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[firtashia] 21/11/2024 10:04

More here about how Merkel lied to her own government about Russian gas supply cuts to Germany following lifting of sanctions on NS2. No wonder the US were spying on her.

[masergt1] 20/11/2024 20:45

Hmm.. Logliar gone very quiet. Ha ha ha

[firtashia] 20/11/2024 18:19

I have always found it suspicious that, despite frequent accusations of Trump being a russian asset, nobody has ever questioned Merkel's integrity given her East German backgound and huylo's role in the KGB in East Germany at the same time.

[1917again] 20/11/2024 18:08

Merkel is the one who should face Trump
She was the clown that said Trump was wrong to demand Germany abandons Nord Stream 2 and honours spending the NATO 2% on defense

[firtashia] 20/11/2024 17:11

The timing of Scholz's decision to bring down his own government on the same day of Trump's election victory was no coincidence. He is indeed a petty coward, who simply cannot face up to the prospect of having to deal with him. No doubt The Donald will take no time at all to call out Scholz for his failure to live up to his very own promise of Zeitenwende and making Germany the guarantor of european security. and I dont blame him.

[masergt1] 20/11/2024 14:05

We know Scholz is the EU's appeaser-in-chief, a has been, a dead man walking, but still refusing to cede or resign despite calls from his deputies to face facts and release Taurus missiles to Ukraine. Both Macron and Starmer previously called on Biden to let ATACMS fly but now he's done so this pair of blowhards are reneging on their rhetoric. Every time Ukraine puts Putin on the back foot her vocal allies are no-where to be seen. WTF is going on? Where is the same bravery, leadership and determination against all odds shown by Zelensky?

Today, the US sanctioned the supply of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine as sleepy Joe wakes up to the opportunity to spitefully leave Trump with a bigger problem. (I don't think his change of heart has anything to do with saving Ukraine!)



"VIENTIANE, Laos—The United States will begin to send anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, a Biden administration policy shift that reflects changing Russian tactics and Ukrainian needs, a U.S. official said here.

The mines will be “non-persistent”—that is, they become inert after a set amount of time—after ”anywhere from 4 hours to 2 weeks,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“The United States has sought commitments from the Ukrainians on their use, to further limit the risk to civilians. We expect Ukraine would use these mines on its own territory. The Ukrainians are committed to not employing them in areas populated with their own civilians,” the official said.

So even now, Biden the Indian giver strikes again.

[1917again] 19/11/2024 19:02

If drink enough they can dream they are in the west

The very poor life expectancy in Russia is getting worse


Alcohol Sales in Russia Reach Record High in 2024 – RBC
one day ago
Vladimir Smirnov / TASS

Retail alcohol sales in Russia hit a record 184.2 million decaliters between January and October 2024, the RBC business news outlet reported Monday, citing data from market regulators.

This marks the highest volume recorded since 2017, when regulators began tracking the data. Sales during this period were 21% higher than between January and October 2017 and 0.8% above the same period in 2023, RBC said.

Vodka led the market, with 62.5 million decaliters sold, slightly higher than 2022 levels. Wine sales reached 46.9 million decaliters, up 0.9% from 2023 and 22.5% higher than in 2017.

Sparkling wine sales saw a significant jump of 10.9% from 2023, totaling 16.3 million decaliters, and 61% more than in 2017. Liqueur and spirits sales also increased, with liqueur sales rising 16.6% to 13.2 million decaliters and whisky, rum, and gin sales up 15.7% to 11.3 million decaliters.

The increase in alcohol consumption coincides with a rise in alcohol dependency rates reported by Russia’s state statistics agency, marking the first such increase in a decade.

[firtashia] 19/11/2024 09:51

The answer to my question posed yesterday may be found here

[gbjbaanb] 19/11/2024 00:37

Markets are designed to predict the future, ie reflect tomorrow rather than today's valuation. The idea is that enough people have their idea what it will be worth that it becomes an accurate prediction. The greater ye participants, the me accurate the prediction is. That's the theory.

[masergt1] 18/11/2024 13:43

Further to #2967 and for criticising Putin:



"An acclaimed Russian ballet dancer has died in a fall from his residential block in St Petersburg."



"Mystery as London-based Russian chef who criticised Putin dies aged 52".

[glavey] 18/11/2024 12:55

" That is the way markets move. They never reflect today, always tomorrow. "

How the heck can they "reflect... ...tomorrow" ??

[firtashia] 18/11/2024 10:34

Tongue in cheek brwo349, but as usual there's some truth behind it. As Loganair says, borders over there are arbitrary and flexible so would be good to see the likes of Bilhorod, the Kuban, Boli, Haishenwai, Kuye and Hailanpao return to their rightful, historical owners.

[brwo349] 18/11/2024 09:59

There's a lot of fury in Russia this morning and that's even with the Kursk restriction on missile use.

The world has had enough of this war and the senseless killing has to stop. It's time the big players in this conflict, Zelensky and Kim Yong Un, sat down and came to an agreement. They should agree to carve up Russia between them. Everything west of the Urals should be Ukraine and North Korea can have the rest.

[firtashia] 18/11/2024 09:49

Sleepy Joe has previously attempted to justify constraints on ATACMS usage by pointing to huylo's "threat" of nuclear escalation. Now he has lifted those constraints, does this mean he feels that such a likelihood has diminished?

[brwo349] 17/11/2024 21:31

US gives Ukraine permission to use their missiles to strike inside Russia.


It's escalating. Not good but Russia have done this to themselves by enlisting 10s of thousands of North Koreans. How bad must things be in Russia they need to do that? It's another historic mistake by Putin. Just shows how weak Russia really is.

[masergt1] 16/11/2024 15:02

Confirmation of Putin's paranoia - you get locked up for showing blue and yellow:

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[dil 21] 15/11/2024 23:39

Isn’t Scholzt history ?

Bit like Biden ringing , means nothing.

Meanwhile in the real world Putin carries on sending his own people to die in a war that he can’t win.

Putin is a disgrace to mankind just as you are logliar.

[loganair] 15/11/2024 22:52

Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as his intelligence chief is an “alarming̶1; move given her history of support for Russia, British defence figures have said.

[loganair] 15/11/2024 20:30

Today Olaf Schulz, Chancellor of Germany, gave Putin a phone call talking together for the first time since since 02 December 2022. I understand they talked for about an hour.

Note: 1 of the 4 Nord Stream pipe lines is still fully operational and could start supplying Germany with cheap gas within less then a month, just needs to be pressurised with gas first.

Also 1 of the 3 pipe lines that were damaged could be repaired in 6 months.

Therefore in a little over 1/2 a year Russia could be supplying Germany with as much gas as they were before the start of the conflict.

[gbjbaanb] 15/11/2024 00:07

That is the way markets move. They never reflect today, always tomorrow.

[loganair] 14/11/2024 23:32

JEMA share price slowly starting to represent the MOEX price of its Russian holdings.