RogerdeLluria
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- Jul 5, 2015
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Yes, it was that young Skywalkerov fellow.......Pretty sure it was actually a Russian pilot who took out the Death Star.
Better that than subjecting Ukrainian women to anymore brutality.Doctrine ...,.,. again
Female Russian Army medics forced into sex slavery by officers
Russian officers are using the euphemism "field wives" to describe their sickening sexual arrangements with female combat medics.torontosun.com
This is a couple of weeks old but I hadn't seen it reported previously. Interesting development re Kazakhstan seizing the Russian-owned Baikonur Cosmodrome. Here are a couple of different articles on the topic:
Kazakhstan Impounds Property Of Russian Cosmodrome Operator In Baikonur
Kazakh authorities have impounded the property of Russia's main operator of spacecraft launching sites in Baikonur (Baiqonyr) in the Central Asian nation's southern region of Qyzylorda.www.rferl.org
Kazakhstan Seizes Russia's Launch Facility at Baikonur
The government of Kazakhstan has seized Baikonur Cosmodrome and Russian space assets, putting their efforts in space on pause.www.universetoday.com
Agreed .... that would have been an unthinkable act pre-February, 2022. And, as you pointed out, the ripples Putin has caused will travel for years.It certainly speaks to the Russian loss of gravitas in Central Asia and other former SSRs. Yet more blowback from Putin's misadventure which Russia will regret for decades to some, as China moves into the power-vacuum this war will inevitably leave. There are other articles discussing how their satellite states are using the Russian distraction in order to drive their own agendas, too. More heat in Ngorno-Karabakh, etc, due to a weakened Russian presence.
He is full of bravado only because he thinks that he's a tough guy and untouchable.Human-like Prigozhin sends the new message:
Wagner Boss Prigozhin Sends a Very Weird Audio Message to The Daily Beast
ReutersThe Daily Beast has received a bizarre audio recording from none other than Yevgeny Prigozhin, the notorious head of Russia’s Wagner Group.In the audio clip, sent in response to a comment request for a story related to the private mercenary group, Prigozhin makes it quite clear that he...www.yahoo.com
Nope, not yet. He will get more in exchange for Sweden.Presumably Erdogan got whatever concessions he was seeking:
Turkey approves Finland Nato membership bid
Turkish MPs vote to admit Finland to the West's defensive alliance, after blocking it for months.www.bbc.com