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Times two. It is going to take them a while to repair both sections. I think there may be damaged rolling stock to clear as well. They must have an undamaged "horse" to pull the equipment that's still able to roll. I'm sure they have a motivated and dedicated repair staff that is the equal of western railroads. It's possible they may overlook a few safety standards to return the track to service but it will take more than a couple days. If they have the necessary roadway maintenance machinery and work gangs stationed in between the two out of service sections, it might happen more quickly. Especially if there are several temporary bridge spans, rail, ties, as well as tools pre-positioned. I'd love to be the RWIC on that job. KA-CHING!Track damage - takes some hours depending on damage
track blocked by collapsed bridge - may take several days depending on the size of the bridge and available heavy equipment
even some hours are a win if that deprives the enemy of urgently needed supplies
Quite possibly but there are many billions of Russian money from State and Oligarch held in Western Banks, which with a bit of imagination might be taken in lieu.10 bucks says Russia doesn't pay one ruble in reparations.
There are also hundreds of well retributed Western attorneys who would plea against the seizure.Quite possibly but there are many billions of Russian money from State and Oligarch held in Western Banks, which with a bit of imagination might be taken in lieu.
True, but I did say with some imagination. It looks as if the USA have already started. That said I have only had two instances of American lawyers. once on my side when I found a fraud, and once against when negotiating with the EU and American Underwriters association. I was more worried in the former instance, and not the latter.There are also hundreds of well retributed Western attorneys who would plea against the seizure.
Russia may not pay reparations, but maybe Its successor state will.
Soviet Union also rejected to pay the US lend lease during WWII. What follows is the history of that debt.
The Soviet Union officially became a member of the Lend-Lease program on June 11, 1942. The Lend-Lease Act expired on August 21, 1945. The United States then calculated the debts and billed the recipient countries. The Soviet Union was initially charged $2.6 billion, but that amount was later halved. Stalin stated that "the USSR has fully paid its debts for the lend-lease with the blood of its soldiers." But this debt was not forgotten ...
The Lend-Lease Debt Agreement was signed in 1972, with the Soviet Union pledging $722 million, including interest, by 2001. But the following year, relations between the two countries deteriorated again and the Soviet Union stopped paying. In 1990, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George W. Bush agreed that the Soviet Union would pay $674 million by 2030. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the debt was reassigned to its successor, the Russian Federation, which paid it in full until August 2006.
Yes that's right, Russia finished paying URSS lend-lease debt with Putin as president
True, but for once they did did kept this deal. I am ok with that. Its token money but look what sacrafices the soviets made.$ 674 million at 2006 rate : a bargain compared to 1945 $ 2.6 billion converted at 2006 rate...
It's smaller, but here's a partial replacement.Dmytro Antonov, the last Captain of An-225 Mriya. Initial damage assessment of the home base.
Price of the 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop Pact : when you have dinner with the devil, it is better to have a long spoon.True, but for once they did did kept this deal. I am ok with that. Its token money but look what sacrifices the soviets made.
What sacrifices the people under a totalitarian regime every bit as evil as that of Hitlers, you meanTrue, but for once they did did kept this deal. I am ok with that. Its token money but look what sacrafices the soviets made.
But, then they wouldn't be Nazis. Those lands were full of untermensch to be worked or starved to death so that the Nazi's autarky and lebensraum could be established. At best, per this report the non-Jewish populations "were to be resettled beyond the Urals to make room for German colonists."if the Nazis had held off on their atrocities and attitudes of racial superiority over the indigenous population, the populations of the formerly independent nations of the USSR would have willing and eagerly contributed massive manpower and support to the German cause against Russia.