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I am wondering if Switzerland was asked to hold off on the adopting the EU sanctions. In the face of every western revenue/banking regulator chasing them, presumably all the Russian oligarchs would have been looking for somewhere safer to stash their billions of ill-gotten money, including that laundered and held for Putin. Where better they might think than the stubbornly neutral Switzerland. So the money starts flowing in and a week later, the door slams shut with Switzerland freezing all the accounts.After some soul-searching, neutral Switzerland will adopt all EU sanctions against Russia.
Russia is notorious for being a bully while acting like a whiney bitch.
The russian chatter certainly would be hillarious if there was no invasion. Now is just a bad taste joke.Apparently, it's Britain's fault that Putin put Russia's nuclear forces on high alert. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "unacceptable" remarks were made about possible "clashes" between Nato and Moscow over Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Speaking at a press briefing on Monday, Mr Peskov said: "Statements were made by various representatives at various levels on possible altercations or even collisions and clashes between Nato and Russia. "We believe that such statements are absolutely unacceptable. I would not call the authors of these statements by name, although it was the British foreign minister."
A review of recent statements by the British Foreign Minister reveal no substantive basis for Peskov's claims. The most aggressive statement was that the UK would support any British citizens who want to go to Ukraine and support the fighting...but that hardly warrants a response by Russian nuclear forces.
I LOVE the last part of Peskov's statement. "I would not call the authors...by name....but it was the British foreign minister." You can't make this stuff up. It's comedy GOLD!!!
Highly recommend warontherocks. More plausible realistic-sounding info than I've seen anywhere. Interviews with analysts who grew up in Eastern Europe, understand the context of Ukraine, and have studied Russia and its military for years.Russian military logistics are clearly not up to this task.
Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics and the Fait Accompli - War on the Rocks
Editor's note: Don't miss our comprehensive guide to Russia's war against Ukraine. Russia’s military buildup along the border with Ukraine haswarontherocks.com
That explain a lot! Thanks for sharingRussian military logistics are clearly not up to this task.
Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics and the Fait Accompli - War on the Rocks
Editor's note: Don't miss our comprehensive guide to Russia's war against Ukraine. Russia’s military buildup along the border with Ukraine haswarontherocks.com
Few Russian Presidents leave voluntarily. If Putin resigns his successor, seeking both to eliminate a rival and to build rapprochement with the West will put him on the next flight to the Hague, to die in prison like Milošević.Hopefully Putin gets what he has coming to him.
We hear these words but do the people who can prevent world annihilation hear these words. Will they allow the Rodina to become The Bunker?In the latest salvo, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Nations, compared Putin to Adolf Hitler, appearing to suggest Putin kill himself just like Hitler did a year after western Allied armies landed in Normandy, France, and pushed Germans back to Berlin.
"If [Putin] wants to kill himself, he doesn't need to use nuclear arsenal. He has to do what the guy in Berlin did in a bunker in… 1945," Kyslytsya said Monday at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Russia's invasion.
U.S. Fears Putin Will Throw Mother of All Hissy Fits if Kyiv Attack Fails
(Photo by ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)As Russian forces try to encircle Kyiv, the Biden administration is growing concerned that if Russia’s efforts to take Ukraine’s capital city aren’t as successful as Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes, the situation in Ukraine could...www.yahoo.com
Steiner's assault will bring it under control.Will they allow the Rodina to become The Bunker?
The picture of that mother crying and the child in the ambulance dying choked me up. I had tears in my eyes. I just want to go and hold my children.I cannot imagine being a parent and dealing with this crap.