"just like that, without any sanctions," "out of spite." , "this must be responded to in a quite symmetric manner."Like the E...and a number of singing-along states of the Anglo-Saxon world that will take part in this," he said on his VK page Saturday." tass.com/politics/14119…
Sing-along states celebrating after four days of frustrating the desires of carnal desires of VladPutin. Ra Ra Vlad Putin... Russia's smallest war machine.
A rich vein of humor and dance moves.
Some ity and concern for the Russian soldiers who have been turned against the Ukrainians. I write about the horrid state of Russian soldiers that fled to the Chechen rebel side in my book. I don't have a problem believing these prisoner cover stories: rferl.org/a/ukraine-russ…
"Pity" Those who assault know there is a limited window for physical and emotional sharpness. Once you lose your mojo, it's just an ugly slog of ever increasing attrition. Russians can't buy food, fuel or ammo in Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/1498179135746850816
Russia or rather VladPutin and his band of oligarchs have a bigger enemy. Russians. According to even Russian polls, 50% of Russians had a positive view of Ukraine, 2 out of 5 Russians assumed war and half of Russians blamed the United States & NATO for the escalating tensions.
The Levada polls show a strong affinity between Russians and Ukrainians. Even with biased questions about Donbass/Luhansk. Note the "drag on for many years" opinion growth. levada.ru/en/2021/04/16/… 
Putin's approval ratings were growing as most Russians felt Russia was going in the right direction. Most feel sanctions don't touch them, only a small circle of Putin's people are affected. I guess Russians will have a rude awakening this week. levada.ru/en/2022/02/18/…
Russian's buying power has shrunk. The stock market was hit. A number of inconvenient and embarrassing bans created. You can win easy money betting that the CIA/EU intel forces are going to stir the pot inside Russia. pbs.org/newshour/show/…
"Russian" also means "Ukraine" sanctions if you go back to the early days when Ukrainian oligarchs looted the country. People like Ihor Kolomoisky. A man who after numerous legal chases for stolen money, magically felt it was time to back Putin. nytimes.com/2019/11/13/wor…
It is impossible to track the billions looted from Ukraine but thankfully Ihor made it easy. He brought some of his loot over to America. newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/dirty-dollars-…
Some of that money was used to create fake separatist movements in Eastern Ukraine. Now Putin's irrational war starts to make sense. It's about the money. reuters.com/article/us-ukr…
Viktor Yanukovych had so much money he could hire political consultants like...Paul Manafort. Ok you know where I am going with this. After Ukrainians got sick of crooks running their country Paul got kicked off the tittie and had to find another job. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/w…
Paul was hurting so bad...and was so patriotic...that he offered to work for Donald for free. Cue Robert Mueller. justsecurity.org/46464/timeline…
Now Donald doesn't know Paul, barely knows him, hardly talked to him. But from the depths of DC, a strange cast of reptilian-like characters began working with Putin-era Ukrainian oligarchs and minions to support Trump. rollcall.com/2019/11/12/the…
Americans don't like nuance but in TrumpWorld "Ukraine" meant "Putin-controlled Ukraine". Caught with his tiny greasy fingers in the Quid Pro Quo jar, Trump backed up. Ukrainians were impressively forgiving about the whole gangster attempt to betray them. theconversation.com/what-ukrainian…
So finally, Putin's other enemies are potentially ...the oligarchs. Putin's insiders who have moved their billions off shore and might stand to keep their lifestyle if they worked with the west to make Putin go fishing, or hunting, or sunbathing or.... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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