Russia in the 21st Century [Superthread]

[Altair]

Going to be the gift (to China and Russia) that keeps on giving loooooong after Trump 2, they've burned through so much over the last 6 months.

The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran. Russia and China Are Taking Note.

The Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower. A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say.

www.nytimes.com

Archive

Thankfully Russia is stuck in its own special military operation and can do nothing to take advantage of the generational American blunder.

Taiwan is screwed though.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Wonder who's been traded back?

US Marine veteran released from Russian prison after 1,666 days of detention

United States Marine veteran Robert Gilman spent 1,666 days in Russian custody and was in a catatonic state before his release in a prisoner exchange.

www.foxnews.com

Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family

Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic state

www.theguardian.com

Russia frees ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from detention

The US government had recently designated Gilman as wrongfully detained.

www.aljazeera.com

Former US Marine, Jailed In Russia And Hospitalized In Serious Condition, Is Freed

A former US Marine who has been held in a Russian prison since 2022 and had been reported to be in serious medical condition in recent weeks has been freed and is being flown back to the United States.

www.rferl.org

And while the State Department says tells Fox News there was an exchange (and US state media RFE/RL there wasn't), POTUS47 says there wasn't.


OP edit to clarify what State Department said to which media outlets.

 

[OldSolduer]

What was the reason for his arrest and detention?

 

[HavokFour]

What was the reason for his arrest and detention?

From the Guardian article above.

Robert Gilman, 32, an English teacher who briefly served in the US Marines, was travelling by train when he was arrested in the southern Russian city of Voronezh in January 2022 for allegedly kicking a police officer while drunk, according to Russian state media. He was later sentenced to four and a half years in prison, though his family has consistently denied the allegations against him.

His father, Vladimir Gilman, who emigrated to Massachusetts from Russia, wrote in an October 2024 Boston Globe op-ed that his son had fallen ill when the incident occurred and had accidentally kicked the police officer.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Wonder who's been traded back?

US Marine veteran released from Russian prison after 1,666 days of detention

United States Marine veteran Robert Gilman spent 1,666 days in Russian custody and was in a catatonic state before his release in a prisoner exchange.

www.foxnews.com

Russia frees ex-US marine four years after sentence disputed by his family

Robert Gilman had been deteriorating rapidly in prison and was said to be in a catatonic state

www.theguardian.com

Russia frees ex-US Marine Robert Gilman from detention

The US government had recently designated Gilman as wrongfully detained.

www.aljazeera.com

Former US Marine, Jailed In Russia And Hospitalized In Serious Condition, Is Freed

A former US Marine who has been held in a Russian prison since 2022 and had been reported to be in serious medical condition in recent weeks has been freed and is being flown back to the United States.

www.rferl.org

And while the State Department says tells Fox News there was an exchange (and US state media RFE/RL there wasn't), POTUS47 says there wasn't.
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OP edit to clarify what State Department said to which media outlets.

DJT says no one.

 

[GR66]

DJT says no one.

He didn't trade a person...he traded Ukraine

 

[Gordon Dundas/]

He didn't trade a person...he traded Ukraine

Has anyone checked on Alaska's status lately?

 

[KevinB]

I hope NATO smashes Russia

FIFY.
Anyone interested in Russia since 1990, I highly recommend this book.


It’s got everything to spotlight exactly what a cesspool Russia is. How players are interlinked -the origins of the shadow fleet, - a better explanation of the Muller Report than the actual report, and the full understanding that VVP will not stop on his quest to rebuild Russia into USSR2.0 +

 

[dapaterson]

FIFY.
Anyone interested in Russia since 1990, I highly recommend this book.
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It’s got everything to spotlight exactly what a cesspool Russia is. How players are interlinked -the origins of the shadow fleet, - a better explanation of the Muller Report than the actual report, and the full understanding that VVP will not stop on his quest to rebuild Russia into USSR2.0 +

Make Russia Great Again?

 

[KevinB]

Make Russia Great Again?

Well the origins came from Russia