Russian forces cross Ukrainian border 22.02.2022 morning

[Smaland]

"Gordon Brown claims the West 'failed' to stand up to Vladimir Putin for years as he reveals (that the) Russian President threatened him during (an) official visit to Moscow while he was Chancellor. Pictured: Brown (left) and Putin (right) during a meeting at the Kremlin on 11 February 2006" This photo and its caption were posted within the article linked to below.

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Recalling a 2006 visit to the Kremlin while Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Brown said (in an interview): ‘I was put in a very low seat so that I was looking up at him. He’s certainly a relatively small man, and he wears these stacked heels.

‘Anyway, that day he took out these index cards, and proceeded to read out all this information he had about me, as though he wanted to prove that he knew more about me than I knew about myself. So when people say that Putin’s changed and is only now threatening, I can tell you that he was threatening me even then.’

Mr Brown believes Putin only responds to ‘an uncompromising and unyielding show of strength,’ adding: ‘The only thing Putin understands is strength. Weakness he will exploit; he’s opportunistic to the nth degree.’
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Full story in the Daily Mail

[Loki]

"Gordon Brown claims the West 'failed' to stand up to Vladimir Putin for years as he reveals (that the) Russian President threatened him during (an) official visit to Moscow while he was Chancellor. Pictured: Brown (left) and Putin (right) during a meeting at the Kremlin on 11 February 2006" This photo and its caption were posted within the article linked to below.




Full story in the Daily Mail

Gordon Brown is part of the absolutely evil "elite" in European politics, the worst imaginable. If Putin threatened him, then it is a very good thing. Kudos to Putin.

The irony of the matter is that the things these corrupt politicians accuse their enemies of, are often things that describe themselves all too well. For example, this thing that "Putin only understands strength/force". The opposite is true, and it is applicable to this current ruling US/UK/EU cabal. Force is the only thing they understand and respect. Russia has been trying soft diplomacy for 2 decades, but it didn't work with them.

[Loki]

There were already enough of strikes prevented by air defence, damaging this dam would lead to tragedy with dozens of villages getting flooded away. Anyway, nothing new happened at this part of front, they just need to publish meaningless messages about "tactical advances" and "tactical retreats" they can't allow themselves to say that almost nothing happens there, as few weeks ago they told they're gonna capture kherson

Kherson will never be part of Ukraine again.

[catgeorge]

I think the western population tit fed with nonsense by their media don't understand how the political situation in Russia is structured and Russian members can correct me if I am wrong.

The half brains that react to deceptive images on TV with endless virtue signalling calling Russia undemocratic and Putin as a tyrant.

What they don't understand there is a political party in Russia called United Russia, it's a Russian conservative party that has the backing of 75% of the Russian population and the leaders of United Russia have Putin as their de facto leader. Russia last had election in 2021. It's the Russian people that are based and conservative and if the liberal west take issue with that - then that's their problem really....and if the wokes provoke Russia - you are now seeing the consequences of a serious Russian conservative leader ripping your economies apart governed by wokes. Americans need to pray that someone like De santis comes into power that is inline with Russian conservativsm not the other way around as Russians wont accept your pathetic liberalism and wokeness.

[Varda]

[Varda]

https://www.rt.com/russia/557428-50-...killed-russia/

[Lisyonok]

Nemyslim si, ze by nejakym zpusobem explicitne podporoval nasili vuci Ukrajincum, ja tenhle thread celkem sleduju a nevsiml jsem si toho. Je pro Ruskej, ja taky. Coz ovsem neznamena ze s tim na stopro souhlasim. Dale, mutally assured destruction patri do sci-fi, ne do reality. Ani ten tlustej dement ze Severni Koreje to nezmackne. V te treti pointe ho celkem dost chapu. Taky bych kurva nebyl rad, kdyby mi za prdelou byla zaklanda s atomovyma bombama. A ono 'jestli se ti to nelibi, prestehuj se', neni vzdy tak lehky. Jak financne, tak emocionalne.

Thank you for trying to understand both sides.

What would you suppose for blocking growing American political, economic and military global autocracy? Seeing American-funded immigration, American political and military intervention to Eastern Europe, economic sanctions etc., I don´t see much hope for Slavic people in long term.

About US nuclear bases: maybe I can´t understand an American, but I really haven´t decided where the bombs are located. Ordinary people can´t do anything else than move farther from them.

[Loki]

I think the western population tit fed with nonsense by their media don't understand how the political situation in Russia is structured and Russian members can correct me if I am wrong.

The half brains that react to deceptive images on TV with endless virtue signalling calling Russia undemocratic and Putin as a tyrant.

What they don't understand there is a political party in Russia called United Russia, it's a Russian conservative party that has the backing of 75% of the Russian population and the leaders of United Russia have Putin as their de facto leader. Russia last had election in 2021. It's the Russian people that are based and conservative and if the liberal west take issue with that - then that's their problem really....and if the wokes provoke Russia - you are now seeing the consequences of a serious Russian conservative leader ripping your economies apart governed by wokes. Americans need to pray that someone like De santis comes into power that is inline with Russian conservativsm not the other way around as Russians wont accept your pathetic liberalism and wokeness.

You're spot on. Also, the Western media is falsely trying to portray Putin as some crook who is doing everything in order to create a secret stash of personal wealth for his retirement, and that he is motivated by greed like a gangster. This is utter nonsense and criminally slanderous. Putin is not motivated by personal gain, like many Western politicians are. He actually cares about Russia and her people, and is acting in capacity of a civil servant. So, personal sanctions against Putin are insulting and won't get him to change course. He's not in it for the money.

[SilverKnight]

1) Yes, New York is diverse also but nothing compared with D.C.

2) This is fun to hear from a person who has used tens of pages to incite violence towards Slavic Ukrainians. Nuclear war is not my favourite topic either. Still, I believe that "Great Satan" (= USA) is a problem for the world.

3) These places are stockpiles of US nuclear bombs (maybe you knew?). The idea is to prevent USA to do anything with them. It should not be surprise for anyone that they would be targets in case of war. You are free to move somewhere else if you like.

1) I haven't incited violence, are you this delusional?, I report on what I find /see.
2) yes I already knew that, but a lot of the nuclear Silos are up north from. Here in South Dakota and Wyoming
... I don't have to fucking move anywhere, I'm happy where I live. Both parties need to chill with the nuclear crap, it will ruin the entire planet...

[Varda]