not a good example. Advocating economically foolish sanctions and insults for Russia and Belarus while selling part of government owned company to this island of democracy in Middle East that is Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Domestically, PiS ruling in Poland tries to construct a police state, hopes are that it will botch it like many other things.) Mind you, journalists of Moscow Times, Rain you-tube channels and many others opponents of Kremlin live and work in Russia, and I NEVER heard about such situations in KSA. If Russia is a fascist dictatorship, it is an unusually mild one, while KSA is an absolute monarch on steroids (and Viagra). 3 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 February 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Piotr Berman said: Notsonice to Tomasz: You working for Putin???? You sold yourself out??? ---- Commentary sympathetic to Russia in Poland is perhaps a minority position, but with at least two historical traditions. Nationalists in Konfederacja are open to realistic, positive-sum relationships with Russia, both for economic reasons and geo-political. Current government insists on fostering bad relations with Russia AND Germany, and sketchy relations with USA, geopolitically is more rational to have realistic requests and seek advantageous exchanges. Dmowski, one of the founders of Polish nationalistic ideology seeked Russia as an ally, so "tsarist" Russia of 21-st century is a natural ally as well. But you do not need to be a Confederate to have such view (Konfederacja has an amazing and sometimes amusing collection of ideas, e.g. restoration of monarchy). There is also a leftist tradition, but the trend is that it is fragmented into pieces that are Atlanticist and pieces that keep their mouth shut on geopolitics. Tomasz sticks to what is good for business in Poland. Concerning economic sacrifices for the sake of supporting democracy, the current government is not a good example. Advocating economically foolish sanctions and insults for Russia and Belarus while selling part of government owned company to this island of democracy in Middle East that is Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Domestically, PiS ruling in Poland tries to construct a police state, hopes are that it will botch it like many other things.) Mind you, journalists of Moscow Times, Rain you-tube channels and many others opponents of Kremlin live and work in Russia, and I NEVER heard about such situations in KSA. If Russia is a fascist dictatorship, it is an unusually mild one, while KSA is an absolute monarch on steroids (and Viagra). Isn't the most sacred Polish political tradition consist of riding ahead of the NATO steamroller in hostilities to Russia, while also being hostile to Germany? This is how you end up partitioned, usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUZNV + 1,197 February 1, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, Piotr Berman said: Notsonice to Tomasz: You working for Putin???? You sold yourself out??? ---- Commentary sympathetic to Russia in Poland is perhaps a minority position, but with at least two historical traditions. Nationalists in Konfederacja are open to realistic, positive-sum relationships with Russia, both for economic reasons and geo-political. Current government insists on fostering bad relations with Russia AND Germany, and sketchy relations with USA, geopolitically is more rational to have realistic requests and seek advantageous exchanges. Dmowski, one of the founders of Polish nationalistic ideology seeked Russia as an ally, so "tsarist" Russia of 21-st century is a natural ally as well. But you do not need to be a Confederate to have such view (Konfederacja has an amazing and sometimes amusing collection of ideas, e.g. restoration of monarchy). There is also a leftist tradition, but the trend is that it is fragmented into pieces that are Atlanticist and pieces that keep their mouth shut on geopolitics. Tomasz sticks to what is good for business in Poland. Concerning economic sacrifices for the sake of supporting democracy, the current government is not a good example. Advocating economically foolish sanctions and insults for Russia and Belarus while selling part of government owned company to this island of democracy in Middle East that is Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Domestically, PiS ruling in Poland tries to construct a police state, hopes are that it will botch it like many other things.) Mind you, journalists of Moscow Times, Rain you-tube channels and many others opponents of Kremlin live and work in Russia, and I NEVER heard about such situations in KSA. If Russia is a fascist dictatorship, it is an unusually mild one, while KSA is an absolute monarch on steroids (and Viagra). I don't see any problem with the current Poland Government's geo strategy. EU economy after Covid19 is not far from being recession like Japan (it has been in negative interest rate in last 10 years and now its largest partner China has economy problems as well and US may start getting into recession after covid19) . Any hope that somehow the world economy will be back to normal like covid19 never happened is simply recency bias. And in tough time, every EU country will keep jobs for themselves first and too much regulations, aging demographic, high welfare high tax prevent innovation to pay back the debts and pull the countries out of recession. By raise tension with Russia will give more US troops station in Poland, with is a stable source of income from "tourism" 365 days a year with contracts of supplies and logistics. This is why Merkel was so mad in 2020 when Trump reduced few thousand troops. The more tension with Russia the more "tourists". I guess the current Poland Gov speculates that Russia will never attack EU so US troops would not make Poland a target. It is more likely China to attack Taiwan than Putin takes the rest of Ukraine let along Poland. Good relationship with US with a open to business policies may attract more investment from the US with will upskill labors. Came out from Communism Regime (by forced not by choice and still have the religion), I assume Poland doesn't f bear heavy social welfare weight like Western Europe Countries while doesn't face the unproductive labors with high level of tribal/enviousness /selfishness culture from Communism or losing social common believe that bound people together like Vietnam, China. Dictatorship or democracy is double edges knife and therefor it doesn't guarantee success but fair for the voters pay the consequence. Each has cons and pros. Lee Kwan Yew with Singapore and Mugabe in Zimbawe are examples. USA was very lucky to have a fresh individualism from scratch and very low level aristocracy, good religion to control enviness and family nuclear and have time to develop a good foundation of decentralized republic democracy without any real geopolitical threat from the neighbors at birth. It is not something we can just export to another country with force or money. IMHO, many Asian centralized cultures should have a dictatorship to lay a foundation before having a effective democracy, like Park Chung Hee in South Korea, Chiang Kai Shek in Taiwan, Lee Kwan Yew with Singapore, Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia. So dictatorship is case by case depends on their goals, actions and democracy oriented or not. They may not be popular in their time, for example : Park Chung Hee,Chiang Kai Shek. A country with tons of natural resources will tend to be afraid to open to the West capitalism for sure and they tend to choose dictatorship. Edited February 1, 2022 by SUZNV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 February 1, 2022 2 hours ago, SUZNV said: I don't see any problem with the current Poland Government's geo strategy. EU economy after Covid19 is not far from being recession like Japan (it has been in negative interest rate in last 10 years and now its largest partner China has economy problems as well and US may start getting into recession after covid19) . Any hope that somehow the world economy will be back to normal like covid19 never happened is simply recency bias. And in tough time, every EU country will keep jobs for themselves first and too much regulations, aging demographic, high welfare high tax prevent innovation to pay back the debts and pull the countries out of recession. By raise tension with Russia will give more US troops station in Poland, with is a stable source of income from "tourism" 365 days a year with contracts of supplies and logistics. This is why Merkel was so mad in 2020 when Trump reduced few thousand troops. The more tension with Russia the more "tourists". I guess the current Poland Gov speculates that Russia will never attack EU so US troops would not make Poland a target. It is more likely China to attack Taiwan than Putin takes the rest of Ukraine let along Poland. Good relationship with US with a open to business policies may attract more investment from the US with will upskill labors. Came out from Communism Regime (by forced not by choice and still have the religion), I assume Poland doesn't f bear heavy social welfare weight like Western Europe Countries while doesn't face the unproductive labors with high level of tribal/enviousness /selfishness culture from Communism or losing social common believe that bound people together like Vietnam, China. Dictatorship or democracy is double edges knife and therefor it doesn't guarantee success but fair for the voters pay the consequence. Each has cons and pros. Lee Kwan Yew with Singapore and Mugabe in Zimbawe are examples. USA was very lucky to have a fresh individualism from scratch and very low level aristocracy, good religion to control enviness and family nuclear and have time to develop a good foundation of decentralized republic democracy without any real geopolitical threat from the neighbors at birth. It is not something we can just export to another country with force or money. IMHO, many Asian centralized cultures should have a dictatorship to lay a foundation before having a effective democracy, like Park Chung Hee in South Korea, Chiang Kai Shek in Taiwan, Lee Kwan Yew with Singapore, Mahathir Mohamad in Malaysia. So dictatorship is case by case depends on their goals, actions and democracy oriented or not. They may not be popular in their time, for example : Park Chung Hee,Chiang Kai Shek. A country with tons of natural resources will tend to be afraid to open to the West capitalism for sure and they tend to choose dictatorship. Poland's "geostrategy" has been like this for hundreds of years. Sibling rivalry - Russia got in a way of a competing Empire-building project of their own. Does get them partitioned once in a while. Somebody enlisted with US military gets like $1000/month stipend. Not much of a tourist by German standards. Poland apparently had high hopes for those budget tourists, but all they got is a huge pile of empty armor in desert camo. Sources allegedly in the know say those be US AFRICOM, not NATO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nsdp + 449 eh February 1, 2022 (edited) On 1/26/2022 at 2:10 AM, footeab@yahoo.com said: And what exactly will the USA do if Russia cuts the gas? Nothing. You can't transport gas other than in tiny amounts compared to requirements. Get Austraila to sent about 5 or sixx cargoes. We have already sent 44 cargoes and 6 are in port loading now. That is enough to take Europe to April 30th. Maybe we should footeab change to FOOTINMOUTH. Edited February 2, 2022 by nsdp .left out word Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nsdp + 449 eh February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Andrei Moutchkine said: Poland's "geostrategy" has been like this for hundreds of years. Sibling rivalry - Russia got in a way of a competing Empire-building project of their own. Does get them partitioned once in a while. Somebody enlisted with US military gets like $1000/month stipend. Not much of a tourist by German standards. Poland apparently had high hopes for those budget tourists, but all they got is a huge pile of empty armor in desert camo. Sources allegedly in the know say those be US AFRICOM, not NATO. Obviously you don't know US military pay scales. E-2 pay after basic training is $2055 +1455 . monthly for housing' + $406. /for meals both tax free. Then add $50/(tax free)if they are in a hazardous duty zone overseas and add $450/moth tax free specialty combat pay . So a E-2 can get $2055 taxable play monthly plus $2361 tax fee. You need to quit pulling statements out of your ass. If he lives in barracks and eats in the mess hall stateside he still get $2055 monthly and $12,500 is tax free under the standard deduction . So he pays about $110/month in tax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrei Moutchkine + 828 February 2, 2022 1 hour ago, nsdp said: Get Austraila to sent about 5 or sixx cargoes. We have already sent 44 cargoes and 6 are in port loading now. That is enough to take Europe to April 30th. Maybe we should footeab change to FOOTINMOUTH. The combined US+Australian LNG output is insufficient to replace all the Russian pipeline gas, should it really cut out completely. You need some 200 billion m³, which my back of the envelope calculations show to be about equal to the annual flow of a river the size of Yangtze if it were liquefied. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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