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Putin calls in the army to help cope with Russia's crippling coronavirus crisis as the Kremlin warns of 'inordinately high harvest of deaths' and tells Covid-hit citizens not to seek cures from 'shamans'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
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Posted by: Skidmark || 11/03/2021 09:57 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1  See, they're just parking their gear in the Ukraine.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/03/2021 12:36 Comments || Top||

#2  So now they're blaming the shamans?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 11/03/2021 16:10 Comments || Top||


US officials 'are concerned' by images of Russian military ‘building up on Ukrainian border' - but Kremlin dismisses 'low quality' claim and Kyiv ‘has not seen additional deployment'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
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Posted by: Skidmark || 11/03/2021 09:49 || Comments || Link || [11138 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  So, is Vladimir going to go for 'snatch and grab' before mud season sets in? At this point, the EU wouldn't dare embargoing Russian natgas, so what's to lose? Maybe the next evolution is taking the territory one bite at a time.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/03/2021 15:33 Comments || Top||

#2  “It should be noted that the Russian Federation periodically resorted to the practice of transferring and accumulating military units in order to maintain tensions in the region and political pressure on neighboring states,” the ministry said.

This spring, Moscow alarmed Kiev and Western capitals by building up more than 100,000 of troops along the border with Ukraine, though it later ordered them back to base.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/03/2021 16:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Interesting conundrum. On one hand this might be the perfect time to exploit American weakness, on the other the Brandon administration could use a war as a distraction and are dumb enough to go tow to tow with the bear.
Posted by: ruprecht || 11/03/2021 19:17 Comments || Top||



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