LeoV
Super Anarchist
Kick out al UN Russian diplomats, do an emergency meeting, kick Russia out.Or something like that.
Or do it the Russian way, arrest all of them on phony crimes.
Or do it the Russian way, arrest all of them on phony crimes.
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LeoV
Super Anarchist
This morning new missiles target apartment buildings.
The Russians attack residential houses at night/early morning when people are home. They struck the mall in daylight during shopping time. Attacked the railway station amidst the large evacuation flows. Hit drama theatre after rushing people to shelter there.
Bastards.
The Russians attack residential houses at night/early morning when people are home. They struck the mall in daylight during shopping time. Attacked the railway station amidst the large evacuation flows. Hit drama theatre after rushing people to shelter there.
Bastards.
enigmatically2
Super Anarchist
I previously suggested organising a meeting, and then clocking the traffic on the Ru diplomats way in. And if they aren't there in time to vote....
LeoV
Super Anarchist
Ah, the Brics...
The international rule based cooperation is really under pressure.
If Russia accepts this law of unbridled imperialism, the UN is worthless as a tool for international cooperation.
But it is not only Russia, it has been hollowed out for decades.
The international rule based cooperation is really under pressure.
If Russia accepts this law of unbridled imperialism, the UN is worthless as a tool for international cooperation.
But it is not only Russia, it has been hollowed out for decades.
dogwatch
Super Anarchist
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The Whistleblowers: Inside the UN review – a horrific tale of misogyny, rape and 10,000 deaths
This shocking, methodical documentary uses first-hand testimonies to expose a toxic culture where abusers prey on the vulnerable – while hiding behind a cloak of saintliness
www.theguardian.com
UN is a deeply fucked-up organisation. And I really hate to agree with Trump on anything.
LeoV
Super Anarchist
Russian government wants to introduce a law that would allow to make any business in Russia do literally whatever is demanded of them for the need of the war. Any hours, any price, any volume. https://sozd.duma.gov.ru/bill/155680-8#
Essentially, the government is saying - we don't have enough resources to keep up with this level of sanctions and fighting in Ukraine, we need to start making people/businesses act as if we have pronounced war without pronouncing it.
This is by far the biggest indicator of where Russian state is heading - reintroduction of Soviet-style command economy with elements of free market; with each passing month of fighting - war and its needs would dictate more and more of state's logic h/t
@petrkozlov
Essentially, the government is saying - we don't have enough resources to keep up with this level of sanctions and fighting in Ukraine, we need to start making people/businesses act as if we have pronounced war without pronouncing it.
This is by far the biggest indicator of where Russian state is heading - reintroduction of Soviet-style command economy with elements of free market; with each passing month of fighting - war and its needs would dictate more and more of state's logic h/t
@petrkozlov
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Sophisticated Yet Humble
As they go this route, it also shows a government which is pushing towards organizing itself solely for war. A regression to the ancient empires.
Mark_K
Super Anarchist
I think the news there is Putin is not getting the cooperation he wishes from some Russian industries.
All nations do this in times of war....if they perceive no other way will work.
enigmatically2
Super Anarchist
Two articles that may be of interest
www.thedrive.com
Meet The Shadowy Ukrainian Unit That Sabotages Targets Inside Russia
Known as the Shaman Battalion, these Ukraine special operations troops infiltrate into Russian territory to strike key targets.
www.thedrive.com
Russia's elite 331st paras regiment fight for public support
In the thick of the Donbas battle, the paras regiment is trapped in a conflict that is costing many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
Keith
Super Anarchist
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Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West
President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West and its allies with a decree that seizes full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia's far east.
www.reuters.com
"Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West"
Mambo Kings
Super Anarchist
Of course. Is there anyone left who does not think that an important component of this war is the further accumulation of personal criminal wealth by Putin. This is his standard playbook.Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West
President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West and its allies with a decree that seizes full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia's far east."Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West"
1. Confiscate state and International assets
2. Pass ownership to entities fronted by henchmen and oligarchs in exchange for ownership stake by secret Putin entities.
3. Strike a deal with the original international owners that allows them back but Putin's offshore investment is left in place.
Siemens and all of the international energy companies have seen this time and again.
The mistake is to think that Putin cares about Russia except as how it is the sovereign platform for the wealthiest criminal enterprise in human history.
From the link it sounds like Shell already announced they were pulling out. If Ru is taking over that share then while everything about the energy-supplies situation sucks, maybe it is best this way rather than, say, an Indian company buy into it.Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West
President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West and its allies with a decree that seizes full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia's far east."Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West"
dogwatch
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Review of new biography of Putin. I've a long backlog of planned reading but hope to get to it sometime. The review in itself is worth a read.
www.theguardian.com
In his speech on the night of the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, which Philip Short describes as “pulsating with anger and resentment” at 30 years of Russian humiliation, Putin seethed: “They deceived us… they duped us like a con artist… the whole so-called western bloc, formed by the United States in its own image is… an empire of lies.” For those who dismiss the speech and the invasion that followed as the words and actions of a man gone mad, dying or out of contact with reality due to Covid isolation, this new biography should be compulsory reading.
As Short observes, however authoritarian and corrupt modern Russia may be, “national leaders invariably reflect the society from which they come, no matter how unpalatable that thought may be to the citizens”. While his people may have been as surprised as the rest of the world at the timing, the invasion hardly came out of the blue and many Russians, not all blinded by propaganda, support it. For as the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, commented a couple of weeks later: “This is not actually, or at least primarily… about Ukraine. It reflects the battle over what the world order will look like. Will it be a world in which the west will lead everyone with impunity and without question?”
Putin: His Life and Times review – the collapse that shaped the man who would be tsar
Philip Short’s meticulous new biography forces us to look at Vladimir Putin’s most appalling acts from a Russian perspective
www.theguardian.com
In his speech on the night of the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, which Philip Short describes as “pulsating with anger and resentment” at 30 years of Russian humiliation, Putin seethed: “They deceived us… they duped us like a con artist… the whole so-called western bloc, formed by the United States in its own image is… an empire of lies.” For those who dismiss the speech and the invasion that followed as the words and actions of a man gone mad, dying or out of contact with reality due to Covid isolation, this new biography should be compulsory reading.
As Short observes, however authoritarian and corrupt modern Russia may be, “national leaders invariably reflect the society from which they come, no matter how unpalatable that thought may be to the citizens”. While his people may have been as surprised as the rest of the world at the timing, the invasion hardly came out of the blue and many Russians, not all blinded by propaganda, support it. For as the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, commented a couple of weeks later: “This is not actually, or at least primarily… about Ukraine. It reflects the battle over what the world order will look like. Will it be a world in which the west will lead everyone with impunity and without question?”
LeoV
Super Anarchist
Russian Oligarchs Who Died Since 2022
1. Leonid Shulman: Gazprom Manager
2. Sergey Protosenya: Gazprom manager
3. Vladislav Avaev: Gazprombank vice-president
4. Vasily Melnikov: Cro-medical firm MedStom
5. Mikhail Watford: Gas&Oil industry
6. Alexander Tyulyakov: Gazprom Manager
It is a risk being a henchman.
https://twitter.com/Saida_Zahidova/status/1521149745183567873/photo/1
LeoV
Super Anarchist
Latest Putin speech, in short, end of ruled based international cooperation. Welcome back Iron Curtain, or maybe better Iron Cage.
