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What's going on in Russia?

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  • L LuFins Dad
    24 Jun 2023, 18:15

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

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    Renauda
    wrote on 24 Jun 2023, 21:01 last edited by
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    @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.

    Elbows up!

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      Aqua Letifer
      wrote on 24 Jun 2023, 21:43 last edited by
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      Please love yourself.

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        Renauda
        wrote on 24 Jun 2023, 22:13 last edited by
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        Am sure he’ll be quite safe from the Kremlin and FSB in Belarus.

        Elbows up!

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        • R Renauda
          24 Jun 2023, 22:13

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

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          Mik
          wrote on 24 Jun 2023, 22:28 last edited by
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          @Renauda said in What's going on in Russia?:

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

          Riiiight.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            LuFins Dad
            wrote on 24 Jun 2023, 23:44 last edited by
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            What about the Russian troops that supposedly joined Wagners column?

            The Brad

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            • R Renauda
              24 Jun 2023, 22:13

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

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              Mik
              wrote on 25 Jun 2023, 00:44 last edited by
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              @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….,

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • M Mik
                25 Jun 2023, 00:44

                @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….,

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                Renauda
                wrote on 25 Jun 2023, 01:04 last edited by Renauda
                #72

                @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.

                Elbows up!

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                • M Mik
                  25 Jun 2023, 00:44

                  @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….,

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                  George K
                  wrote on 25 Jun 2023, 01:08 last edited by
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                  @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.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • C Copper
                    24 Jun 2023, 14:46

                    Follow Mr. Putin's plane here:

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

                    or here:

                    https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=157716

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                    89th
                    wrote on 25 Jun 2023, 01:10 last edited by
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                    @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.

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                      Mik
                      wrote on 27 Jun 2023, 13:11 last edited by
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                      Why Prigozhin's rebellion failed.

                      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-prigozhin-s-short-lived-russian-rebellion-failed/ar-AA1d3cm4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=c88615de214b471485e2fbad0125f2e8&ei=14

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        Jolly
                        wrote on 27 Jun 2023, 13:57 last edited by
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                        They're building a camp for 8000 Wagner troops in Belarus, 200 klicks from the Ukraine border.

                        Things that make you go hmmmm....

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • J Jolly
                          27 Jun 2023, 13:57

                          They're building a camp for 8000 Wagner troops in Belarus, 200 klicks from the Ukraine border.

                          Things that make you go hmmmm....

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on 27 Jun 2023, 14:12 last edited by
                          #77

                          @Jolly

                          Maybe, maybe not:

                          https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-border-service-refutes-claims-on-belarus-wagner-camps/

                          Elbows up!

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                            Darth Putin
                            wrote on 27 Jun 2023, 14:32 last edited by
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                              TheDevilHimself
                              wrote on 27 Jun 2023, 14:37 last edited by
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                              I have a place all warmed up for you, Darth. Come on down.

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                              • T TheDevilHimself
                                27 Jun 2023, 14:37

                                I have a place all warmed up for you, Darth. Come on down.

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                                George K
                                wrote on 27 Jun 2023, 14:38 last edited by
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                                @TheDevilHimself said in What's going on in Russia?:

                                I have a place all warmed up for you, Darth. Come on down.

                                LOL.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on 28 Jun 2023, 17:11 last edited by
                                  #81

                                  Mayhem in Moscow:

                                  https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/28/we-were-called-in-for-a-meeting-and-handed-weapons-how-the-russian-elites-survived-the-prigozhin-rebellion-a81682

                                  Elbows up!

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 28 Jun 2023, 21:21 last edited by
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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Renauda
                                      wrote on 28 Jun 2023, 21:59 last edited by
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                                      Am sure there will be others to follow:

                                      https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/28/russian-general-arrested-following-wagner-mutiny-mt-russian-a81685

                                      Elbows up!

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 29 Jun 2023, 14:40 last edited by
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                                        It’s getting even murkier…

                                        https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/29/who-was-prigozhin-counting-on-to-back-his-failed-mutiny-a81665

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 1 Jul 2023, 23:12 last edited by
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                                          The Wagner 'Coup' Was Staged by Putin

                                          By now, everyone has heard about the narrowly avoided coup in Russia: Last Friday night, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, one of Putin's most trusted allies and the commander of the notorious Russian mercinary Wagner Group, marched on Moscow in an apparent coup d'etat, only to come to a swift agreement with Vladimir Putin and decamp for Belarus. While most commentators acknowledged that things didn't quite add up, the "expert" class happily concluded that at least it had weakened Putin in his war against Ukraine.

                                          None seemed to realize the obvious truth: The coup was staged, and completely faked false flag operation.

                                          Think about it: An army invades Russia, race right up to Moscow, and no one gets hurt? With just a few thousand men, it achieved what Hitler with almost a million men wasn't able to? And Putin holds his military back? And then, with Moscow supposedly within his grasp, Prigozhin decides, "Oh well, never mind" and heads to Belarus?

                                          Prigozhin would have had to be an idiot or suicidal to think that with 8,000 men he could invade Moscow. Yet Prigozhin is very smart man, a juvenile delinquent turned convict, then hot dog salesman, then CEO of a multi-million dollar catering business serving the Kremlin, to finally commander of the world's most formidable mercenary force. It is utterly implausible that Prigozhin thought that he could take on Rosgvardia, Russia's National Guard, a 340,000-strong domestic security force reporting directly Putin.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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