Russia Invades Ukraine. Volume 4
Discussion
Register1 said:
Bright Halo said:
President Xi is visiting Putin in Moscow next week.
Hopefully he tells him to stop being a Pratt and to get his army out of Ukraine.
Somehow I doubt it though.
I think the former.Hopefully he tells him to stop being a Pratt and to get his army out of Ukraine.
Somehow I doubt it though.
Get the flock out of UKR, you are an embarrassment.
Perhaps China will spin this as a peace mission when it's really about China hoovering up cheap natural resources.
Random thoughts:
Putin isn't actually denying these crimes. Clearly the evidence is sound.
Russia's immediate reaction to the arrest warrant tells us clearly it *is* meaningful to them. It matters. (They even added it to their list of demands for peace talks.)
This is a bit leftfield, but the Hague is one way Putin can leave power without being dead or ending up in a Russian prison. If he can get himself to the Hague he will die of old age after a safe, comfortable retirement writing his memoirs. That may not appeal to him - I'd grasp it with both hands.
Putin isn't actually denying these crimes. Clearly the evidence is sound.
Russia's immediate reaction to the arrest warrant tells us clearly it *is* meaningful to them. It matters. (They even added it to their list of demands for peace talks.)
This is a bit leftfield, but the Hague is one way Putin can leave power without being dead or ending up in a Russian prison. If he can get himself to the Hague he will die of old age after a safe, comfortable retirement writing his memoirs. That may not appeal to him - I'd grasp it with both hands.
Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Saturday 18th March 16:22
BikeBikeBIke said:
This is a bit leftfield, but the Hague is one way Putin can leave power without being dead or ending up in a Russian prison. If he can get himself to the Hague he will die of old age after a safe, comfortable retirement writing his memoirs. That may not appeal to him - I'd grasp it with both hands.
To paraphrase Mhairi Black's recent turn of phrase -That, as a concept, is fur the burds

I mean, on paper it makes sense, but I'd be willing to bet that Putin would give it approximately zero consideration as a strategy.
Edited by TheJimi on Saturday 18th March 16:37
TheJimi said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
This is a bit leftfield, but the Hague is one way Putin can leave power without being dead or ending up in a Russian prison. If he can get himself to the Hague he will die of old age after a safe, comfortable retirement writing his memoirs. That may not appeal to him - I'd grasp it with both hands.
To paraphrase Mhairi Black's recent turn of phrase -That, as a concept, is fur the burds

I mean, on paper it makes sense, but I'd be willing to bet that Putin would give it approximately zero consideration as a strategy.
I still like it.

Wagner seriously threatening Russians:
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/163713083...
You can see why the leadership need to kill them all in battle.
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/163713083...
You can see why the leadership need to kill them all in battle.
BikeBikeBIke said:
Wagner seriously threatening Russians:
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/163713083...
You can see why the leadership need to kill them all in battle.
Is Nazi the new go to justification in russia. Everyone who is currently doing anything they don't like, including their own countrymen, instant Nazi label.https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/163713083...
You can see why the leadership need to kill them all in battle.
BikeBikeBIke said:
This is a bit leftfield, but the Hague is one way Putin can leave power without being dead or ending up in a Russian prison. If he can get himself to the Hague he will die of old age after a safe, comfortable retirement writing his memoirs. That may not appeal to him - I'd grasp it with both hands.
He is the wealthiest man on the planet, completely power obsessed and is willing to kill 1000's of innocent people in an attempt to force his idea of a new soviet union. He wants to go down in history as a great Russian dictator and if his last chapter of his life is in prison then that will be a humiliating failure.Edited by BikeBikeBIke on Saturday 18th March 16:22
You could argue he has failed already but he still has full control and power, plus access to all his wealth (within Russia)
I also think he is completely paranoid and being an ex KGB agent knows all about torture methods used to gain information. I'm also not 100% convinced the public would be happy with him being allowed to live in a prison cell.
spookly said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
Wagner seriously threatening Russians:
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/163713083...
You can see why the leadership need to kill them all in battle.
Is Nazi the new go to justification in russia. Everyone who is currently doing anything they don't like, including their own countrymen, instant Nazi label.https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/163713083...
You can see why the leadership need to kill them all in battle.
In other news, In Mozhaysk, Moscow region, a fifth grader put out the local Eternal Flame with a fire extinguisher - but not in the usual way. Method shown in tweet video
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/16370594259942...
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/16370594259942...
BikeBikeBIke said:
bloomen said:
Nazi means something different in the Russian psyche.
That sounds plausible. I'd like to see a definition from a Russian POV.Russian media reported that Putin arrived in #Mariupol by helicopter. There, he drove around several micro-districts of the city and allegedly talked to the locals.
https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/163734207...
https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/163734207...
BikeBikeBIke said:
BikeBikeBIke said:
bloomen said:
Nazi means something different in the Russian psyche.
That sounds plausible. I'd like to see a definition from a Russian POV.They are taught from a young age that the red army defeated the Nazi's and saved the world. Most towns in the affected areas of Belarus and Russia will have an external flame burning with a memorial to those who lost their lives in WW2.
It's the easiest way to get the brainwashed public to believe Putin is doing the right thing.
myvision said:
Russian media reported that Putin arrived in #Mariupol by helicopter. There, he drove around several micro-districts of the city and allegedly talked to the locals.
https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/163734207...
If that was really him, and not a doppelganger, that is pretty ballsy.https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/163734207...
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