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04-01-23 19:34 #1821
Posts: 516Russian academic speaks the truth. Is there an open window in his future?
"Russia is losing its future. Aleksandr Auzan, dean of Economics at Moscow State University on the loss of human capital in Russia".
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/...C-0ZemysYtAAAA
The video clip is 1 min 18 secs in length, and Auzan tries to soften his dire predictions by saying "if" the brain drain doesn't continue in the same way it's been going. Unfortunately for him, and Russia, there's no evidence Putin has any intention of changing course. Which means the brain drain is likely to continue along its death-spiral course, taking with it the hopes of Russia's future (for years, possibly generations) to come.
If you watch the clip it's clearly a warning, albeit cloaked in academic language, about the negative consequences of the current policy path. And it's clearly coming from someone in a position to have in-depth knowledge.
Unfortunately for the professor, pointing out Putin's negatives usually results in negative consequences showing up at your own door. Let's hope he has enough in the way of connections and influence to avoid any untimely accidents.
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04-01-23 14:20 #1820
Posts: 324Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
The new foreign policy doctrine has been well understood as taking it in the ass from China from now onwards.
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04-01-23 06:03 #1819
Posts: 516Did you translate it from the original Mandarin?
Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
If anyone doubts this, just look at reports about Xi's recent Russia visit. The deliverables were decidedly in China's favor while Russia received mostly platitudes.
Putin has become Xi's lapdog, and everyone knows it, even in Russia. Can't wait for Vladivostok to revert to Chinese ownership and control. Won't that be exciting?
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04-01-23 05:52 #1818
Posts: 516Putin is a rabid dog that needs to be put down
Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
With Putin, the fact that he has nukes makes getting rid of him even more important. That's because his nuclear saber-rattling won't stop with Ukraine. It'll continue with respect to Poland, the Baltics, and whatever else LilliPutin decides he wants.
But let's talk about nukes, shall we? I've seen some interesting articles detailing the kind of meticulous maintenance, and periodic replacement of critical components, needed to keep ICBMs mission-ready. With what we've seen of Russia's military, so far, it's an open question as to how much of Russia's nuclear deterrent is operational.
But let's assume it's good to go. The next question is whether Putin has a,death-wish and, even if he does, whether those around him share that death-wish. Will the soldiers and sailors and airmen blindly follow a launch order? Especially when, according to Russia's own military doctrine, nukes are a last resort to be used only if the homeland is under attack? It's hard to predict how people will react to an order to conmence the apocalypse. Hesitation, refusal, and even revolt are all possibilities.
One other thing to consider is the will of Russia's de facto master, China. Xi isn't as reckless as Putin and China will not want to deal with the fallout (literal and figurative) of Putin's foolishness. I'm guessing Xi has plenty of spies close to the Kremlin who would sound the alarm if rabid-dog Putin started foaming at the mouth too much. If that happened, I'd be surprised if China didn't have contingency plans ready to go. Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other Central Asian countries have all been cozying up to China. They all have spy networks and contacts in Russia, and none of them has a death-wish. On this particular issue, I would argue that Putin is truly isolated. None of his internal or external allies are willing to die for him. And, if they suspect he's losing his shit, they'll likely move against him.
Oh, and the 'provocation' BS is pure Russian propaganda. Ukraine never posed a threat to Russia. Ukraine simply wants to be left alone. And NATO, a defensive alliance of 30 countries, never posed a threat of offensive action against Russia. Consider that, at least prior to Russia's aggression, several NATO countries were on good terms with Russia and would NEVER have voted in favor of any NATO action against that country. Once again, Russia plays the faux victim as an all too transparent facade to excuse its own aggression.
But that's fine. Because, unlike 2014, Europe and its allies now see Putin for the existential threat he is. It's a damn shame that the dog you love has turned rabid. But that doesn't change the fact that he absolutely needs to be put down.
P.S. One correction to the above: Finland's application to join NATO has received unanimous approval, so NATO will be a 31 nation alliance. And, with that one move, the presence of NATO on Russia's borders has greatly expanded. Putin is truly the best salesman for NATO membership who has ever existed!
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04-01-23 03:21 #1817
Posts: 1316While a new Russian Foreign Policy doctrine has been revealed.
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/fun...ments/1860586/
A new Chinese symbol depicting a snorting bug in the Kiev's bunker has taken shape:
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03-31-23 22:44 #1816
Posts: 1956When?
Originally Posted by Oiste [View Original Post]
Kay: Did he say anything to you?
Edwards: Yeah, that the world is coming to an end.
Kay: Did he say when?
Per favore compagno, don't leave us hanging.
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03-31-23 22:11 #1815
Posts: 1956Russia is doomed.
Originally Posted by Locamotive [View Original Post]
9 months, 30,000 dead, 15 miles. Any other country, their generals would've been court-marshaled for wasting soldiers lives, but Russians historically don't give a fuck about how much meat they throw into the grinder.
And they never have. Ever.
If Bakhmut falls (which is not at all predetermined), the Russians will be left holding ruins and facing new fortifications and defensive positions in all directions. There are 100's of Bakhmuts in Ukraine, and that's just on the left bank of the Dnepro, and the Ukrainians are willing to kill and die for every one of them.
Russia is doomed.
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03-31-23 19:07 #1814
Posts: 3230Originally Posted by Jmsuttr [View Original Post]
For all the venom you spit, when it comes to the chance of nuclear war, all of a sudden Putin is the most rational person on earth and as compassionate as Mother Theresa.
War mongers prodded and provoked Putin, and now you want to tell us how evil he is. Why the hell did you provoke him in the first place then? What does it say about you guys that you poked, prodded, and provoked the bear? That you are the good guys?
And now come back and tell me I am a Putin lover because honestly that is all you have left.
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03-31-23 14:12 #1813
Posts: 516And the brainless hubris of the Putinistas is their doom
Originally Posted by Oiste [View Original Post]
Russia went from having the (false) image of strength to being the laughingstock of the world. And it won't be long before they'll be printing rubles with the image of Xi on one side, and Mao on the other.
Just as with North Korea, Putin has doomed Russia to the fate of being a China-dependent failed state.
Nice going, Vlad! Would you like some fries with your dog-meat burger?
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03-31-23 11:35 #1812
Posts: 324Clown world resident
Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
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03-31-23 10:33 #1811
Posts: 75Originally Posted by Jmsuttr [View Original Post]
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03-31-23 06:40 #1810
Posts: 516Comrade Xi's vision of a wonderful world
Originally Posted by Questner [View Original Post]
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03-31-23 06:35 #1809
Posts: 516Yes, evil is an absolute.
Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
He's a murderer and the blood of Boris Nemtsov, and anyone else Putin saw as a rival or annoyance, is dripping from his hands.
He's a kidnapper and war criminal, as the ICC has correctly recognized with their issuance of an arrest warrant.
He's a genocidal maniac, as his minions strive to extinguish all things Ukrainian, simply because Ukraine doesn't want to be Russian.
He's an egotistical imperialist. And, since there's zero evidence that his evil appetite will be satisfied with Ukraine (just ask Poland and the Baltics), then the rational response is to eliminate the Putin-cancer before it metastasizes.
But hey, moral relativists like you probably have 'nuanced' views on issues like whether things like pedophilia are evil and wrong, eh? After all, maybe the pedo was 'provoked' by an unscrupulous and scheming child, right?
You don't have to be a black-and-white person to understand that there are truly evil people in the world. And you don't need to be a rocket scientist to recognize Putin as one of them. And you don't need to be a vindictive person to be happy when he finally gets what he deserves.
But here's what inquiring minds want to know: Will he end up like Hitler or Mussolini? We should start a betting pool on that!
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03-31-23 03:22 #1808
Posts: 1316'and I say to myself, What a wonderful world!
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03-30-23 23:43 #1807
Posts: 161Originally Posted by Jmsuttr [View Original Post]
Some of you are smoking crack or are delusional. The latest today Bakhmut is about surrounded and should fall soon. Ukraine claims a resurgent push in the spring mud, yeah that will be interesting. As I said before this is over. Maybe not today or tomorrow but this is over. Even one of my girls this past week in Philippine's,we were watching US news and she knows very little about this or has very much education. She is looking at map and I could see her thinking. Hmm she says that little country is trying to beat that giant one, that is stupid. You are correct dear but many do not see what you see in 5 minutes.