What's going on in Russia?

[Mik]

Empty Russian transport planes arrive in Belarus. Troop movements? Putin called Lukashenko this morning, maybe for reinforcements.

[George K]

@Jon said in What's going on in Russia?:

Bears repeating.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in What's going on in Russia?:

Empty Russian transport planes arrive in Belarus. Troop movements? Putin called Lukashenko this morning, maybe for reinforcements.

I know that's what I would be doing....

[Aqua Letifer]

[Aqua Letifer]

[Doctor Phibes]

Is there anything Biden can’t do?

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in What's going on in Russia?:

Is there anything Biden can’t do?

Speak coherently?

[Jon]

Seems unlikely. He’s a dead man if he does that.

[LuFins Dad]

Where are the Chechens in all of this? They have a pretty large force there as well…

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in What's going on in Russia?:

Where are the Chechens in all of this? They have a pretty large force there as well…

Siding with Poots.

[Mik]

Ok, so the brass agree to resign. Who replaces them?

[Renauda]

@LuFins-Dad said in What's going on in Russia?:

Where are the Chechens in all of this? They have a pretty large force there as well…

In their barracks. Nothing would precipitate a mass revolt faster than Putin calling on the Chechens to kill ethnic Russians to save his sorry ass. You have no idea how Chechens are hated throughout Russia.

[Aqua Letifer]

[Renauda]

Am sure he’ll be quite safe from the Kremlin and FSB in Belarus.

[Mik]

@Renauda said in What's going on in Russia?:

Am sure he’ll be quite safe from the Kremlin and FSB in Belarus.

Riiiight.

[LuFins Dad]

What about the Russian troops that supposedly joined Wagners column?

[Mik]

@Renauda said in What's going on in Russia?:

Am sure he’ll be quite safe from the Kremlin and FSB in Belarus.

It’s hard to fathom why he agreed to this. If you shoot at the king….,

[Renauda]

@Mik

They made him an offer he couldn’ t refuse after they made clear to him what was going to happen to his immediate family members, the Wagner officer corps and the majority of his troops if he didn’t.

He knows very well that some day they will come for him anyway. He is a dead man either way.

[George K]

@Mik said in What's going on in Russia?:

It’s hard to fathom why he agreed to this.

Probably safe to assume that there was a lot going on that we may never know the extent of.

[89th]

@Copper said in What's going on in Russia?:

Follow Mr. Putin's plane here:

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ra-96022

Flightradar24 is great btw. The app also has augmented reality and also 3D view of planes as they fly. Amazing stuff, and the playback is great. For example you can see Putin’s plane as it returns to Moscow, it had a near steady drop from 24,000 to landing without a change in descent angle, probably to avoid any level flying and being shot at.