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How well is the war this going for Russia?

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translation: "Four servicemen were wounded when a shell hit a military camp in the Belgorod region, the source said. According to preliminary information, the shelling was carried out from the side of Ukraine."
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Central Russia dying is a decent point at the end. If certain numbers are to be believed, ethnic Russians reproduce as badly as, if not worse than, Westerners. As they lose numbers, the ethnicities still reproducing well will inevitably have greater leverage over the country. I can perfectly see Russia being balkanized in the future as an option.
For what though? They've been living under the aegis of the Russian people for 3 centuries and even after the cold War and the color revolutions, we still see no sign of any separatism.
 
What exactly has the West offered Ukraine and Georgia? And how did it work out?
Markets. And it worked out pretty well, just before the war Ukraine had better wage/GDP ratio than Russia, and Georgia right now is flooded with Russian fleeing from consequences of Putin's brilliant foreign policy.
Central Russia dying is a decent point at the end. If certain numbers are to be believed, ethnic Russians reproduce as badly as, if not worse than, Westerners. As they lose numbers, the ethnicities still reproducing well will inevitably have greater leverage over the country. I can perfectly see Russia being balkanized in the future as an option.
Most of minorities are dying, too. But the problem with Central Russia in particular is that Moscow sucks out all specialists. The energy company that I worked for had to service substations and power lines in Tula and Vladimir (12 hour ride) because their own linemen all fled to Moscow. And power grid company in Vladimir couldn't fill the position of Chief Engineer for months. The wage they offered was much higher than regional average, but they couldn't compete with Moscow.
For what though? They've been living under the aegis of the Russian people for 3 centuries and even after the cold War and the color revolutions, we still see no sign of any separatism.
"With Putin, you can't sell your oil and drill new wells. Without him, you can". Pretty simple.
 
Markets. And it worked out pretty well, just before the war Ukraine had better wage/GDP ratio than Russia, and Georgia right now is flooded with Russian fleeing from consequences of Putin's brilliant foreign policy.
I'm sure that their oligarchs were very happy about the markets. Afghanistan's GDP also skyrocketed from 2002 to 2014. (reference: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=AF )

How well did it turn out for the people of Ukraine and Georgia, though? Did relying on the West improve their quality of life? Can ask the same about Afghanistan too, I guess.
 
translation: "Four servicemen were wounded when a shell hit a military camp in the Belgorod region, the source said. According to preliminary information, the shelling was carried out from the side of Ukraine."
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another false flag perhaps.... Russian missiles on the Ukrainian side.
 
After reading the comments under the post, I would like to take this opportunity to clarify something about the law on disinformation, which was adopted in Russia on March 4.
For example, this a stupid cunt asks for a problem, is she sent to labor camps?
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No, they were just fined 30,000 rubles, the minimum possible fine under her article, which is approximately equal to 340 dollars, which is quite unpleasant for the average Russian salary, but nothing irreparable. By the way, I hear everywhere about a potential 15-year sentence in prison, but the main changes in legislation Article 20.3.3. and Article 275, do not exceed 5 years. Perhaps it was about high treason, and yes, there are very harsh terms from 12 to 20, but this is high treason. What did you expect?
 
Markets. And it worked out pretty well, just before the war Ukraine had better wage/GDP ratio than Russia, and Georgia right now is flooded with Russian fleeing from consequences of Putin's brilliant foreign policy.

Most of minorities are dying, too. But the problem with Central Russia in particular is that Moscow sucks out all specialists. The energy company that I worked for had to service substations and power lines in Tula and Vladimir (12 hour ride) because their own linemen all fled to Moscow. And power grid company in Vladimir couldn't fill the position of Chief Engineer for months. The wage they offered was much higher than regional average, but they couldn't compete with Moscow.

"With Putin, you can't sell your oil and drill new wells. Without him, you can". Pretty simple.
Russia in general suffers from a brain drain. A ton of specialists left the country in the 90s when Russia became a complete shithole, been bleeding specialists over the years even after improvement, and a lot of people are predicting Russia being a pariah for the entire West is going to cause another exodus of specialists.
 
Russia is still in New START. Both US and Russia monitor locations of deployed warheads and even allow on-site inspections. There won't be a defined "insurgency moment" as Jan, 6, but a long process of sabotaging Kremlin's orders by regional elites and the independence will only be declared at the moment when the central power is at its weakest. Just like in 1989-1991.

Lol, if the U.S. couldn't even accomplish regime change in Venezuela of all places and replace it with one glowie puppet then how the fuck do you think you're going to accomplish regime change in Russia?

Yeah, Russia will allow the U.S. to take hold of their thousands of nukes without a fight, you're delusional.

No matter how you spin it, your plans are incredibly braindead.
 
After reading the comments under the post, I would like to take this opportunity to clarify something about the law on disinformation, which was adopted in Russia on March 4.
For example, this a stupid cunt asks for a problem, is she sent to labor camps?
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No, they were just fined 30,000 rubles, the minimum possible fine under her article, which is approximately equal to 340 dollars, which is quite unpleasant for the average Russian salary, but nothing irreparable. By the way, I hear everywhere about a potential 15-year sentence in prison, but the main changes in legislation Article 20.3.3. and Article 275, do not exceed 5 years. Perhaps it was about high treason, and yes, there are very harsh terms from 12 to 20, but this is high treason. What did you expect?
I’m just sacred is all.
Has about as much merit as the Russian sources saying Zelynsky is actually in a bunker in Poland
Maybe?
We'll be going full on Metro 2033, aren't we?
I like the fallout ending.
Eh, thats bad.

Seriously
We are fucked!
 
I think Azov has the potential to be even more dangerous after the war as they'll be Martyrs to many including their own children.
There may not be many left alive of the Azov Regiment by the end of the war but they have the potential to be the nucleus of something far more dangerous in an impoverished and war torn post war Ukraine.
on their own and if Ukraine as a whole is impoverished after the war loses its luster in the West? no, not really...at best they'll be akin to the fucking Chetniks or Ustasha of the Balkans...they'll wither away over time.

but if they learned how to REALLY con the West into funding them, turning to Gofundme or some shit, and if you try and shut them down how dare you obstruct the 'Slava Ukraini' and the glorious resistance to the Russian oppression? Hooboy...then hard fucking agree.
 
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