i live in country where ex-prime minister will be punished if he/she pays his personal 100€ bill with goverment money. HUGE scandal, beheadings basically or at least lots of people will lose their jobs.
And this is why Trump will never give up the WH. He’s done so much crime that the only way for him to stay out of jail FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE is to stay President.
Makes perfect sense to me.
Sounds realistic, russia is bankrupt, terrorist putin wants to live a few more years, and scumbag trump is covering his flat ass…
Perhaps he’s putting a little too much hope in the Russian people. Russians are cowards and serfs who overwhelmingly support Putin.
this is what I have been saying for years. It starts with all the corruption surrounding Sochi Olympics and the simultaneous overthrow of Yanukovych for corruption put Putin on the vector to take land from Ukraine starting with Crimea. In the process Putin’s popularity went from about 45% to 85% with the taking of Crimea.
Putin can’t stop this war or his whole regime will collapse. Putin is the only problem here and he started this…
Putin can’t quit. Maybe he could take a plane to china, but then his whole clan would be up against the wall.
Strange that this plausible opinion is heard so rarely
So the supposedly neutral Swiss are making money off Russian oligarch’s billions stolen from Russian people stashed in their banks?
I agree completely, and you don’t need to be a genius to figure it out. Russia understood what their predicament was on day 3 of the war, when instead of being greeted as liberators, they were being routed to pieces. The internal shock lasted for months, and we got to see how it played out on their national tv shows, but it was crystal clear: Russia cannot lose this war and it must to whatever it takes to win, end of story. If that meant losing a third of the male population, oh well, too bad.
What about Ukraine? Would they succumb to Trump’s dirty, treasonous stance? Hell No, they won’t even sit down to talk about no peace if ceding territory is part of the agreement. Not even giving up on Crimea, which okay, maybe that’s something where one could find an angle to justify the surrender, but no, they rather die than lose.
The extent of Trump’s incompetence is then all the more astounding. Whatever made him think that he could stop the war on day one? He really did say that hundreds of times, and he believed it too. He thought he’d just stop sending aid to Ukraine, side with Russia and gang up on Zelensky. Didn’t work out that well, did it.
I love Bill, his books are magnificent, but it’s simple stuff…Trump is a sick person and the lies he traffics with are on a scale that will be studied for years to come, and in MAGA fantasy worlds, but in real life, no foolish American can go and strong arm Ukraine/Russia into a peace agreement because he’s uh, so “special”.
I shared the same opinion but not anymore. Putin comes across very genuine when he talks about his version of pseudohistory. After the whole Tucker interview where he spoke about Ancient Rus’ i’m convinced that he is a nutjob with different ambitions.
It doesn’t need to be explained, other than to just point to the rodent putin…
It migth be case now that Putin needs to keep the war going for distracting the Russian people. But I don’t believe it was the main reason for starting this war.
His original plan was to conquer Ukraine in 3 days as was clear with the assasination attempt on Zelensky and the skybridge attempt at Hostomel airport. So why would he attempt to quickly conquer a country when he needs to be at war to distract his people? The west probably would’ve accepted the new status quo in order to keep natural gas flowing but the distraction for his people would be minimal at best.
Not to mention Russia is now obliged to treat criminals released from prisons as heroes of war. A few days ago someone posted a finnish article about how the Storm Z is becoming a huge problem when they come back home. Since now they are in the army, the government says they are now heroes. But criminals released from prison will continue to commit crimes when they survive and rotate back home, and locals cannot complaint or somethimes even report them so not to incurr in “disbelieving, discrediting or spreading criticism/fake news about the army”. Then Putin has to keep sending ’em back to the front until they are dead, in hopes to get rid of ’em. How can Putin also deal with such situation in case of a ceasefire?
I also give another reason for why a ceasefire or peace deal won’t work.
You now have hundreds of thousands of Russian families which have been affected by the war. With family members crippled for life or dead. Their sons and brothers will hate Ukraine with all their heart, and the people will want another war, in a couple of years after their sons turn 18.
The only guarantee of peace is a Ukraine so equipped and ready, that another Russo Ukrainian war would be crippling for decades on.
But that’s my 2 cents on this one, nothing more than my thoughts
That is an interesting opinion, but I don’t find it realistic.
Russian people are smart enough to understand that Putin is stealing money, but not smart enough to realize that Putin is the reason why their sons are coming home in a coffin.
FOLLOW THIS GUY. He is the authority on Putin’s moves and his mind today. Needs much more airtime.
This is only one side of the “why”, this war is also about his legacy, also about Russian history roots that start in Ukraine, also about imperialistic traditions.
How long do we have to wait to see Putin Downfall? It seems guaranteed but at the same time 25 years also seems far too long to wait already.
Browder is a dick but I agree with what he says here. I’d go even further, about 20% of the Russian population is now directly living from the war and the war economy which is all that’s left of the Russian economy. They cannot simply end it and they will continue even if they’d get all of Ukraine
I agree there won’t be a peace deal. I agree putler and co stole a shit load of money. I don’t buy that it’s not for land and to rebuild the ussr. Because why are they absorbing Belarus? Why annex parts of Georgia? Why annex Crimea then use the same tactics to try and do it to the donbas? Only Ukraine fought back that time. Why interfere in Moldovas politics constantly? It probably plays a role in it. I think this was a land grab pure and simple.
I think he’s right and I’ve been saying this for a while that Putin has set himself up in a win-win position where in the spirit of The Shock Doctrine, Putin is exploiting this crisis to consolidate power domestically. He can explore territorial conquest in Ukraine but also purge undesireables within Russia to the meat grinder. With his new justifiable war time powers, he can close independent journalist outlets. He can off political opposition. He can steal more money.
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i live in country where ex-prime minister will be punished if he/she pays his personal 100€ bill with goverment money. HUGE scandal, beheadings basically or at least lots of people will lose their jobs.
And this is why Trump will never give up the WH. He’s done so much crime that the only way for him to stay out of jail FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE is to stay President.
Makes perfect sense to me.
Sounds realistic, russia is bankrupt, terrorist putin wants to live a few more years, and scumbag trump is covering his flat ass…
I encourage everyone to read this book https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/red-notice-a-true-story-of-corruption-murder-and-how-i-became-putin-s-no.-1-enemy-bill-browder
Sounds like America, 3 to 4 years from now
Perhaps he’s putting a little too much hope in the Russian people. Russians are cowards and serfs who overwhelmingly support Putin.
this is what I have been saying for years. It starts with all the corruption surrounding Sochi Olympics and the simultaneous overthrow of Yanukovych for corruption put Putin on the vector to take land from Ukraine starting with Crimea. In the process Putin’s popularity went from about 45% to 85% with the taking of Crimea.
Putin can’t stop this war or his whole regime will collapse. Putin is the only problem here and he started this…
Putin can’t quit. Maybe he could take a plane to china, but then his whole clan would be up against the wall.
RemindMe! 2 years
[Putin, Power, and the War in Ukraine: A Response to Browder’s Claim](https://dichebach.substack.com/p/putin-power-and-the-war-in-ukraine)
Strange that this plausible opinion is heard so rarely
So the supposedly neutral Swiss are making money off Russian oligarch’s billions stolen from Russian people stashed in their banks?
I agree completely, and you don’t need to be a genius to figure it out. Russia understood what their predicament was on day 3 of the war, when instead of being greeted as liberators, they were being routed to pieces. The internal shock lasted for months, and we got to see how it played out on their national tv shows, but it was crystal clear: Russia cannot lose this war and it must to whatever it takes to win, end of story. If that meant losing a third of the male population, oh well, too bad.
What about Ukraine? Would they succumb to Trump’s dirty, treasonous stance? Hell No, they won’t even sit down to talk about no peace if ceding territory is part of the agreement. Not even giving up on Crimea, which okay, maybe that’s something where one could find an angle to justify the surrender, but no, they rather die than lose.
The extent of Trump’s incompetence is then all the more astounding. Whatever made him think that he could stop the war on day one? He really did say that hundreds of times, and he believed it too. He thought he’d just stop sending aid to Ukraine, side with Russia and gang up on Zelensky. Didn’t work out that well, did it.
I love Bill, his books are magnificent, but it’s simple stuff…Trump is a sick person and the lies he traffics with are on a scale that will be studied for years to come, and in MAGA fantasy worlds, but in real life, no foolish American can go and strong arm Ukraine/Russia into a peace agreement because he’s uh, so “special”.
I shared the same opinion but not anymore. Putin comes across very genuine when he talks about his version of pseudohistory. After the whole Tucker interview where he spoke about Ancient Rus’ i’m convinced that he is a nutjob with different ambitions.
It doesn’t need to be explained, other than to just point to the rodent putin…
It migth be case now that Putin needs to keep the war going for distracting the Russian people. But I don’t believe it was the main reason for starting this war.
His original plan was to conquer Ukraine in 3 days as was clear with the assasination attempt on Zelensky and the skybridge attempt at Hostomel airport. So why would he attempt to quickly conquer a country when he needs to be at war to distract his people? The west probably would’ve accepted the new status quo in order to keep natural gas flowing but the distraction for his people would be minimal at best.
Not to mention Russia is now obliged to treat criminals released from prisons as heroes of war. A few days ago someone posted a finnish article about how the Storm Z is becoming a huge problem when they come back home. Since now they are in the army, the government says they are now heroes. But criminals released from prison will continue to commit crimes when they survive and rotate back home, and locals cannot complaint or somethimes even report them so not to incurr in “disbelieving, discrediting or spreading criticism/fake news about the army”. Then Putin has to keep sending ’em back to the front until they are dead, in hopes to get rid of ’em. How can Putin also deal with such situation in case of a ceasefire?
I also give another reason for why a ceasefire or peace deal won’t work.
You now have hundreds of thousands of Russian families which have been affected by the war. With family members crippled for life or dead. Their sons and brothers will hate Ukraine with all their heart, and the people will want another war, in a couple of years after their sons turn 18.
The only guarantee of peace is a Ukraine so equipped and ready, that another Russo Ukrainian war would be crippling for decades on.
But that’s my 2 cents on this one, nothing more than my thoughts
That is an interesting opinion, but I don’t find it realistic.
Russian people are smart enough to understand that Putin is stealing money, but not smart enough to realize that Putin is the reason why their sons are coming home in a coffin.
FOLLOW THIS GUY. He is the authority on Putin’s moves and his mind today. Needs much more airtime.
This is only one side of the “why”, this war is also about his legacy, also about Russian history roots that start in Ukraine, also about imperialistic traditions.
How long do we have to wait to see Putin Downfall? It seems guaranteed but at the same time 25 years also seems far too long to wait already.
Browder is a dick but I agree with what he says here. I’d go even further, about 20% of the Russian population is now directly living from the war and the war economy which is all that’s left of the Russian economy. They cannot simply end it and they will continue even if they’d get all of Ukraine
I agree there won’t be a peace deal. I agree putler and co stole a shit load of money. I don’t buy that it’s not for land and to rebuild the ussr. Because why are they absorbing Belarus? Why annex parts of Georgia? Why annex Crimea then use the same tactics to try and do it to the donbas? Only Ukraine fought back that time. Why interfere in Moldovas politics constantly? It probably plays a role in it. I think this was a land grab pure and simple.
I think he’s right and I’ve been saying this for a while that Putin has set himself up in a win-win position where in the spirit of The Shock Doctrine, Putin is exploiting this crisis to consolidate power domestically. He can explore territorial conquest in Ukraine but also purge undesireables within Russia to the meat grinder. With his new justifiable war time powers, he can close independent journalist outlets. He can off political opposition. He can steal more money.
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