...Putin choir boys and honest military strategist like me world wide have surmarised the invasion of Ukraine as a failure,what was thought to be a surgical stike against all major cities in Ukraine has failed leading to the 5th day. The Russians having attacked with approx 250,000 soldiers, hundreds of aircraft and thousands of armour and wheels HAVE NOT captured a major Ukrainian city. Chechnya leader now demands to send his entire army there,belarus also has started firing missiles into Ukraine after the frustrations. Now Putin has cowed nad will meet Ukraine delegates at the borderafter initial demand they meet in minsk capital of Belarusian.
Personally am in record saying real war will start after Russia captures Kiev but at this rate and thousands 3,500 Russians checking 6ft underground I don't know what to say. Don't take me wrong thousands of more Russians are pouring over the border and all Ukraine could be captured still if war continues. But I rate the Russian army very poorly its reminds me of intial stages of WW2 where they suffered catastrophic losses against Germany.
US sanctions and closure of airspaces by like partners crippled Putin. Also supply of superior weapons that has seen over 1000 Russian soldiers killed is slowly sinking Putin. In weeks, he will be isolated man leading an anemic economy. Russian people will be very poor going forward!Yes its seems Russia has not modernised its land forces most of their equipment is obsolete the Ukrainian Javeline and Nlaw anti tank/armour are doing major damage to Russian soldiers it's soo sad,on social media especially Twitter they are burnt out bodies of Russians in the armoured vehicles. Russia army is till 20 years behind the west am sure NATO is very happy with these results. Just 2 anti tank system crippling the world largest army :(
Hopefully this is the beginning of cooler heads. I don't think most folks understand what we are headed for if someone miscalculates and we end up in the stone age.Well you have to understand Putin has nothing more to lose that's why he won't mind a nuclear war but he will be assassinated or overthrown by his own people before that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/27/pentagon-moscow-backchannel-escalation-00012107
This is the information age. Wars are being fought in cyber space crippling Russia ministries. Putin is fighting a 60s war. In this age of mobile phones, mobile everything, so are the shoulder held Javelin and Nlaw missile launchersUS sanctions and closure of airspaces by like partners crippled Putin. Also supply of superior weapons that has seen over 1000 Russian soldiers killed is slowly sinking Putin. In weeks, he will be isolated man leading an anemic economy. Russian people will be very poor going forward!Yes its seems Russia has not modernised its land forces most of their equipment is obsolete the Ukrainian Javeline and Nlaw anti tank/armour are doing major damage to Russian soldiers it's soo sad,on social media especially Twitter they are burnt out bodies of Russians in the armoured vehicles. Russia army is till 20 years behind the west am sure NATO is very happy with these results. Just 2 anti tank system crippling the world largest army :(
Now it seems clear just how innocently Hitler showed up on world stage. Like the muderous dictator before him, who was driven to his death before he could effectively use the superior jet missiles the superior Germany inventors were perfecting, Putin will go before he can use any nuclear weapons. Putin's war will become a World War 3 (the whole world's business) if it becomes an issue about the survival of man.Hopefully this is the beginning of cooler heads. I don't think most folks understand what we are headed for if someone miscalculates and we end up in the stone age.Well you have to understand Putin has nothing more to lose that's why he won't mind a nuclear war but he will be assassinated or overthrown by his own people before that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/27/pentagon-moscow-backchannel-escalation-00012107
US sanctions and closure of airspaces by like partners crippled Putin. Also supply of superior weapons that has seen over 1000 Russian soldiers killed is slowly sinking Putin. In weeks, he will be isolated man leading an anemic economy. Russian people will be very poor going forward!Yes its seems Russia has not modernised its land forces most of their equipment is obsolete the Ukrainian Javeline and Nlaw anti tank/armour are doing major damage to Russian soldiers it's soo sad,on social media especially Twitter they are burnt out bodies of Russians in the armoured vehicles. Russia army is till 20 years behind the west am sure NATO is very happy with these results. Just 2 anti tank system crippling the world largest army :(
Twitter /facebook/Youtube will show what their masters want you to see.US sanctions and closure of airspaces by like partners crippled Putin. Also supply of superior weapons that has seen over 1000 Russian soldiers killed is slowly sinking Putin. In weeks, he will be isolated man leading an anemic economy. Russian people will be very poor going forward!Yes its seems Russia has not modernised its land forces most of their equipment is obsolete the Ukrainian Javeline and Nlaw anti tank/armour are doing major damage to Russian soldiers it's soo sad,on social media especially Twitter they are burnt out bodies of Russians in the armoured vehicles. Russia army is till 20 years behind the west am sure NATO is very happy with these results. Just 2 anti tank system crippling the world largest army :(
They are two kinds of people that underestimate the west:Another comedian...Mpesa is now about as busy as swift .China run their own payment system that is now busier than swift
1) Those that have never lived in the west
2) those that have never been to Russia or China (Ive been to China. Its a shithole country. Outside of Beijing & shanghai, its 3rd world)
3) Russia will be locked out of the swift system & Putin will eventually be removed & killed by his own people.
This is much bigger than even the SWIFT shutdown.
Russia made the mistake of holding its assets on computers where others have root access.
With a keypress they got shut down. QWERTY was in retrospect much more of a threat to them than NATO.
Google swift & come back to me. Comparing mpesa to swift is the real comedy.
Your problem pundit is that youve never lived in the west or been to China or Russia
They are two kinds of people that underestimate the west:
1) Those that have never lived in the west
2) those that have never been to Russia or China (Ive been to China. Its a shithole country. Outside of Beijing & shanghai, its 3rd world)
3) Russia will be locked out of the swift system & Putin will eventually be removed & killed by his own people.
Google swift & come back to me. Comparing mpesa to swift is the real comedy.
Your problem pundit is that youve never lived in the west or been to China or RussiaQuoteThis is much bigger than even the SWIFT shutdown.
Russia made the mistake of holding its assets on computers where others have root access.
With a keypress they got shut down. QWERTY was in retrospect much more of a threat to them than NATO.
What so difficult to understand about the west genius kadudu.China has built a rival to swift.This is not first time Russia faced sanctions..it now a yearly routine....Yuan and China are saving Russia economically so any chokehold of Russia doesn't work
CHina and Russia cannot be trusted when it comes to the rule of law. They are two sets of laws in China. One for the CCP and one for everyone else. would you put $1 billion dollars in NYC, Moscow or Beijing? Nobody trusts the ruble or yuan.
Tell these blind mice. They cannot even ask themselves why rich Chinese and Russians busy investing in the "decaying West". Never heard of a Russian Oligarch buying a mansion in Shanghai or a Chinese billionaire buying a dacha in Russia. These rich Chinese and Oligarchs know where their investments are safe. Only Pundit and his ilk busy commenting on issues they have no clue of.
Ati comparing SWIFT with Mpesa. Try using Mpesa to transfer 200.000 Ksh to Uganda.
Btw, anyone of you know when the last Russia-China war took place?CHina and Russia cannot be trusted when it comes to the rule of law. They are two sets of laws in China. One for the CCP and one for everyone else. would you put $1 billion dollars in NYC, Moscow or Beijing? Nobody trusts the ruble or yuan.
First ask yourself who is a Russian Oligarch.
These are corrupt officials who enriched themselves during Yelstins era. When Putin came to power he dethroned them and they fled to Western capitals.
Rich Individuals in Russia nolonger invest abroad after 2014.
Kadudu have you ever been to Russia ?
Clueless as usual. Do you think there any Oligarchs in Russia without the blessings of Putin?
First, have you been there yourself?
First ask yourself who is a Russian Oligarch.
These are corrupt officials who enriched themselves during Yelstins era. When Putin came to power he dethroned them and they fled to Western capitals.
Rich Individuals in Russia nolonger invest abroad after 2014.
Kadudu have you ever been to Russia ?
Tell these blind mice. They cannot even ask themselves why rich Chinese and Russians busy investing in the "decaying West". Never heard of a Russian Oligarch buying a mansion in Shanghai or a Chinese billionaire buying a dacha in Russia. These rich Chinese and Oligarchs know where their investments are safe. Only Pundit and his ilk busy commenting on issues they have no clue of.I use Mpesa worldwide..this new world
Ati comparing SWIFT with Mpesa. Try using Mpesa to transfer 200.000 Ksh to Uganda.
Btw, anyone of you know when the last Russia-China war took place?CHina and Russia cannot be trusted when it comes to the rule of law. They are two sets of laws in China. One for the CCP and one for everyone else. would you put $1 billion dollars in NYC, Moscow or Beijing? Nobody trusts the ruble or yuan.
Nowayhaha, what do you have to say to the following?
The Russian central bank has increased interest rates to 20% from 9.5% after the rouble plunged up to 40% on Monday in the wake of western sanctions.
Ati comparing SWIFT with Mpesa. Try using Mpesa to transfer 200.000 Ksh to Uganda.
Btw, anyone of you know when the last Russia-China war took place?
I use Mpesa worldwide..this new world
]I use Mpesa worldwide..this new world
Nowayhaha, what do you have to say to the following?The clumsy guy who pundit calls low IQ won't know how to answer you on this one. And Pundit himself will avoid responding to this same post simply because you are posting facts.
The Russian central bank has increased interest rates to 20% from 9.5% after the rouble plunged up to 40% on Monday in the wake of western sanctions.
Tell me the current Russian Oligarchs ?
You are the one who is Clueless. Name the current Oligarchs
?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii
You are a hopeless case.
Tell me the current Russian Oligarchs ?
You are the one who is Clueless. Name the current Oligarchs
?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii
You cant name any simply because you dont know what you are talking about....
A Ukranian farmer talking in pure Russian with a Russian accent. Very Ironic.?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii
It is like asking me to name any British royals. The obvious does not need to be mentioned.You cant name any simply because you dont know what you are talking about....
Ukrainians easily speak 3 languages fluently easily. Google and see.
You should be the last to query that because the other day you posted here that you @Noway speaks 9 languages and I was like @Haha!A Ukranian farmer talking in pure Russian with a Russian accent. Very Ironic.?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii
Go ahead and name the obvious. Name the current Oligarchs ?
You have no clue what an Oligarch means , just parroting what you have previously heard in the media.
They are two kinds of people that underestimate the west:
1) Those that have never lived in the west
2) those that have never been to Russia or China (Ive been to China. Its a shithole country. Outside of Beijing & shanghai, its 3rd world)
3) Russia will be locked out of the swift system & Putin will eventually be removed & killed by his own people.
Let me just start with a few, Roman Abramowitsch, Mikhail Fridman and Gennadi Timchenko.
Do not tell me those are chokoras.Go ahead and name the obvious. Name the current Oligarchs ?
You have no clue what an Oligarch means , just parroting what you have previously heard in the media.
You see as I predicted you don know anything about the Russian Oligarchy
Abromovich and Fridman is what you can call Original Oligarchy they made their money during the fall of USSR and Yeltsin Presidency years . Actually Fridman is a Ukranian . They are not the modern day / Current Oligarchy who basically are Putins inner circle -Hence the reason they were never hit with 2014 Sanctions.
Timchenko is in Putins inner circle (Current Oligarchy) and transferred most of his Foreign shares /assets prior to 2014 Sanctions .
Now if you want to know the current Oligarchy here are the names Gennady Timchenko ,Andrei Skoch , Kirill Shamalov ,Oleg Deripaska ,Viktor Vekselberg, Vladimir Bogdanov, Suleiman Kerimov, Igor Rotenberg, Arkady & Boris Rotenberg
Yuri Kovalchuk and Leonid Mikhelson
Let me just start with a few, Roman Abramowitsch, Mikhail Fridman and Gennadi Timchenko.
Do not tell me those are chokoras.Go ahead and name the obvious. Name the current Oligarchs ?
You have no clue what an Oligarch means , just parroting what you have previously heard in the media.
Thanks for the information.
Why did you keep on denying the existence of oligarchs in Putin's regime? Even the past oligarchs are still oligarchs unless they lost their mula like Michail Chodorkowski.
Btw, is it not strange that many of these oligarchs are Jews?You see as I predicted you don know anything about the Russian Oligarchy
Abromovich and Fridman is what you can call Original Oligarchy they made their money during the fall of USSR and Yeltsin Presidency years . Actually Fridman is a Ukranian . They are not the modern day / Current Oligarchy who basically are Putins inner circle -Hence the reason they were never hit with 2014 Sanctions.
Timchenko is in Putins inner circle (Current Oligarchy) and transferred most of his Foreign shares /assets prior to 2014 Sanctions .
Now if you want to know the current Oligarchy here are the names Gennady Timchenko ,Andrei Skoch , Kirill Shamalov ,Oleg Deripaska ,Viktor Vekselberg, Vladimir Bogdanov, Suleiman Kerimov, Igor Rotenberg, Arkady & Boris Rotenberg
Yuri Kovalchuk and Leonid Mikhelson
Let me just start with a few, Roman Abramowitsch, Mikhail Fridman and Gennadi Timchenko.
Do not tell me those are chokoras.Go ahead and name the obvious. Name the current Oligarchs ?
You have no clue what an Oligarch means , just parroting what you have previously heard in the media.
Russian army is useless. I am seeing videos of them packing convoys of 350 vehicles on a highway to kivy. Which idiot does this? Ukraine is using Turkish drones to decimate these convoys. It is crazy how cavalier they tookxthis war. May be putin will make major adjustments this week
Russian army is useless. I am seeing videos of them packing convoys of 350 vehicles on a highway to kivy. Which idiot does this? Ukraine is using Turkish drones to decimate these convoys. It is crazy how cavalier they tookxthis war. May be putin will make major adjustments this week
Unfortunately this is why they are likely resort to indiscriminate bombing. A war crime. Imagine mungiki with tanks and rockets.
The Current Oligarchy in Putins inner circle have been hit with Sanctions since 2014 so when you come here and proclaim they are investing abroad shows you dont know what you are talking about . The Yelstin years Oligarchs fled Russia when Putin came to power and have heavily invested abroad .
?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii
?s=20&t=zh7gMUTw7ouNMP9rGNQ1YgUkrainians continue to collect the remaining trophies from the invasion of the occupiers.#ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #kyiv #UkraineRussiacrisis #ukraineinvasion #putin #kherson pic.twitter.com/zANQRFInw3
— UkrainAirdrop (@PorscheNFTs) February 28, 2022
?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii?s=20&t=zh7gMUTw7ouNMP9rGNQ1YgUkrainians continue to collect the remaining trophies from the invasion of the occupiers.#ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #kyiv #UkraineRussiacrisis #ukraineinvasion #putin #kherson pic.twitter.com/zANQRFInw3
— UkrainAirdrop (@PorscheNFTs) February 28, 2022
Safaricom and entire Vodafone use SWIFT on the top level. When they cut you of the SWIFT banking system is like slitting your throat. You will bleed until you shit and die
Safaricom and entire Vodafone use SWIFT on the top level. When they cut you of the SWIFT banking system is like slitting your throat. You will bleed until you shit and die
Tell these people who've never left Kenya to stick to analyzing Azimio la umoja. Jokers are comparing SWIFT to MPESA
Sanctions against the Central Bank of Russia; Russia's National wealth fund and Russia's ministry of Finance. Renders all of Russian governments rainy day funds inert.
Come back and tell us how Putin wins this?
Good to see its already Autumn in Ukraine....How they went from Winter in Feb to Spring to Summer To Autumn is just but a miracle.?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii?s=20&t=zh7gMUTw7ouNMP9rGNQ1YgUkrainians continue to collect the remaining trophies from the invasion of the occupiers.#ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #kyiv #UkraineRussiacrisis #ukraineinvasion #putin #kherson pic.twitter.com/zANQRFInw3
— UkrainAirdrop (@PorscheNFTs) February 28, 2022
Good to see its already Autumn in Ukraine....How they went from Winter in Feb to Spring to Summer To Autumn is just but a miracle.?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii?s=20&t=zh7gMUTw7ouNMP9rGNQ1YgUkrainians continue to collect the remaining trophies from the invasion of the occupiers.#ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #kyiv #UkraineRussiacrisis #ukraineinvasion #putin #kherson pic.twitter.com/zANQRFInw3
— UkrainAirdrop (@PorscheNFTs) February 28, 2022
Russian army is useless. I am seeing videos of them packing convoys of 350 vehicles on a highway to kivy. Which idiot does this? Ukraine is using Turkish drones to decimate these convoys. It is crazy how cavalier they tookxthis war. May be putin will make major adjustments this weekRussia armour has been decimated by javelin and nlaw and other western smart bombs,Russia i repeat will lick it wounds its behind 20 years against the west.
If it is Autumn where are the fallen leaves?
Perhaps it is only in Muranga where you get Armed forces issue like Tanks being pulled as trailers by civilian tractors. Let Ruto know that is how safe his tangatanga votes will be protected.
Good to see its already Autumn in Ukraine....How they went from Winter in Feb to Spring to Summer To Autumn is just but a miracle.?s=20If you want to know how bad ass Ukrainians are, ask yourselves how many unarmed farmers have ever stolen a tank from an invading force:
— ArianaGic/Аріянॳць (@GicAriana) February 28, 2022
pic.twitter.com/EgtcHin6ii?s=20&t=zh7gMUTw7ouNMP9rGNQ1YgUkrainians continue to collect the remaining trophies from the invasion of the occupiers.#ukraine #ukrainewar #russia #kyiv #UkraineRussiacrisis #ukraineinvasion #putin #kherson pic.twitter.com/zANQRFInw3
— UkrainAirdrop (@PorscheNFTs) February 28, 2022
Russian army is useless. I am seeing videos of them packing convoys of 350 vehicles on a highway to kivy. Which idiot does this? Ukraine is using Turkish drones to decimate these convoys. It is crazy how cavalier they tookxthis war. May be putin will make major adjustments this weekRussia armour has been decimated by javelin and nlaw and other western smart bombs,Russia i repeat will lick it wounds its behind 20 years against the west.
Russia is completely useless I can even say Abiys EPDF is better. Now they are requesting help from china weapons and money
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/14/us-official-russia-seeking-military-aid-from-china
If you follow RT like noway and pundit you will be always in the darkRussia is completely useless I can even say Abiys EPDF is better. Now they are requesting help from china weapons and money
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/14/us-official-russia-seeking-military-aid-from-china
This is already debunked old fake news. Both China and Russia denied this. I'm surprised how brazen Western media is in propaganda.
Russia is yet to touch 80% of its weapons, why would it need to borrow? And why would super-careful China want to wade into these troubled waters so carelessly? Hii ni urongo mtupu. China will open up to more trade and economic partnership with Russia as sanctions decouple Russia from the West. So will India and other Bric's. That's the extent and limit of them helping Russia. They know US is a toothless monster when it comes to China; Trump's trade war with China just hurt the US more, hardly hurt China. China is the biggest trading partner of Europe, most of Asia, Africa, Latam, and even the US itself. There's nothing like sanctioning Russia. If most countries outside Europe have ignored the illegal American sanctions, virtually NOBODY would help them in an attempt to sanction China. So unless something happens to provoke some kind of hot conflict directly involving the Chinese, there's no way they're involving themselves directly in the war. They'll just trade more with Russia. That's all.
Njuri, you still trust alleged CIA intel without evidence? How often have they been caught point-blank LYING in the past two decades?Just answer me on the intel that they pointed on Russia invasion of Ukraine,That Russia denied and still went ahead to do so. Whom should we believe going by latest actions? Be wise please
Remember Collin Powell showing CIA intel on Sadam WMDs at the UN? The CIA embarrassed that guy for life! It was all rubbish. He had to resign from the Bush admin to rescue some of his reputation. Remember Obama trying to make a case about Assad mindlessly unleashing chemical weapons against defeated, retreating rebels, right AFTER the US loudly warned that it was that precise action that would get them directly involved in the war? As if Assad was the biggest fool on earth, just dreaming day and night of drawing the US into a direct confrontation against himself and in aid of those fighting him? And precisely at the point when he was winning? :D What did UN investigations about those chemical attacks later reveal?
Listen to those crooks against external targets at your own risk. You're then no better off than someone placing full confidence in the KGB :D
Just answer me on the intel that they pointed on Russia invasion of Ukraine,That Russia denied and still went ahead to do so. Whom should we believe going by latest actions? Be wise please
Russia is completely useless I can even say Abiys EPDF is better. Now they are requesting help from china weapons and money
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/14/us-official-russia-seeking-military-aid-from-china
Njuri, you still trust alleged CIA intel without evidence? How often have they been caught point-blank LYING in the past two decades?
Remember Collin Powell showing CIA intel on Sadam WMDs at the UN? The CIA embarrassed that guy for life! It was all rubbish. He had to resign from the Bush admin to rescue some of his reputation. Remember Obama trying to make a case about Assad mindlessly unleashing chemical weapons against defeated, retreating rebels, right AFTER the US loudly warned that it was that precise action that would get them directly involved in the war? As if Assad was the biggest fool on earth, just dreaming day and night of drawing the US into a direct confrontation against himself and in aid of those fighting him? And precisely at the point when he was winning? :D What did UN investigations about those chemical attacks later reveal?
Listen to those crooks against external targets at your own risk. You're then no better off than someone placing full confidence in the KGB :D
Russia is completely useless I can even say Abiys EPDF is better. Now they are requesting help from china weapons and money
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/14/us-official-russia-seeking-military-aid-from-china (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/14/us-official-russia-seeking-military-aid-from-china)
The operation is a disaster. But I don't think that is the real issue. If Putin had been better informed, the Russians might have been better prepared and more successful. They would have known they were walking into a hostile environment. A marathon rather than a sprint.
In practice, there are no layers of accountability in Russia. Just what Putin wants. That video exchange with his spy chief was quite telling. What does that mean? That it is risky, maybe even life threatening, for Putin to be informed about problems with his ideas and plans. That is a major weakness of dictatorships. The result, needless loss of life, because he cannot change course.
The way Putin belittled his spy chief in front of the whole world was telling. The man has lost touch with reality. The people around him cannot tell him the truth. He only gets to hear what he wants to hear. It is too late for Putin to change tact. He cannot retreat without loosing his face. He will have to fight on with major casualties on both sides.The operation is a disaster. But I don't think that is the real issue. If Putin had been better informed, the Russians might have been better prepared and more successful. They would have known they were walking into a hostile environment. A marathon rather than a sprint.
In practice, there are no layers of accountability in Russia. Just what Putin wants. That video exchange with his spy chief was quite telling. What does that mean? That it is risky, maybe even life threatening, for Putin to be informed about problems with his ideas and plans. That is a major weakness of dictatorships. The result, needless loss of life, because he cannot change course.
All that was stage managed and a Show for the public Gallery
Sergey Naryashkin was Putins classmate in KGB Institute. When Sabchak became Mayor and employed Putin back in 92 He took Saryashkin with him. When Putin became President he again took him into the Presidential Administration where he rose and became Chief of Staff. He was one of the contenders to become a President together with Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Medvedev when Putin appointed him Deputy Prime Minister back in 2008.
Putin was using him to show some members of his Security Council even think He should Annex DPR and LPR but putin was not for it.
Everyone around Putin knew the Operation was going to happen in Feb after Olympics.Russia is weak. Nothing can change that. They do not have an economy to sustain war against the major powers. Russians the ordinary citizen will suffer greatly from sanctions. Putin may have written his own obituary. His opened in Russia and outside Russia will no get resolve to take him on. He has lied to his people on reasons for his invasion.
He wrote his epitaph in Ukraine. Russia is nothing compared to USSR. And yet the USSR came down eventually "without a shot being fired". But even if he is removed, I don't see much hope for Russia. He will likely be replaced by another tyrant who knows not to get his fingers burnt.
There is something fatalistic about Russian ruling elites. At one point dictators get too sure of their own ability and delusion sets in. Mussolin, Stalin, the waterloo jamaa, Hitter, Gaddafi, Sadam after Kuwait invasion, Mubarak, Bashir..at one point I think the bell curve of power just starts a downward degrade.
They are megalomaniacs. That exchange he had with his intelligence chief was revealing for me. He just wanted him to agree with him, even if he did not understand whatever it was he was agreeing with. Putin is an insecure man wielding a lot of power - always a bad, if not deadly, combination.
The way Putin belittled his spy chief in front of the whole world was telling. The man has lost touch with reality. The people around him cannot tell him the truth. He only gets to hear what he wants to hear. It is too late for Putin to change tact. He cannot retreat without loosing his face. He will have to fight on with major casualties on both sides.The operation is a disaster. But I don't think that is the real issue. If Putin had been better informed, the Russians might have been better prepared and more successful. They would have known they were walking into a hostile environment. A marathon rather than a sprint.
In practice, there are no layers of accountability in Russia. Just what Putin wants. That video exchange with his spy chief was quite telling. What does that mean? That it is risky, maybe even life threatening, for Putin to be informed about problems with his ideas and plans. That is a major weakness of dictatorships. The result, needless loss of life, because he cannot change course.
The way Putin belittled his spy chief in front of the whole world was telling. The man has lost touch with reality. The people around him cannot tell him the truth. He only gets to hear what he wants to hear. It is too late for Putin to change tact. He cannot retreat without loosing his face. He will have to fight on with major casualties on both sides.The operation is a disaster. But I don't think that is the real issue. If Putin had been better informed, the Russians might have been better prepared and more successful. They would have known they were walking into a hostile environment. A marathon rather than a sprint.
In practice, there are no layers of accountability in Russia. Just what Putin wants. That video exchange with his spy chief was quite telling. What does that mean? That it is risky, maybe even life threatening, for Putin to be informed about problems with his ideas and plans. That is a major weakness of dictatorships. The result, needless loss of life, because he cannot change course.
In praise of Ukrainians for defending their way of life.
Russians need to go home and live like peons until they pay for the damages.
The way Putin belittled his spy chief in front of the whole world was telling. The man has lost touch with reality. The people around him cannot tell him the truth. He only gets to hear what he wants to hear. It is too late for Putin to change tact. He cannot retreat without loosing his face. He will have to fight on with major casualties on both sides.The operation is a disaster. But I don't think that is the real issue. If Putin had been better informed, the Russians might have been better prepared and more successful. They would have known they were walking into a hostile environment. A marathon rather than a sprint.
In practice, there are no layers of accountability in Russia. Just what Putin wants. That video exchange with his spy chief was quite telling. What does that mean? That it is risky, maybe even life threatening, for Putin to be informed about problems with his ideas and plans. That is a major weakness of dictatorships. The result, needless loss of life, because he cannot change course.
Russia can't fight a modern war,I have downgraded their capacity,they are well below NATO and even several African countries like Ethiopia in terms of war capabilities,they make mistake after mistake firstly sending conscripts into war games and then converting that to war, several captured Russians say morale is very low they don't have food to eat just to fend for themselves just like ww2
The only army Russia can beat successfully is our KDF that hides in grass at the sound of explotions. I even bet Russia can't beat UPDF of Museveni.
Where is pundit noway to give us another twist,I have beaten them senseless with my spot on prediction and am still waiting for Russians ro capture Kiev so that the real war can start,
Afterall is done and dusted no one will respect Russia as a power anymore and internal strife will start and Russia will break up starting with Chechnya
All those blaming western propaganda for Russias woes,does it mean propaganda is preventing Russians feom capturing Kiev and all other Ukrainian cities, almost now a month into the war which was said will take 2 days?
All those blaming western propaganda for Russias woes,does it mean propaganda is preventing Russians from capturing Kiev and all other Ukrainian cities, almost now a month into the war which was said will take 2 days?
Putin can flatten the city if he wants but he is in no hurry. The defence being mounted on sand bags is nothing to Putin. The slow cautious approach - with reduce bombing or US shock n awe - is reducing civilian causalities.
Remember Ukraine is big country - 2nd only to Russia in Europe - and so he is moving slowlyAll those blaming western propaganda for Russias woes,does it mean propaganda is preventing Russians feom capturing Kiev and all other Ukrainian cities, almost now a month into the war which was said will take 2 days?
?s=20&t=gplE55JBAQbz6TgZKDgQ9QIf you’re one of those who claimed the media lied about #Iraq #WMD #Trump #Brexit #BorisJohnson why do you swallow their output on #Russia #Ukraine #NATO with such alacrity?
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) March 15, 2022
Russia can't fight a modern war,I have downgraded their capacity,they are well below NATO and even several African countries like Ethiopia in terms of war capabilities,they make mistake after mistake firstly sending conscripts into war games and then converting that to war, several captured Russians say morale is very low they don't have food to eat just to fend for themselves just like ww2
The only army Russia can beat successfully is our KDF that hides in grass at the sound of explotions. I even bet Russia can't beat UPDF of Museveni.
Where is pundit noway to give us another twist,I have beaten them senseless with my spot on prediction and am still waiting for Russians ro capture Kiev so that the real war can start,
Afterall is done and dusted no one will respect Russia as a power anymore and internal strife will start and Russia will break up starting with Chechnya