The Azov Nazis have invaded the Outlaw US Empire and seized part of Stanford University where the Nazi Neocon Condoleezza Rice is located, RT reports:

Russia’s ambassador to the US has rebuked the prestigious Stanford University for hosting an event which featured fighters from the controversial Ukrainian Azov Battalion, a unit in which some members openly espouse neo-Nazi ideology.
“It would appear that in its maniacal drive to tarnish and cancel Russia, the US is prepared to glorify Nazism,” Anatoly Antonov told the media on Thursday.

I’m surprised the Woke student body didn’t drive them away.

Posted by: karlof1 | Oct 14 2022 16:16 utc | 4

Q&A VVP with journalists.
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69604

Posted by: Paco | Oct 14 2022 16:18 utc | 6

Let me repeat this message, which seems to be the most important currently.
Some of you may wonder what happened to the results of the NS1+NS2, the gas pipelines from Russia to Germany, investigations: they are now top secret. Even Germany does not get to see the results. Of course, nothing more can be done.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/nord-stream-schweden-laesst-zusammenarbeit-bei-pipeline-ermittlungen-platzen-a-490b359c-1508-458a-bb57-954e4ce11050
Now one could say that also Denmark investigates. But also Denmark does not want to give out investigation results:
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/nordstream-pipelines-ermittlungen-101.html
Could it be, just a tiny bit, that the results of the investigation have unwanted results? Hiding the results of an international investigation against Russia means to me that pipeline has been destroyed by Americans.

Posted by: Tuk | Oct 14 2022 16:23 utc | 8

It’s been nice knowing everyone here. Have a round on me!
b, I’ll settle the tab after next week’s NATO nuclear exercises. M’kay?

Posted by: dfg | Oct 14 2022 16:29 utc | 10

Why would a government minister of construction order a military evacuation Mr Bacon?
http://government.ru/en/gov/persons/620/events/

Posted by: Anon8888 | Oct 14 2022 16:37 utc | 12

Tuk | Oct 14 2022 16:23 utc | 7
You really couldn’t make this up.
No-one actually connected to the pipeline’s operation, including allies, will be allowed to see the evidence of what happened. It can only mean one thing, they have clear evidence as to who did it and it ain’t Russia.
In a normal World it is Germany who should be vetoing Sweden’s application to NATO as they are a hostile power.

Posted by: JohninMK | Oct 14 2022 16:46 utc | 14

There is no evacuation from Kherson city and suburbs. In the line of contact, there might not be civilians. Anyway, if Zelly wants, let them come from Nikolaev and other places. It is steppe. And it rains now. Its muddy and open, so let them come. Zelly is sending Ukrainian conscripts to a sure death. Just to give a slight chance to Biden to try to win the midterm elections. Well, that’s what a Jew would do.

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 14 2022 16:58 utc | 16

Russia knows, who are the culprits of the NS1, NS2 sabotage. When time comes, Russia will take action. Right now, it helps Russia. Germany has to get gas from France and Poland, other than what comes from Norway. It’s not the time yet, as winter had not arrived yet. Russians can stand very cold winters, but can the Europeans, especially the Germans?

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 14 2022 17:04 utc | 18

Anyone who expects anything but weakness from the German regime should take a look at young Olaf in the GDR……..
https://www.swr.de/swr2/wissen/archivradio/juso-vize-olaf-scholz-bei-der-manifestation-der-jugend-in-der-ddr-100.html

Posted by: Paul Greenwood | Oct 14 2022 17:12 utc | 20

Yes, Belgorod hit once again, almost daily now. Substation fire was extinguished but schools were permanently closed. Must feel great to be defended by Shoigu and his gang. What’s next? Evacuation?

Posted by: rk | Oct 14 2022 17:21 utc | 22

Posted by: Zanon | Oct 14 2022 17:14 utc | 20

It is like Ukraine is the only one fighting in this war.

And fighting it only against the town of Belgorod …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 14 2022 17:27 utc | 24

rk, marko
I wonder where the problem lies? Is it with Shoigu or generals? Regiments? Corruption? Incompetence?
As I said before, since Russia is obviously unable to stop this it is just a matter of time before Ukraine take the war to Moscow.

Posted by: Zanon | Oct 14 2022 17:46 utc | 26

Posted by: Chevrus | Oct 14 2022 17:24 utc | 22
The fact is 3 / 4 NS pipe destruction is regrettable, but is relatively irrelevant. It also doesn’t matter whether EU accepts using the fourth still intact or not. The supply just moves to other channels, in which all Russia has direct control or very significant ownership of gas supply sites in pretty much all of Eurasia.
We are now getting expansion of Turkstream. We are also getting major petrochemical projects between Saudi Arabia which will be able to trump all other petrochemical refining in the world, due to feedstock being cheap, in place and available. These are major industrial and energy hubs forming out of control of the west.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 14 2022 17:50 utc | 28

In regard to Ukraine taking the war to Moscow: are you guys just saying that to troll, and if not how on earth do you think that will happen?

Posted by: Chevrus | Oct 14 2022 17:52 utc | 30

who and how
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/10/the-odessa-connection-the-ukrainian-m-o-for-the-crimean-bridge-attack-this-is-how-the-operation-worked-to-the-point-of-detonation.html

Posted by: jo6pac | Oct 14 2022 17:53 utc | 32

Posted by: Chevrus | Oct 14 2022 18:00 utc | 32
I would expect US start ramping up terrorist attacks inside Gulf States and especially Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile Israel continues to hit Syria. Erdogan expands his influence through Azerbaijan and maybe further across the Caspian sea to the Stans.
Obviously those are secondary threats, the main threat is to deal with Ukraine, which is now literally a rabid nazi caliphate/terrorist regime and will be for a long time. US has also shipped all their “moderate rebels” as we learned to know them during the last decade, to Ukraine, including ISIS, AQ, Jabhat al-nusra and all the interchangeable alphabet soup groups and chopperas from Syria and Iraq. The main thing is US must lose, all other issues can be settled in other ways.
In my view, US used Ukraine initially to tighten their grip on Ukraine. Their secondary goal is to use them as a long “partisan war”, Russians have mostly denied this through just letting the Ukrainian so-called partisans come to the front ditches. Nato will have millions upon millions of cheap bodies to train. They started getting cocky as they viewed the “grinding” method as weakness. IMO Russia just wins this whole thing just by holding the fronts and causing continuously casualties like they did so far. The economic realities will cripple EU and, further down the road, USA.

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 14 2022 18:16 utc | 34

*and all the interchangeable alphabet soup groups and head choppers…
*US used Ukraine initially to tighten their grip on Europe…
typos, typos

Posted by: unimperator | Oct 14 2022 18:19 utc | 36

@2 Don Bacon
The announcement was actually:
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin announced a military-aided evacuation from Kherson,
They are aiding civilians who wish to evacuate Kherson.
Much different than you edited version which implies the Military is evacuating Kherson.

Posted by: Dan Farrand | Oct 14 2022 18:42 utc | 38

It’s nice to watch how the UK is crumbling. There’s dumb Liz, and dumber king. Would the UK have enough cash to go through this winter season?

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 14 2022 18:47 utc | 40

Anon@11
Yes, Bacon appears to be a bit fried. Do eggs come next, or only egos?

Posted by: aristodemos | Oct 14 2022 18:57 utc | 42

This whole war is about whether or not the US Dollar will be half of every transaction on the planet, and if the impossible to pay “ever compounding interest” owed on every Dollar that exists can be used to claim ownership of natural resources of Russia.
I don’t know how long Russia can keep fighting, but the Banksters and the politicians they own will keep fighting as long as they can conjure up unlimited amounts of Dollars, and non-Americans trade the material goods and services needed to wage war for those conjured up Dollars. (Do not blame the average American for China supplying stuff to the Military Industrial Complex in exchange for Dollars, and the Banksters and the politicians they own then use the stuff to attack Russia through Ukraine.)
If you want to end this and most other wars, STOP HOLDING DOLLARS and if you must take Dollars in trade, trade the Dollars away as fast as you can in exchange for non-Dollar stuff.

Posted by: Carl | Oct 14 2022 19:01 utc | 44

George: Well, this is splendid, comradely news! Together, we’ll fight for king
and country Slava Ukraini, and be sucking sausages drinking vodka in Berlin Moscow by teatime.
Edmund: Yes, I hope their cafes are well stocked; everyone seems determined
to eat out the moment they arrive.

Posted by: Ursula Zandt | Oct 14 2022 19:10 utc | 46

marko | Oct 14 2022 16:28 utc | 8
Putin is ignorant of Anglo-Saxon world.
There is no justice there, just a strong will to steal and to rob other countries.

Well said. Just look at the Americans stealing oil from Syria, or the Bank of England refusing to return Venezuela’s gold. Or think of Libya’s vast gold reserves that have been unaccounted for since the NATO invasion of 2010/11. The Anglo-Saxons are attracted to material wealth to a degree that by far exceeds other societies. Trying to understand why this is the case, maybe some of you have a theory to offer.

Posted by: grunzt | Oct 14 2022 19:17 utc | 48

Kiev announces FIRST German-made IRIS-T advanced air defense system given to Ukraine by Berlin has been deployed on front lines in South Ukraine.

https://t.me/IntelRepublic/6867

Posted by: Down South | Oct 14 2022 19:23 utc | 50

How to Introduce New Soldiers to a Real War?
The most appropriate use of the recently-mobilized servicemen may be to introduce them gradually as marching reinforcements into units already familiar with the front. This would ensure better preservation of the units’ combat effectiveness and gradual improvement of the mobilized men’s skills by allowing them to interact with the combat core of the units into which they have been drafted.
On the contrary, the riskiest option is to deploy entirely newly-formed units with little or no combat experience directly to the front. This makes it almost inevitable that they would face a host of problems: from the lack of proper front-line living arrangements to the insufficient stability of new units under fire, which is difficult to ensure even for good commanders with combat experience when they have few experienced men in their ranks, and even more difficult if the commanders themselves are from the mobilized ranks.
The risk is even greater in our situation, considering the main trump card of our enemy. Let me remind you, this trump card is the perfect (and developing) NATO intelligence system, to which Ukraine now has the widest possible access. The enemy’s ability to identify the appearance of untrained units at the front and concentrate its efforts on them would then pose a very serious problem for us at the front.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14241

Posted by: Down South | Oct 14 2022 19:33 utc | 52

None of the sources of Vladimir Soloviev, Putin’s regular interviewer and confidante, can confirm the existence of the “list of Telegram authors that the Ministry of Defence has asked to be investigated for publications bringing the Russian Armed Forces into disrepute.”
Don’t watch the hands. Watch the ball.
It is in the interest of the “party of peace and deal-making” to silence criticism of the military operation, as they attempt to force Russia into a shameful peace by concealing the weaknesses that can be fixed. It is in the interest of the “party of war and victory”—which finally, after 9 months, has the upper hand and the initiative—to air the dirty laundry and fix what is necessary to secure Russia’s future.
It is up to Putin—as always and usual—to mediate between the “Towers of the Kremlin” and find the path forward. The momentum of war preparation on both sides of the conflict has nearly crossed the Rubicon (to be fair, it had crossed it on the Ukrainian and Western side over a year ago, and it is Russia that is now catching up).
The defeat of the comprador “party of peace and deal-making” is, in my opinion, inevitable—however long, arduous, and painful that path to victory may be. The success of the “party of war and victory” will be built on that.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14268

Posted by: Down South | Oct 14 2022 19:40 utc | 54

@12, @38. karlof1, thank you for your well reasoned points of view, thank you also for the links to your vk site. i’ve learned much from both, i have though one point wherein i have a different take, mine being more intuitive & less reasoned than yours, bt may be thought for consideration: i do not feel the russian response to the nord stream debacle off point in the slightest. as europe becomes ever colder, ever darker the people especially those remaining few with a degree of sense & self preservation will begin to behave exactly as the french (certainly the yellow vests) bt those with 2 paycheques & still not enough for food, heat or the rent, & begin to toss & mull about the town squares in a disgruntled, moody fever. russia, having a history of such crowds & their incipient power has (imho) left the winning card on the table. the answer to all your problems is in clear sight: all you have to do is insist on the reopening of your nord stream pipeline & your life can once again return to what it was last year & for those warm & toasty previous years. the talk about russia losing the propaganda war is like so much bullshit spun, russia knows propaganda & truth & how to wield both. the difference being russia does not distain people or our innate good sense bt values us & is playing very handily to it.

Posted by: emersonreturn | Oct 14 2022 19:46 utc | 56

The new US National Security Strategy was released today; it has been amended to reflect the latest world developments.
I have prepared a small compilation of this document for you.
The US describes a rivalry primarily between two countries: China and Russia. However, it is clear to the US (and to you and me) that these rivals are not equal:
а) China is described as the “main strategic contender” of the next decade, a threat that aspires to redraw the world order and undermine the status of the US as a hegemon. China is to be dealt with primarily by undermining it from within: bringing to justice the genocide in Xinjiang, human rights violations in Tibet and Hong Kong, and controlling tensions in Taiwan.
b) Russia, on the other hand, is seen by the Americans as an aggressor. But an aggressor that is not dangerous, but, rather, “blind,” that is, it does not fully understand what to do and how to do it. At the same time, the following is made clear concerning Russia:
– No one will have a dialogue with Putin; he has been written off.
– Support for Russia’s enemies (Ukraine, Europe, etc.) will only grow.
– The US will not allow Russia (or any other country) to use nuclear weapons.
– The war in Ukraine has already lowered Russia’s status in the eyes of India, China, and Japan.
In other words, concerning Russia, no peace talks are possible in principle under the current political leadership.
The main tasks of the US and allies globally under the new strategy are:
1. Investing in major instruments of US power and influence.
2. Building a strong coalition of nations.
3. Investing and modernizing the armed forces, taking into account all modern challenges: cyber warfare, intelligence, and terrorist threats.
The US sees investment in private companies, including those outside the States, as the main method of achieving its objectives. They are primarily interested in semiconductors, biotechnology, infrastructure, space, artificial intelligence, and missile technology. The second method is to attract quality personnel both from within the US and from other countries.
Separate paragraphs describe American actions in almost every region of the globe. There is nothing unusual about this; the US can afford it, as it is still the hegemon.
The bottom line:
The US, as in the past, plans to make a high-tech army unparalleled in the world by the 2030s through the use and development of the most modern technologies and approaches. And what is relevant to us, as citizens of the Russian Federation: they do not consider Russia as a rival in principle, but at most, for now, as an appendage of China with nuclear missiles.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14289

Posted by: Down South | Oct 14 2022 20:11 utc | 58

Two, make that three, things to note. First is restating my view that the Ukraine army is sending a large percentage of its soldiers into combat with no steel ( or kevlar) helmets. This is as bad a crime and sin in the profession of arms as exists. I encourage all to look at the youtube videos (which I can’t stand doing, sorry) and report on the percentage of soldiers without helmets. The incompetence and criminality of the Ukraine government, the most responsible agent for this, is made plain. The failure of the West’s newsmedia, chattering or political classes, intelligentsia, all of them, to note this shows how worthless these are.
Second is winter warfare nowadays. It seems to me that drones + modern IR sensors + excellent communications in real time have revolutionized winter warfare. It seems to me that any fire soldiers make to stay warm, anytime they fire up a primus, they can be instantly located, targeted, and shelled to destruction. I don’t know how good the new IR is in spotting soldiers against a snowy background, but I suspect that that’s doable as well. All this would work day or night equally well. I think that the Russians have done their homework in this area, and will put some very serious hurt on the Ukraine army forces this winter with the new technology. I further suspect that combat patrolling done under drone/IR surveillance would become several times more effective. I suspect that Zelinsky’s fear of the war lasting into winter comes from his being aware of this. That, and I suspect that the Ukraine army lacks winter gear, on account of incompetence, corruption/selling of it already, and the likelihood of the winter gear warehouses already being targeted and destroyed by the Russian forces. If anyone in reporterland wants a story, well here’s one, but good luck in seeing it printed.
Third thing is to give B a good ration of abuse for deleting my comment on Queen Liz’s passing. I brought up the Enquirer (and there are other sources) story of Charles and Camilla’s Ozzie love child, back from when Camilla was a debutante who disappeared for a year. I encouraged anyone who could to get a used glass or cigarette butt from either of these two and send it off to the Ozzie, for DNA testing. Seems like a good idea to me. I have since found out that this Ozzie retired civil servant has an Aboriginal ancestry wife. Sheyitt, a British monarch with a broad ozzie accent who has an aboriginal wife. It’d be a hoot and a half, and hell, it might get folks over there thinking seriously for once about getting rid of the monarchy.
Anybody who knows more about winter warfare nowadays, I’d love to hear your pov, and would be most grateful as well.

Posted by: Daniel N. White | Oct 14 2022 20:21 utc | 60

“For every 1 Russian soldier or volunteer that’s wounded or killed in southern Ukraine, 5-6 Ukrainians are killed or wounded. And that ratio seems to be improving in favour of the Russian side every day.” Col. Douglas MacGregor.

Posted by: Krypton | Oct 14 2022 20:22 utc | 62

Posted by: Hermit | Oct 13 2022 20:36 utc | 105
«The Skripal Affair was beyond ridiculous (See my contemporaneous image https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tCqUsDYIL6P98PMTEYD9H0MhHDtxiJrx and read the back label)»
The back label suggests “BZ” but I have a guess that matches most known details, especially the letter to “The Times” of the medical doctor, and the involvement of Yulia, what happened to their attic, and their disappearance: that Sergei and Yulia were making money by dealing in drugs (Sergei with his contacts with the mob, Yulia as courier), in particular fentanyl, and they mishandled the merchandised, got contaminated, and had a mild overdose of fentanyl.
«but I would suggest that the turning-point came earlier, with the muzzling and threatened reprisals against staff and owners of the Guardian over the publication of a smattering of the trove of information provided by Snowden»
But that was business-as-usual. just ordinary conflict between spooks and hacks, even if it was the first time the intimidation was done so publicly.
The Skripal case was I think the first time when the whole “official media” went along without even a slight insinuation of doubt about a whole sequence of ridiculous conspiracy theories. That led to the delirious conspiracy theories about Trump being Putin’s puppet, and today’s going along with the government’s conspiracy theories about Putin attacking a russian pipeline, and the adoption of the narrative that the ruthenian fascist gangs are actually champions of democracy.
I also read recently in that “The Guardian” a spook/hack (hard to tell the difference…) arguing that hacks like him should only be allowed to publish stories approved by the NATO government:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/13/online-regulation-alex-jones-us-court-fine
«There have always been Alex Joneses spreading poison from the world’s soap boxes and pavements. As a boy I used to listen to them at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park. We would turn away with a grimace from their rubbish, while a couple of police stood by in case of trouble. Their lies never made it into newspapers or on to the airwaves. Free speech went only as far as the human voice could carry. Beyond that, “news” was mediated behind a wall of editors, censors and regulators, to keep it from gullible and dangerous ears. […] But if freedom is to be protected and treasured, this means the US and Europe acting in concert. Regulation must burrow down into the global media platforms, “to bring out the best and curtail the worst”.»
I guess that to treasure freedom those “editors, censors and regulators” from the governments of “US and Europe” have to destroy it :-).
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/everybodys-saying-it-guardrails

Posted by: Blissex | Oct 14 2022 20:28 utc | 64

Nine Russian war correspondents and war correspondent projects risk being prosecuted for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces. They are Igor Strelkov, Semyon Pegov (WarGonzo), Yuri Podolyaka, Vladlen Tatarsky, Sergey Mardan, Igor Dimitriev, the authors of GreyZone, Rybar, and, suddenly, Kristina Potupchik. Content in their tg channels is already being analyzed for fakes, defamation, and other prohibited and punishable items.
According to our information, a request to Roskomnadzor to check the work of the above-mentioned authors has been signed personally by the Chief of the General Staff. On the part of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the case is being led by the head of the department for oversight of the execution of the law on federal security, terrorism, extremism, and inter-ethnic relations. The reason is criticism of the Defence Ministry and its decisions in the course of the SAO.
How long the probe will last is not yet known. But if the corpus delicti is established and the guilt is proven, the military correspondents will either be fined or sentenced to up to three years in prison.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14299

Posted by: Down South | Oct 14 2022 20:29 utc | 66

Evacuation of civilians from Kherson
Translation: … A big increase of Russian air strikes, missiles, and long range artillery to pound Ukrainian / NATO forces is coming.

Posted by: Mummer | Oct 14 2022 20:34 utc | 68

Here’s a thought experiment for B, Karl, scorpion and others:
An ultra top secret meeting is held between the heads of Russia, China and India and the representatives of the Satanic empire.
The cabal lays out their cards and plainly states that if they don’t have a means of escape, then they have no future purpose and therefore will allow existing events to transpire unguided.
But, BUT, what if the trio were to abandon their utopian plans about credit finance being managed as a utility for public good?
What if instead they were to allow private banking to manage the creation of a new reserve system based in those allied countries? (Regardless of basis, hard commodities or simply “full faith and credit”.)
In so doing, the cabal would not only guarantee that any risks of nuclear war would be eliminated, but also ensure the collapse of US/NATO, thereby ending any ongoing credible threats?
Put yourself in Putin’s shoes: all risk eliminated, Russia guaranteed the premier spot in world affairs for the next 100-200+ years. What would you do? Take the bird in hand …?
Note: We should assume these calculations are already being made. Everyone knows Russia has emerged victorious; the only risk is that of a deranged loser taking everyone down with them.
The smart money aka bankers aka satanic demons are obviously planning their exit strategy. They too would like to live to begin the cycle anew.
What evidence would discerning observers sense indicating these moves are being made?

Posted by: B9k9 | Oct 14 2022 20:52 utc | 70

Marko @64
Good news! No need for concern whatsoforever. Just finished listening to Alexander Mercuris on the Duran site. He’s extremely well informed and has a plethora of feeds from numerous individuals, some of them well connected.
So Mercuris took night unto 15 minutes of his time to discount the current propaganda campaign on the “looming fall of Kharson” to the UkiePukies. What had actually happened was that the governor of the Kherson Oblast evidently has almost zero sense of public relations when he made reference to “evacuation” of Kherson City. In fact, he pointed out, that evac was being offered to those who feared ongoing missile strikes by the Ukies on their city in a mode similar to their long-term assaults on Donetsk City.
So how many people took the guv up on his kind offer to the fearful? Three-hundred and fifty souls, within a city of scores of thousands. Thus, the fearful would amount to far less than 1% of the total population.
Some folks have become nervous nellies as they turn to boobtoob noose and other MainScream sources for their daily dose of “Hate Russia” propaganda. Those folks are getting a bit desperate as all Ukie offensives have been smashed at the same time as Russian forces have now penetrated into the core of Bakhmut/Artemovsk where some five BRIGADES of Ukies have been holing up while the allies sweep up more and more ground surrounding that now heavily besieged center for logistics and communications for the Ukies’ forces in the Donbass.
In a matter of a week or two, it is likely that the now steady advances in central Donbass will finally free the suffering people of Donetsk City from any more artillery strikes from Adiievka and the rest of Ukraine’s novo Maginot line of reinforced concrete fortifications. The fall of Bakhmut will ensure that outcome.
So Marko: No more need for concern. The Russians are on a roll, while the battered Ukies can only retreat in order to survive.

Posted by: aristodemos | Oct 14 2022 21:06 utc | 72

Russian army cannot protect Belgogrod and Donetskcity from shelling. I would have thought drones and satellites would identify the source?

Posted by: Ken B | Oct 14 2022 21:19 utc | 74

So Marko: No more need for concern. The Russians are on a roll, while the battered Ukies can only retreat in order to survive.
Posted by: aristodemos | Oct 14 2022 21:06 utc | 71
lets hope.
But the prosecution of journalist by Russian army is a bad sign.

Posted by: marko | Oct 14 2022 21:21 utc | 76

There is definitely an information war going on within Russian circles

Vladislav Ugolny (@Zola_of_Renovation) writes in relation to the rumours of prosecution of certain war correspondents:
Subscribe to my channel and recommend it to your friends, colleagues and relatives.
Do it even if you don’t like me. Especially if you don’t like me. The more subscribers—the faster the “criminal case” will appear. Because I envy them: [Kristina] Potupchik has one against her, and I have none.
All kidding aside, the list is made up half of decent people and half—of scum (Dimitriev, Pegov, and Potupchik). This list has no logic whatsoever. Nor does the list have any proof of its own existence.
Very manipulative news, right down to “the cowardly Girkin has fled to the front to hide from answering for what he said that discredited the Russian army.”
Something very nasty is going on.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14305

I am completely lost as to how this claim started, but, for clarity:
No one here, at Slavyangrad, or any of the sources that I am aware of is claiming that anyone in Russia is investigating our dear friend, partner, and exceptional journalist and author, Esha K.
If I have missed anything, or if anything like that was said, it is definitely a mistake.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/14307

Posted by: Down South | Oct 14 2022 21:26 utc | 78

aristodemos | Oct 14 2022 21:23 utc | 76
You are incredibly bad at this.

Posted by: Objective Observer | Oct 14 2022 21:37 utc | 80

There is a new article by NATO-aligned, but realistic, swiss military analyst Jacques Baud:
https://www.thepostil.com/kharkov-and-mobilization/
«Vladimir Putin’s stated objectives of “demilitarisation” and “denazification” are not about gaining territory, but about destroying the threat to the Donbass. In other words, the Ukrainians are fighting for territory, while the Russians seek to destroy capabilities. […]
In the belief that they are weakening Russia, our media are promoting the gradual disappearance of Ukrainian society. It seems like a paradox, but this is consistent with the way our leaders view Ukraine. They did not react to the massacres of Russian-speaking Ukrainian civilians in the Donbass between 2014 and 2022, nor do they mention Ukraine’s losses today. In fact, for our media and authorities, Ukrainians are a kind of “Untermenschen” whose life is only meant to satisfy the goals of our politicians.»
Which is what the “president” of Ukraine said himself, in a quite “official” article that I cannot understand why is not quoted more often:
https://www.economist.com/europe/volodymyr-zelensky-on-why-ukraine-must-defeat-putin/21808448
«Mr [_]elensky divides NATO into five camps. First are those who “don‘t mind a long war because it would mean exhausting Russia, even if this means the demise of Ukraine and comes at the cost of Ukrainian lives”.»

Posted by: Blissex | Oct 14 2022 21:38 utc | 82

Daniel N. White | Oct 14 2022 20:21 utc | 59
The Ukraine army are unlikely to freeze at any rate, Canada is reported to be sending them 500,000 winter uniforms. Canada is easily as cold as Ukraine in winter.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 14 2022 21:43 utc | 84

In other words, the Samson Option would be obviated.
Posted by: aristodemos | Oct 14 2022 21:23 utc | 76
—
Hey, sorry for the omission.
Anyway, the new trio alliance can certainly create their own public banking utility, but there’s this bothersome business about potential nuclear Armageddon lurking in the shadows with a resentful, discarded paramour.
Like re-insurance, the risk might almost be so negligible as to be difficult to measure, but in the off chance of occurrence, it’s a below the waterline titanic event.
So, do you take the guarantee in hand? Consider the shifting orientation of media as well. Now all of a sudden youre the good guys, heroes to the world vs the defeated and discredited ‘evil empire’ (irony intentional).
(The new Nuremberg trials would take years to try, convict and punish the multitudes responsible for millions of deaths around the world.)
One has to wonder how many times this transitional phase has taken place (since antiquity?), with the Satanic emissaries presenting the same pitch, promosing the creation of a the new monetary standard by replacing the old, used up husk.
Just the last 800 years:
HRE->Venice->Spain->UK->USA->?

Posted by: B9k9 | Oct 14 2022 21:46 utc | 86

Russia is more than capable of winning the conventional war in Ukraine. The larger war, for all the marbles, is the geopolitical/economic war. You might also throw in the ideological tug of war. The West is committing “assisted suicide”. Only time will tell how things shake out. At any rate, these are turbulent times.

Posted by: Immaculate deception | Oct 14 2022 21:54 utc | 88

“It is in our historical tradition, in the fate of our people, to stop those who are striving for world domination, who threaten to dismember and enslave our Motherland, our Fatherland. We will do it now, and so it will be.”
Posted by: karlof1 | Oct 14 2022 21:37 utc | 80
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Oh brother, you might be a great thinker/writer (as I’ve noted before), but the naivete is bit too much.
I mean, for one, the very first criticism of VPP is that he was KGB. Period.the.end. Sure, he may have recenyly gotten religion, but how do you respond to the accusation that he’s the richest of all of Russias oligarchs?
Every historically important leader makes/has made these types of positive, affirmative pronouncements and proclamations. It’s what they do.
Rather than post a long and tiresome list of quotes, how about a quick roll call of players justifying their position as the one and correct path including Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, JFK, lennin, Stalin, Hitler and Churchill.
If you could engineer a new order with a guarantee of US/NATO stand down, history would judge you as a saint.

Posted by: B9k9 | Oct 14 2022 22:06 utc | 90

Posted by: aristodemos | Oct 14 2022 21:23 utc | 76
er!!! um!!!. You are talking about the richest part of Australia. Where all our iron and gas comes from. It has been a very long time since we rode on the sheeps’ back.

Posted by: watcher | Oct 14 2022 22:14 utc | 92

anon2020 @ 54
The other purpose of the strikes on electrical systems was to stop/limit rail transport. Nearly all rail in Ukraine is electric. Heavy materiel goes by rail. Roads and trucks to move the heavy stuff without rail transport is not there. No way to perfectly shut that down without impacting civilians but they tried.

Posted by: oldhippie | Oct 14 2022 22:27 utc | 94

No more need for massive strikes on Ukraine – Putin
He is just afraid.
Posted by: marko | Oct 14 2022 17:52 utc | 28
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Better to include it all:

There is currently no need for additional large-scale missile strikes on Ukrainian targets, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
During a press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, he explained that the Russian military is now pursuing other objectives, as only seven of some 29 targets designated by Russia’s Defense Ministry were not hit in a bombardment earlier this week.
“But these objects are being finished off gradually. There is no need for major strikes, at least for now,” Putin said.

Doesn’t sound like fear at all. Sounds like a warning.

Posted by: StriveToEnterIn | Oct 14 2022 22:37 utc | 96

76 lol i guess thats a play on actual history. there was a plan at one point to create another israel in western australia at one point, the Kimberly plan 1939. Western Australia supreme court has hebrew writing on its plaque to show who rules law there anyway so they got it on the sly .

Posted by: hankster | Oct 14 2022 22:40 utc | 98

>>Regarding starlink satellites. I read somewhere that they also could be disabled remotely…
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They are deployed in multiples or rings which cross. They can’t be “pulled”. They dynamically network and route. Basically, network access can be denied.
It seems to me likely that beyond their outward communication functions, they are additionally global signit network and may monitor and characterize many worldwide communications.
Posted by: JEN | Oct 14 2022 22:28 utc | 94>>
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Probably not. They operate at a particular frequency. Whereas the receiver design could be particularly broad in frequency and cover several (at least partially req’d for doppler), antennae design is typically frequency specific.
So it’s not likely they can function in military eavesdropping because that activity is at a different frequency.
As for disabling, there will be a commercial ground station(s) somewhere. It won’t be classified and won’t have military guards. Relatively easy to walk in, shoot the operations staff late at night, and issue damaging commands on whatever uplink. Though it would take weeks or months to steal the documentation and study it to determine what commands would be damaging before you ever get started.

Posted by: I Know Things | Oct 14 2022 22:57 utc | 100