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(23) Tanks or Trains? Russia is Bearing Down on Both https://thanegustafson.substack.com/p/tanks-or-trains-russia-is-bearing?utm_medium=email
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Gott mit Uns, did you say?
RT @BBCSteveR: Extraordinary art exhibition across from the Kremlin: “We are Russians. God is with us!” Seems to reflect the official view that somehow God is on Russia’s side. On Russia Day, I ask Muscovites about this, & about Russia’s war in Ukraine & Russia’s future. @BBCNews https://t.co/UHvXQCY4UU
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This, by the former commanding general of the US Army in Europe, @general_Ben Hodges, is a professional's excellent analysis.
https://cepa.org/article/think-ukraines-offensive-has-started-wait-for-the-heavy-brigades/
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It was blessing weapons for the Serbs already 30 years ago. Doctrine takes a while to catch up with praxis.
RT @juliaioffe: The Russian Orthodox Church says that pacifism is contradictory to its teachings.
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A top EU official helps run a luxury hotel in Bali — and never had to tell Brussels https://www.politico.eu/article/gert-jan-koopman-top-eu-official-helps-run-a-luxury-hotel-in-bali-and-never-had-to-tell-brussels/
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Another perspicacious thread from @ulrichspeck
RT @ulrichspeck: Understanding Xi's regional and global ambition is not particularly difficult: He wants to run regional and global affairs top-down as he is running things in China.
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Peatoimetajate avalik kaebekiri käibemaksu kohta oleks pisut tõsiseltvõetavam kui ajakirjandus ise oleks ka, viz.
RT @ilvestoomas: Kui välismaalasest ründaja oleks hoopis olnud moslem, karjuks meedia, et "terrorist!"
Siiski jääb arusaamatuks küsimark pealkirjas, "Vihakuritegu?"
Kas ajalehe @postimees arvates see pole, või?
Ja tõsine kuritegu ilmub kollase "Elu24" rubriigis? https://elu24.postimees.ee/7793663/vihakuritegu-peksti-ja-visati-noaga-tallinna-geibaaris-runnati-soome-pastorit?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-buttons&utm_content=7793663
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Kui välismaalasest ründaja oleks hoopis olnud moslem, karjuks meedia, et "terrorist!"
Siiski jääb arusaamatuks küsimark pealkirjas, "Vihakuritegu?"
Kas ajalehe @postimees arvates see pole, või?
Ja tõsine kuritegu ilmub kollase "Elu24" rubriigis? https://elu24.postimees.ee/7793663/vihakuritegu-peksti-ja-visati-noaga-tallinna-geibaaris-runnati-soome-pastorit?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-buttons&utm_content=7793663
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Kui välismaalasest ründaja oleks olnud moslem karjuks meedia oleks, et "terrorist"
Siiski jääb arusaamatuks küsimark pealkirjas, "Vihauritegu?".
Kas ajalehe @postimees see pole, või?
Ja tõsine kuritegu ilmub kollase "Elu24" rubriigis?
https://elu24.postimees.ee/7793663/vihakuritegu-peksti-ja-visati-noaga-tallinna-geibaaris-runnati-soome-pastorit?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share-buttons&utm_content=7793663
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Heavy fighting continues on 4 fronts, 19 combat clashes occurred – General Staff report https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/11/7406390/ via @pravda_eng
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As Russia’s armed forces fight among themselves, it’s hard to know who’s in control | Samantha de Bendern https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/09/russian-armed-forces-infighting-yevgeny-prigozhin?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Analytic thread by @anders_aslund
RT @anders_aslund: Putin's many weaknesses as a ruler is now becoming evident. The truth about Putin is that he has had tremendous luck, but not been particularly able. He has thrived on loyalty & slow deliberate decision-making, But now his many shortfalls are becoming costly.
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Same as it's ever been.
Russia’s opposition fails to unite against Putin https://www.ft.com/content/17acd2fc-fc81-4238-ac29-ddbf82702c24
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Excellent piece by @CatherineBelton echoes similar jingoist views in the recent Meduza story on expat "liberals" rooting for Russia to win.
This hardening of attitudes will guarantee ostracism as a pariah nation for generations of Russians.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/10/putin-political-risks-ukraine-counteroffensive/
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The longer the war goes on, the more it “is turning into a personal matter for Russians” & the harder it is becoming to contemplate any withdrawal of forces, no matter how great the understanding is among the elite that the invasion was a huge mistake, a Russian billionaire said.
RT @CatherineBelton: "Infighting among battlefield leaders, drone attacks on Moscow, & a spate of unprecedented incursions by paramilitary groups into Russian regions bordering Ukraine ar…
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‘Warsaw feels like a mini Soviet Union’: how Russian is gaining ground in Poland’s capital | Poland | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/10/warsaw-mini-soviet-union-russian-poland-capital-exiles
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The Eastern Front: Terror and Torture in Ukraine https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/the-eastern-front-terror-and-torture-in-ukraine/
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