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2025-05-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

A Naval Blockade of Russian Oil Exports Risks a Military Showdown

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Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [106 views ] Top

#1 “We Must Save Poland”: Right-Wing Candidates Unite Ahead of Final Vote
Karol Nawrocki, the conservative presidential candidate backed by Poland’s main opposition party, has signed an eight-point declaration put forward by former rival, the right-wing Sławomir Mentzen, in a move to consolidate the conservative vote before the country’s final round of presidential elections.

The declaration—presented during a live-streamed event on Mentzen’s YouTube channel—includes commitments to oppose tax increases, prevent Polish troops being sent to Ukraine, and block Ukraine’s membership of NATO.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-05-24 06:28|| 2025-05-24 06:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Russian and NATO fighter jets clash as allied forces try to board Moscow oil tanker in high-stakes naval showdown off the coast of Europe

Nobody used the B-word in this Daily Mail article about the "naval showdown" earlier this month in the Baltic Sea in which Polish and Estonian forces attempted to block an oil tanker headed for Russia. But there are some things that will bite you in the ass no matter what you call them.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-05-24 10:00|| 2025-05-24 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm in agreement that was a very dumb thing to do.

And trying to make hay out of the Mig airspace violation was embarrassingly klutzy; my dudes, they were reacting to your violation. Looked like bank robbers complaining about responding police speeding.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-05-24 11:37|| 2025-05-24 11:37|| Front Page Top

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