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The way in which Russian soldiers are treated by their own, I am surprised there is not mass revolt.
Russia in the 21st Century [Superthread]
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Those who put up a stink get immediately put in the front. It is self preservation preventing a mass revolt as no one wants to be the catalyst to start it.
daftandbarmy
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Wartime militaries, of all types, can be amazingly coercive...
At least if you go to the front line you have a chance to surrender to Ukraine and get some good eats.
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US has dummies in White House. so what's the prob!So now is the time to attack, right?
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Failed Russian ICBM test. Hopefully it's a systemic problem, not just a one-off.
defence-blog.com
Russia’s ICBM test fails in mid-launch explosion
Russia has suffered a failed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test after a launch at the Yasny range in the Orenburg region ended in an explosion only seconds after liftoff. The missile rose roughly 200–400 meters before detonating in midair and
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I find myself deriving smug pleasure reading the events described in this little tweet…
OldSolduer
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Nice sanctions-dodging ships you have there - shame if anything ever happened to them ....
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
www.euronews.com
www.reuters.com
maritime-executive.com
Two tankers catch fire in the Black Sea after being struck, Turkish authorities report
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two tankers were struck and caught fire in the Black Sea, prompting rescue operations, Turkish authorities reported Friday. Crew members on board both vessels were reported
Two Russian shadow fleet tankers on fire off Turkiye's coast
Two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, have caught fire in the Black Sea a few dozen nautical miles off the Turkish coast. Their crews are safe as the causes of the explosions are being investigated.
www.euronews.com
Blasts hit sanctioned tankers off Turkey's coast, rescues underway
Blasts rocked two tankers from Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea near Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday, causing fires on the vessels, and rescue operations were launched for those on board, Turkish authorities and sources said.
www.reuters.com
Turkey Investigates Fires on Two Sanctioned Tankers in the Black Sea
Update: On Saturday, November 29, Ukraine claimed responsibility for the incidents having used drones to attack the tankers. Turkey is investigating...
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HavokFour
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Accidentally on purpose? Where is this launch site?
Kazakhstan - Borat did it!!!
The Russian government is still currently competing with itself and the private sector for manpower and skills.
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Nice sanctions-dodging ships you have there - shame if anything ever happened to them ....
Two tankers catch fire in the Black Sea after being struck, Turkish authorities report
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Two tankers were struck and caught fire in the Black Sea, prompting rescue operations, Turkish authorities reported Friday. Crew members on board both vessels were reportedTwo Russian shadow fleet tankers on fire off Turkiye's coast
Two sanctioned oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, have caught fire in the Black Sea a few dozen nautical miles off the Turkish coast. Their crews are safe as the causes of the explosions are being investigated.Blasts hit sanctioned tankers off Turkey's coast, rescues underway
Blasts rocked two tankers from Russia's shadow fleet in the Black Sea near Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday, causing fires on the vessels, and rescue operations were launched for those on board, Turkish authorities and sources said.Turkey Investigates Fires on Two Sanctioned Tankers in the Black Sea
Update: On Saturday, November 29, Ukraine claimed responsibility for the incidents having used drones to attack the tankers. Turkey is investigating...
It was in fact, anti-sanction dodging sanctions.
OldSolduer
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One should read some accounts of WW2 Soviet soldiers and how they were backed up by a unit of the NKVD to ensure their "loyalty" to the Motherland.
Consider this - Stalin would not trade German PWs for his own son - he considered him weak and a traitor. This is the mentality that goes back to Ivan the Terrible. And Stalin wasn't a Russian - he was a Georgian.
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Putin from Moscow: If Europe wants to start a war, we are ready now
Russia is not planning to fight European countries, but if Europe starts a war, Russia is "ready right now", the Russian president said on Tuesday as he blamed the Europeans for what he described as not having a "peaceful agenda".
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“Russia is not planning to fight European countries, but if Europe starts a war, Russia is ready right now”
… just like that time Russia was not planning to fight Ukraine, but Ukraine started a war by being invaded from Russia.
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I wonder if, or how, this impacts ISS crews and replenishments.
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Apparently a Russian bomber had an "incident" with its ejection system...
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Fatal ejection incident on Russian airbase leaves two dead
Two Russian military airmen were killed in an incident involving the unexpected activation of an ejection system while their aircraft was parked in a shelter, according to Russian defense blogger Ilya Tumanov, the founder of the “Fighterbomber” Telegram channel. “Yesterday,
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Ouch...that would definitely leave a mark!
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Opportunities still seem to be out there for anyone marketing remote car starters to senior Russian military staff ....
www.rferl.org
www.theguardian.com
www.themoscowtimes.com
www.foxnews.com
... with more on the latest RUS casualty here (usual Wikipedia GIGO caveats apply):
en.wikipedia.org
Moscow Car Bomb Marks Latest Assassination Of High-Ranking Military Officer During Ukraine War
A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, the latest in a series of attacks on military officials and pro-war figures since the start of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago.
www.rferl.org
Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, say investigators
Russia’s Investigative Committee says it is looking into whether Ukraine intelligence services were behind attack
www.theguardian.com
Russian General Killed by Car Bomb in Moscow - The Moscow Times
A Russian general was killed early Monday when a bomb detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, Russian law enforcement authorities said, making it the third such killing of a senior defense official since last December.
www.themoscowtimes.com
Russian general killed by car bomb, third senior military leader killed this year
Russian Lt. General Fanil Sarvarov killed in Moscow car bombing as investigators suspect Ukrainian intelligence involvement in the deadly attack on Monday.
www.foxnews.com
Fanil Sarvarov - Wikipedia
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Experts react: Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords. Here's what that means for the US, the Middle East, and Central Asia
President Donald Trump announced the news during a White House meeting with Kazakh President Kassym Jomart-Tokayev and other Central Asian leaders.www.atlanticcouncil.org
Trump, Kazakhstan, Israel, Critical Minerals, Abraham Accords.
Frontline report: Kazakhstan cuts off key supply route for Russia's war machine with new export controls - Euromaidan Press
New restrictions on dual-use goods and defense exports deal a significant blow to Moscow's sanctions evasion network, threatening production delays for Lancet drones, Kalibr missiles, and other weapons systems.
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Not a big believer in coincidence, me.
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Russia’s part in the P3 division of the world into 1/3s? (China takes AsiaPac, Russia gets Western Asia and Eastern M.E., and America gets the Americas most of M.E. and NW/arctic Europe)
www.reuters.com
Russia opposes Taiwan independence in any form, FM Lavrov says
Russia opposes Taiwan’s independence in any form and considers the island an inseparable part of China, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in remarks published on Sunday.
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Two interesting articles on the rise of Xenophobia in Russia and one on how Russian/Ukraine war is depleting its workforce, especially in its critical oil/gas sectors.
www.openminds.ltd
nationalinterest.org
Rise of Xenophobia in Russia: From “Everything for Migrants” to Mass Deportations and Hate Speech
Russian Society
www.openminds.ltd
Russia’s Vanishing Workforce
The peripheral, energy-rich areas of Russia are bearing the brunt of the human and economic costs of the Ukraine War.
nationalinterest.org
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