We also don’t have foreign invaders blowing up our cities and actively trying to kill our leaders
This isn't a sports ball game.
You don't have to cheer for a team.
We also don’t have foreign invaders blowing up our cities and actively trying to kill our leaders
A rather astonishing statistic here from a US official - who implied that Russia had lost around 40% of its fixed wing and rotary wing capability - ie its military aircraft.
Speaking to Foreign Policy's national security reporter Jack Detsch, the official also said that while the Kremlin had launched more than 300 sorties into Ukraine in the last 24 hours, they were not "venturing very far and very long" into airspace - suggesting a wariness around the potential to lose more aircraft.
No doubt about it Putin is like most politicians anywhere. The ones that stay in very long grown insane levels of wealth. He gets his cut to be sure,just like most of the ones here do. That last spending bill our congress passed was almost half pork,making loads of money for quite a few of them.Is the point to show every one of the players is at least a bit compromised?
Putin's mysterious net worth complicates Biden's decision to sanction him
Biden said Putin has launched a "war of choice" against Ukraine. So why isn't Russia's president targeted by sanctions?fortune.com
Stanislav Belkovsky, a Russian political analyst and Putin critic, estimated that Putin had a net worth of $70 billion in 2012 for The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, based on claims that the Russian president has stakes in Russian oil and gas companies like Gazprom and Surgutneftegas.
Anders Aslund, Swedish economist and author of Russia’s Crony Capitalism: The Path from Market Economy to Kleptocracy, gives a higher estimate, arguing that Putin has somewhere between $100 billion and $150 billion in assets. Aslund based his calculation on the wealth of Putin's confidants. The economist estimates Putin's friends hold between $500 million and $2 billion each on behalf of the Russian president.
Putin's official salary is $140000, by the way
Zelenskyy isn't trying to cross the Hungarian border with $28 million in cash nor has he attacked Russia militarily
You still attempt some kind of false equivalency. Why?
No amount of financial corruption absolves Russia in this matter
It would be interesting to see the actual impact area from the post I made with the flight video. It certainly looked like a missile going fast enough and appeared to have a layer of plasma around it(a sonic boom could also be heard well after it passed). But as far as I know we have never had video of the impact point. I think the videos claiming to be the impact ones are just regular smart munitions(explosive,not kinetic energy seen in them).Russia's hypersonic 'Kinzhal' missile strike claim is a dud, defense experts say
"I would not see it as a game changer," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said of the alleged launch.justthenews.com
Based on my research, Putin has 2-3 adult children and an ex-wife. Most of whom live in palatial estates in France. Sylvain verified the French connection. Lol
Vladimir Putin’s mistress Alina Kabaeva is allegedly hiding in Switzerland with their four young children, sources tell Page Six.
“While Putin carries out his assault on the Ukraine, attacking innocent citizens and causing a refugee crisis, his family is holed up in a very private and very secure chalet somewhere in Switzerland — for now, at least,” a source told us.
Kabaeva, an Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast, reportedly has four children with the Russian leader, 69, but the two have never officially confirmed it.
Sources say they share 7-year-old twin daughters, who were born near Lugano, Switzerland, in February 2015. It is believed they also have two sons.
“Alina has two young boys and twin girls with Putin who were born in Switzerland,” a source told Page Six about Putin’s alleged children with Kabaeva, 38. “The kids all have Swiss passports, and I imagine she does also.”
Good to know. I stand corrected. I did not know about the mistress and alleged younger children.Actually I don't think they live in France, well not the kids ... not sure about the ex-wife.
They do own villas in France though but they were empty when people broke in a few days ago.
Last I heard Putin's kids and his girlfriend/mistress where actually in Switzerland.
Putin is supposed to have four young kids with his current mistress (two 7-years old twin daughters and two sons), and two older daughter (in her 30's) with his ex-wife.
The kids are believed to be born in Switzerland.
I imagine the chalet looks like that ...
And the grounds are patrolled by FSB spetsnaz on snow mobiles.Like in Die Hard.
Or this?
Either way there's no name on the mail box and the basement is full of bodyguards.
FIFYGood to know. I stand corrected. I did not know about the mistress and alleged younger children.
I have to keep reminding myself that Putin is the product of the Soviet era KGB. He has definitely done some very dark things.
Good to know. I stand corrected. I did not know about the mistress and alleged younger children.
I have to keep reminding myself that Putin is the product of the Soviet era KGB. He has likely done some very dark things.
Speaking of Kim Jung Un I learned that his nephew (Kim Han-Sol) lived and studied in Normandy in a city not far from where I live, a few years ago.
Studied in Normandy?
I thought he went to the imperial academy to be a pilot before he joined the rebellion?
I look at it a bit more jaded. While the rhetoric may not actually be just rhetoric, I see us doing to Putin in Ukraine what he did to us in Syria - that is, frustrating our intent any way he can and not being too concerned about our casualties or those of Assad was willing to induce in his own peopleNo doubt about it Putin is like most politicians anywhere. The ones that stay in very long grown insane levels of wealth. He gets his cut to be sure,just like most of the ones here do. That last spending bill our congress passed was almost half pork,making loads of money for quite a few of them.
I will and never have claimed to even like Putin. I honestly just want us out of the overthrowing nation building ******** that has been going on for 100+ years. It is not what made this a great country...it is a primary driver in the mess we are in though.
But you still believe there is a winning scenario to be had in a nuclear war that warrants a US strike on China right now. Correct? Do you think China would be too timid to strike back?I look at it a bit more jaded. While the rhetoric may not actually be just rhetoric, I see us doing to Putin in Ukraine what he did to us in Syria - that is, frustrating our intent any way he can and not being too concerned about our casualties or those of Assad was willing to induce in his own people
Given Putin's response, it seems he not too thrilled at being on the receiving end of this kind of thing. I really don't think he is crazy or unstable and I think, while the parameters of the simulation may have changed somewhat, there still is no winning scenario to nuclear war unless our leaders are perceived, correctly, as being too timid to strike back in the event of a first strike
I won't debate here whether our intentions in Syria were in any way better for ordinary Syrians than Russia's given the mess we made in Libya, but despite its scale, it is starting to seem like the usual sort of proxy war we have fought many times. We'll have to wait and see whether Putin is still a rational actor or not. I fully expect him to push Biden even harder because he can
There seems to be growing skepticism here by defense experts.Russia's hypersonic 'Kinzhal' missile strike claim is a dud, defense experts say
"I would not see it as a game changer," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said of the alleged launch.justthenews.com
The Chinese have a MUCH smaller nuclear arsenal (~450) making a first strike wiping out their entire stockpile possibleBut you still believe there is a winning scenario to be had in a nuclear war that warrants a US strike on China right now. Correct? Do you think China would be too timid to strike back?
Just go ahead and do it right now without concern about a global fallout from doing so. Who do you believe would support such a unilateral blockbuster move with far reaching consequences? I don't even think our current allies would support it.
I am a firm believer in fight them now or fight them later when we are at much more of a disadvantage
Soviet eraIs that steel? Kind of antiquated, or?