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July 29, 2025
Job Application à la Ukraine

An aspirant for the presidency of Ukraine presents his job application via Vogue-Ukraine (in Russian).


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Writes Strana (machine translation):

According to the article's liner notes, in the column, the ambassador "discusses the roots of identity, the power of unity, and the main historical lessons that Ukrainians are forced to learn right now." Zaluzhny also writes a lot about himself: his childhood with a quote from the teacher Vasily Sukhomlinsky, traditions in the family, the first embroidery.

In his opinion, the citizens of Ukraine have learned several important lessons in recent years:

  • "we did not allow ourselves to be deceived, because we are the people and the state";
  • the greatness and power of the enemy are not always what their leaders and propagandists imagine them to be;
  • a neighbor who helps you in trouble helps himself first of all;
  • "the enemy, who has not broken you on the battlefield, will immediately begin to break you in the rear", only more insidiously;
  • there are no miracles in war.

The magazine accompanied Zaluzhny's column with a photo of him as an imposing bourgeois.

One wonders who is the one who really pushing him.

Posted by b on July 29, 2025 at 16:46 UTC | Permalink
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What a load of bollocks. He is as corrupt as the rest of them.

Posted by: JohninMK | Jul 29 2025 16:50 utc | 1

The first statement from someone who wants to take over Z’s money and income.

Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 17:00 utc | 2

What I wonder about is what level of protection he has around him. Him and Shokoldshenko are basically living in UK, where they may be a bit difficult to be eliminated. But when they are out of UK, there should be more possibilities. They should be suppressed like a Petliura.

Posted by: Timur | Jul 29 2025 17:00 utc | 3

It looks like Zelensky’s best before date has long passed as the knives are coming out in Ukraine and he will suffer the same fate as Julius Cesear.

Posted by: HandSignals4TheBlind | Jul 29 2025 17:08 utc | 4

Well, compared to this gentleman who also has presidential aspirations, Zaluzhny is a statesman who could lead Ukraine into a true golden age. He deserves a chance!
https://x.com/Panchenko_X/status/1950155235592192087

Posted by: Gabriel Moyssen | Jul 29 2025 17:08 utc | 5

Posted about this in the ‘Ukraine Open’ thread, with the observation that he has never actually been elected as a deputy in the Rada, so it remains to be seen what mechanism will be contrived to allow him to depose Zelensky.
Of course, once upon a time, when a senior military officer replaced a civilian president, that process was called a military coup…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:11 utc | 6

“One wonders who is really pushing him”
Since he was sent to London as a potential President in waiting, logically this is an MI-6 and CIA collaboration.
Within a week there will be polling inside Ukraine to determine his favorability with voters. If all goes well, elections this fall.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Jul 29 2025 17:13 utc | 7

I asked in the Ukraine discussion.
Who is this marketing aimed at?
What segment of the power structure feels good about seeing a Ukrainian general in Vogue?
They always tell us what they are up to. It is up to us to notice and ask the right questions.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 17:17 utc | 8

“Crossing your legs while standing can have various meanings, including relaxation and well-being, but also insecurity, a defensive posture or even a need to go to the toilet. The interpretation depends heavily on the context and other body signals.
A raised chin in body language can have different meanings, often depending on the context and combination with other signals. It can signal self-confidence and openness, but can also be perceived as arrogant or conceited, especially if it is strongly stretched upwards. ”
A picture is worth a thousand words. Well done @b!

Posted by: BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 17:21 utc | 9

I just want to see a brawl in the Rada.
Maybe I can get it on some pay per view service? Where did Yats go? I heard he is in Santa Barbara, CA.

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 29 2025 17:23 utc | 10

Within a week there will be polling inside Ukraine to determine his favorability with voters. If all goes well, elections this fall.
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Jul 29 2025 17:13 utc | 7
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It’s the West jerking itself off.
Russia doesn’t care if Zaluzhny becomes President. He’s a Nazi and a NATO tool.
The only Ukrainian leader Russia will approve of is one selected by the Russians.
As usual, NATO gets no say. Increasingly, the world is shrinking for the Western Nazi powers.
Fewer and fewer options and fewer and fewer resources.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 17:30 utc | 11

There is something else to consider: once the USA and the UK have agreed on a successor, Trump will demand that Putin recognizes him and then speedy peace negotiations will take place in which, of course, the Russian demands will not be accepted by the West, which will then be taken by the Western public as “proof” that Putin does not want peace at all. And all continues as before.

Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 17:31 utc | 12

Who is this marketing aimed at?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 17:17 utc | 8
My guess is that it’s the start of the narrative manipulation process aimed at Western MSM audiences, particularly the pseudo-liberal pseudo-intelligentsia elements that like to pose and preen as “informed commentators” or “opinion-formers”.
I fully expect an increase in the tempo of editorial pieces in the ‘serious’ media eulogising Zaluzhny, describing how, with his backstory, he is eminently suited to take over in Ukraine. This will then spill across into the wider, more ‘popular’ media outlets as “the right man for the job” and off we go.
I expect it will gradually become increasingly difficult to dig up old media articles supporting Zelensky; the memory-hole is forever hungry.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:31 utc | 13

As for elections, it’s entirely possible that the following parties cast a deciding vote:
– the Geranium Party
– the Iskander Party
– the Kinzhal Party
each one is capable of “launching” their own candidates…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:35 utc | 14

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:35 utc | 14
I vote Oreshnik.

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 29 2025 17:40 utc | 15


*Sharp sophistication.* The New Z wears a tailored navy suit in a relaxed-fit wool blend ($895), paired with a crisp white dress shirt ($165) and a silk pocket square ($85). Footwear completes the look with polished oxfords in rich chestnut leather ($450). *Styling by Bojo, shot by Starmer.

Posted by: I forgot | Jul 29 2025 17:41 utc | 16

In his opinion, the citizens of Ukraine have learned several important lessons in recent years:
“we did not allow ourselves to be deceived, because we are the people and the state”;
The so-called leaders of Ukraine have done everything possible to deceive the people of Ukraine; one of the richest countries in Europe, yet the standard of living for its people is the lowest in Europe, while its oligarchs are getting wealthier and wealthier. Everything of value has been sold to the foreigners or stolen by its oligarchs; the country has been loaded with debt it will take its people 100 years to pay it off. Now, the people of Ukraine are told they have to die so its oligarchs can keep getting rich; and if they think they can just run away from that madhouse, those “helpful” foreigners are now pondering the forced return of Ukrainians to the front lines to die. There is no future in Ukraine for the Ukrainian people; there is no reason for the Ukrainian people to die and protect the oligarchs that deceived them.
Zaluzhny is just another lier in a fancy suit put in front of the people to keep the deceit going. There is still much wealth left to be stolen from Ukraine and from the Ukrainian people. If Zaluzhny is being groomed as a replacement for leadership, he might even have some competition from Col. Denys Prokopenko.
Talk about the Ukrainan people letting themselves being deceited big time.

Posted by: Spiridon | Jul 29 2025 17:41 utc | 17

@ lex talionis | Jul 29 2025 17:40 utc | 15
That would be ballot-stuffing…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:42 utc | 18

Forget AI as a career.
Central Casting has a strong future as does Wag The Dog production capabilities….you too can create a Wyle E Coyote world of Hollywood dystopia with little/no connection with reality…what will the sign say that we hold out on the way down?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jul 29 2025 17:44 utc | 19

Standing on the biblical Star of Remphan – 8 pointed star of chaos, very similar the Nato logo design.

Posted by: bard | Jul 29 2025 17:44 utc | 20

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Posted by: BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 17:21 utc | 9
One thing we can definitely glean from the photo; he’s been to the same hair replacement clinic as Wayne Rooney…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:47 utc | 21

The Bandera Lobby Blog on substack is a useful source:
“The OUN-B, or “Banderite” faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, which never ceased to exist since the 1940s, recently denounced Volodymyr Zelensky’s controversial law that would have more or less put Ukraine’s top anti-corruption agencies under his control. With the so-called “Sorosites” (a pejorative term for Ukrainian “anti-corruption activists” and journalists beholden to grants from NATO governments and western-funded NGOs) supporting the first major protests against Zelenky’s wartime government, I thought I should finally write something about the Banderites’ relationship with Ukraine’s influential “anticorruption community.”
“Take for example Vitaly Shabunin, “Ukraine’s most prominent anti-corruption activist.” He co-founded the “Anti-Corruption Action Center” (AntAC), largely financed by the US and EU governments, as well as George Soros’ International Renaissance Foundation. It just so happens that this famous “Sorosite” was an early member of the OUN-B’s far-right Youth Nationalist Congress (est. 2001), according to his friend Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, a Banderite politician and former “anti-corruption activist” who led Transparency International Ukraine before joining parliament in 2019. Earlier this month, police raided Shabunin’s home, and mobilized him, outraging “civil society” and “friends of Ukraine” around the world.
My favorite newsletter, “Events in Ukraine” by Peter Korotaev, recently summarized the Shabunin saga in this way: “The liberals have chosen him as their leader in the struggle against Zelensky, who they are now attacking as a miniature Putin because of his ruthless (in fact, rather lackluster) efforts to subject some of them to the same standards as the rest of the population.” As he explains, the so-called Sorosites are supposed to “function as the local colonial administration of the US,” and their beloved anticorruption organs are actually “instruments of colonial control set up by Washington.”
“Peter has been covering “Shabunin-gate” for over a year, such as last summer: “According to strana, Zelensky and his entourage are displeased with attempts by US ambassador Bridget Brinks to protect figures like Shabunin.” Meanwhile, “The head of the Anti-Corruption Centre (AntAC) is accused of driving around Kiev on a Nissan Pathfinder which was purchased on the basis of donations for the AFU [Armed Forces of Ukraine]. The car was meant to be used in the Donbass.”….”

Posted by: bevin | Jul 29 2025 17:49 utc | 22

If I recall, Oleksiy Arestovych was the first to toss his hat in the ring. Still advocating for reconciliation with Russia, I can’t imagine he would be allowed to campaign on Ukrainian territory
https://www.hungarianconservative.com/articles/current/arestovychs_ukraine_presidential_elections_ukraine_war/

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Jul 29 2025 17:51 utc | 23

Ukraine would be so much better if Putin were in charge of them like a big, benevolent brother who occasionally terrorizes you but only to keep you in line and safe from Zionist Nazis.

Posted by: Noam A. Larkey | Jul 29 2025 17:56 utc | 24

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:31 utc | 13
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Zaluzhny was the commander of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Maybe Russia would like him to be in charge. LOl

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 18:01 utc | 25

“a neighbor who helps you in trouble helps himself first of all”
More like don’t trust the Polish right, ever.
It’s worth noting that despite it being totally memory-holed, the same government had run a scam of giving out visas for money at their embassies all over the world under the assumption that the immigrants wouldn’t stay in Poland but go West. (Like many Poles, it’s not appreciated by many on this site or b himself that the reason Brexit happened was the result of the epic EU migration to the UK that seemingly other Europeans are totally ignorant about. Their governments put in place a 5 year restriction on the freedom to work applying to the post-Soviet states who joined the EU in 2004, not so the UK, Ireland or Denmark. Seriously the Lithuanians even wrote a bitter passive-aggressive Eurovision song about it once.)
It is estimated that over 350-750k immigrants were imported illegally to the EU over some time in this way with the ruling Polish Law and Justice party largely pocketing the profits after the men involved took their cut electioneering. Stunning event, totally memory-holed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cash-for-visa_scandal
Some of these people were apparently previously part of the waves sent in by Belarus in an event that was treated by Western media as an act of war. But when Poland did the same to her Western neighbours and for cash with civil servants and politicians taking a profit it isn’t worthy of reporting much outside Poland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93European_Union_border_crisis
The Polish right doesn’t seem to have morality, only very primitive ingroup/outgroup morality, other countries and peoples are for Poles but Poland is only for Poles. They resemble Israelis rather than supposed modern Europeans.
I don’t know if the Schengen Zone was a mistake but expanding to the new states certainly was a mistake.

Posted by: Altai | Jul 29 2025 18:02 utc | 26

Zaluzhny was the commander of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 18:01 utc | 25
Shush, you’re not supposed to remember that…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 18:04 utc | 27

Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 17:31 utc | 12
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There will be no agreement on a successor or a peace deal.
This is all being orchestrated by the deep state in the US and the UK.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 18:04 utc | 28

a neighbor who helps you in trouble helps himself first of all;
What do you all think that means? Is he referring to Poland? Is this a reference to possible Polish re-unification with some former areas within Ukraine?
Who is the intended audience for that statement? What part of Ukraine might hold those feelings?
inquiring minds and all that

Posted by: dan of steele | Jul 29 2025 18:06 utc | 29

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 18:04 utc | 27
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I am a propagandist at heart. Built for the Infowar.
I would be marketing Zakuzhny in the counter offensive and the troop losses, as well as the aid money squandered. Some choice quotes from disgruntled former soldiers.
It won’t change anything but I really love antagonizing and subverting an opponent. Almost as much as I want to win.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 18:07 utc | 30

At least he dresses presidential, though I think he’d look more appropriate in Hugo Boss.
It’s not much, but better than the green t-shirt.

Posted by: William Gruff | Jul 29 2025 18:16 utc | 31

“ “the enemy, who has not broken you on the battlefield, will immediately begin to break you in the rear”, only more insidiously;” 🙄🥳

Posted by: Sadness | Jul 29 2025 18:18 utc | 32

They are only doing this because they believe it makes them look better when they look at themselves in their cracked mirror.
It doesn’t, and the mirror splinters a little bit more.
To console themselves they write something nice about themselves so that they can read it and pretend it is real.
(From my male perspective all of this, the entire situation, the vanity, the approach, the “solution”, looks strikingly female or gay, both in the worst and most stereotypical manner possible. Maybe that’s their target group?).

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 18:20 utc | 33

I guess we might see in 10 to 12 days time when the Trumpian deadline expires.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Jul 29 2025 18:22 utc | 34

Sunny Runny Burger @33: ”Maybe that’s their target group?”
Lvov is the gay prostitution capital of Europe, so perhaps you are on to something there.

Posted by: William Gruff | Jul 29 2025 18:32 utc | 35

More musings; the Russians have shown a great deal of forbearance in not targetting Zelensky or his immediate circle, whether that is right or wrong none of us here can truly say. Legalistically, perhaps they respected the electoral process that put him in office as a civilian, and therefore do not hold him directly responsible for the direction of Ukrainian military policy, strategy and tactics.
When it comes to Zaluzhny however, I wonder if they will show the same patience? Much easier to put together an argument that he is directly responsible for Russian blood being spilt, and becomes a legitimate target because of this.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 18:32 utc | 36

Their wacky, very unfortunately phrased, and meaningless propaganda statements go through so many people before being published: someone “thinks” it, someone says it, someone notes it down, several someones review it, and yet the pure gibberish remains!
How?
No, just laugh at them/”it” 😀

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 18:33 utc | 37

The article is in Ukrainian, not Russian.

Posted by: Erast Fandorin | Jul 29 2025 18:36 utc | 38

Vomit

Posted by: Rubiconned | Jul 29 2025 18:39 utc | 39

As for elections, it’s entirely possible that the following parties cast a deciding vote:
– the Geranium Party
– the Iskander Party
– the Kinzhal Party
each one is capable of “launching” their own candidates…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 17:35 utc | 14
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My favorite, so far, and in complete agreement with my own sentiments. Did the Western powers paid him to stand for the photo shoot?
Has Goebbels been resurrected from his grave, or, for that matter, Baghdad Bob?

Posted by: Acco Hengst | Jul 29 2025 18:42 utc | 40

*Sharp sophistication.* The New Z wears a tailored navy suit in a relaxed-fit wool blend ($895), paired with a crisp white dress shirt ($165) and a silk pocket square ($85). Footwear completes the look with polished oxfords in rich chestnut leather ($450). *Styling by Bojo, shot by Starmer.
Posted by: I forgot | Jul 29 2025 17:41 utc | 16
“Paul Allen has mistaken me for this d*ckhead Marcus Halberstram. It seems logical because Marcus also works at P&P and in fact, does the same exact thing I do and he also has a penchant for Valentino suits and Oliver Peoples glasses. Marcus and I even go to the same barber, although I have a slightly better haircut.” – Patrick Bateman

Posted by: natrat | Jul 29 2025 18:42 utc | 41

Posted by: William Gruff | Jul 29 2025 18:32 utc | 35
It must be in the water in Lemberg. Lvov. Lviv.
Sader Masoch

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 29 2025 18:43 utc | 42

Trump: 10 day countdown to reach ceasefire in Ukraine ‘starts today’
Trump intends to introduce secondary tariffs if the deal isn’t signed, but is not sure whether they will affect Russia.
Trump is “not concerned” about the reaction of energy markets to the possible sanctions against Russia/
Trump: This is not our war. This is Biden and Europe’s war. I impose tariffs and the US gets out of this war. We need to focus on China. Europe needs to take care of itself.
“I have not received any response from Putin. It is a disgrace.”

Posted by: Gipas | Jul 29 2025 18:56 utc | 43

“Es ist erwähnenswert, dass dieselbe Regierung, obwohl völlig vergessen, einen Betrug durchgeführt hatte, bei dem sie in ihren Botschaften auf der ganzen Welt Visa gegen Geld vergab, in der Annahme, die Einwanderer würden nicht in Polen bleiben, sondern in den Westen gehen.”
This was not just a Polish issue; many Western EU embassies sell Schengen visas to almost anyone, including Austria and Germany. This was already the case at the time of the Syrian refugees, and Ukraine was unique in that ISIS fanatics could also easily obtain such visas. The “standard” route for fugitive head-choppers at the time was Turkey – Ukraine – visa – Germany (or via Bratislava).

Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 19:01 utc | 44

@ Acco Hengst | Jul 29 2025 18:42 utc | 40
> Has Goebbels been resurrected from his grave…?
Yes. Now it is a search engine.
“Let me Goebbels that for you…”

Posted by: I forgot | Jul 29 2025 19:09 utc | 45

Over-advertised second hand replacement part for a broken down vehicle. Won’t fix what’s broken, can’t influence the fundamental dysfunction which is the direction of travel and choice of destination.

Posted by: Skiffer | Jul 29 2025 19:09 utc | 46

The import of this article is:
BYE BYE VOLO !

Posted by: tobias cole | Jul 29 2025 19:10 utc | 47

Ten days will turn into one hundred days…..yawn!

Posted by: tobias cole | Jul 29 2025 19:11 utc | 48

@ natrat | Jul 29 2025 18:42 utc | 41
I avoided that movie. The advertising alone scared me!

Posted by: I forgot | Jul 29 2025 19:12 utc | 49

@ Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 18:32 utc | 36
They’re all puppets and therefore don’t matter here and now.
When the dust settles those surviving might find themselves outside of their promised protection. That’s the likeliest time for a few sudden accidents.
Russians have always been patient, but never forgetful.

Posted by: boneless | Jul 29 2025 19:13 utc | 50

zelensky has to eventually go and so they have to cultivate someone to replace him.. i am sure he is getting an excellent tutorial on ‘democratic’ leadership skills from his handlers in the uk, lol…
why would ukrainians be any different then westerners who are brainwashed fully everyday? most of them tend to believe the bs.. at this point i don’t think it matters who leads ukraine, although i agree with gruff, it is a nice change from the green uniform z has worn out.. if we have to look at the propaganda, that is… interesting observations from blindspot to which i would say, what is the context and when was the picture taken?? we’ll never know.. we are all overrun with corruption, and ukraines corruption levels are not near as significant as the uk’s, although they have a talent for hiding it better i suppose.. usa comes in a close 2nd, lol..

Posted by: james | Jul 29 2025 19:23 utc | 51

What a sad joke the world is. You can drown a pig in lipstick but that Z is one turd beyond polishing.

Posted by: Patroklos | Jul 29 2025 19:29 utc | 52

“William Gruff” ( Jul 29 2025 18:32 utc | 35):
I’m only guessing but found it noticeable and strange.
Many funny comments.
Another thing is that the door he’s leaning on looks like it opens inwards since one can see the door-hinges. This means he’s blocking the door and being a nuisance. Alternatively if it had opened outwards it would be hilarious if opened fast enough like a (hangman’s) trap-door 😀
Odd photo, it manages to make him look both very large and very small at the same time. The door-handle is very low compared to the rest of the door and the top of the wood panels. The door itself seems to have normal proportions but still stretches out of the picture.

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 19:36 utc | 53

Posted by: Gipas | Jul 29 2025 18:56 utc | 43
Trump will get his response from Xi. It will be the following message:
“Confucius say, no rare earths for whitey”

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jul 29 2025 19:37 utc | 54

@Altai | Jul 29 2025 18:02 utc | 26
From what I have seen mentioned….
Brexit was determined by the concern about preserving the Trust regulations. The EU had attempted to enforce to undermine that kind of secrecy.
But the elites who control the media are more comfortable letting other issues be more visible.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Jul 29 2025 19:37 utc | 55

Valerii Fedorovych Zaluzhnyi (VFZ) wouldn’t be replacing VOZ.
Not for now. November is the dateline.
Vogue is just teasing the audience. They always do.
Those images were taking in Italy not far from Giorgia Meloni’s (GEM) footprints.
The boxer is not happy nor the jew Andriy Borysovych Yermak (ABY).
The British Empire rules.

Posted by: pepe | Jul 29 2025 19:40 utc | 56

From my male perspective all of this, the entire situation, the vanity, the approach, the “solution”, looks strikingly female or gay, both in the worst and most stereotypical manner possible. Maybe that’s their target group?

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 18:20 utc | 33
Must admit that I didn’t pick up that vibe, but now you mention it…
My first reaction was “I didn’t know they were auditioning for a remake of Reservoir Dogs ”…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 19:58 utc | 57

Well, one thing you can say for fascists: they’re frequently quite stylish.
Seriously though, this takes me back to 2022 when coke head Z and his slutty wife were plastered all over every Western magazine frequently in these Calvin Klein style black and white shoots meant to make these cromags look like humans of seriousness and depth. The similarities are uncanny. They must be grooming this pig to take the job as head stooge of the sinking ship that is Ukraine.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 29 2025 20:01 utc | 58

Odd photo, it manages to make him look both very large and very small at the same time. The door-handle is very low compared to the rest of the door and the top of the wood panels. The door itself seems to have normal proportions but still stretches out of the picture.

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 19:36 utc | 53
Should have included this in my previous comment, the photo looks very much like it uses a wide-angle lens, not quite fish-eye but probably 24 or 18mm length. This causes the rapid tapering effect on the skirting boards and dado rails and will also extend the door upwards.
Back in the ancient past of 35mm emulsion film, SLR cameras would often be fitted with a lens of 50mm focal length as that was seen as most closely matching the focal length of the human eyeball. Many digital camera/phone camera users have no understanding of the distortions that occur when using very short focal lengths.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 20:14 utc | 59

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 29 2025 20:01 utc | 58
I do think Hugo Boss makes nice men’s wear. And whenever I smell Chanel No.5 I think of my mother.

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 29 2025 20:16 utc | 60

Posted by: BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 17:21 utc | 9
Raised chin = Mussolini

Posted by: Naive | Jul 29 2025 20:16 utc | 61

My first reaction was “I didn’t know they were auditioning for a remake of Reservoir Dogs ”…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 19:58 utc | 57
Isn’t it the movie where everyone is dead at the end?

Posted by: Naive | Jul 29 2025 20:18 utc | 62

Isn’t the door knob on the photo a little bit low?
C

Posted by: CSOstsgx60 | Jul 29 2025 20:23 utc | 63

“a neighbor who helps you in trouble helps himself first of all”
He is completely stupid. The ukronazis supporters do not care at all about country 404.
Those supporters are like seamen throwing stones at a drowning man.

Posted by: Naive | Jul 29 2025 20:25 utc | 64

him.. i am sure he is getting an excellent tutorial on ‘democratic’ leadership skills from his handlers in the uk, lol…
Posted by: james | Jul 29 2025 19:23 utc | 51
I am sure, they started like this
https://youtube.com/shorts/W8-8LVRMDpI?si=InvnPfnPZot09shV

Posted by: BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 20:28 utc | 65

To: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 19:36 utc | 53
“Odd photo, it manages to make him look both very large and very small at the same time. The door-handle is very low compared to the rest of the door and the top of the wood panels. The door itself seems to have normal proportions but still stretches out of the picture.”
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Cudos, I just saw your comment now after my previous post. What I want to add, I search for “zaluzhny london” on google images or youtube, and not much usefull stuff comes up.

Posted by: CSOstsgx60 | Jul 29 2025 20:29 utc | 66

The more I look at it, the more it says “wide-angle lens”, with the photographer standing on a step-up stool or plinth of some kind, looking slightly down at the subject, then it has been cropped before release to bring the attention back to the subject, rather than having distractions like lots of wonky door frames in shot.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 20:32 utc | 67

A lying piano playing former comedian to be replaced by a real Nazi.

Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 29 2025 20:33 utc | 68

Education of a Felon: A Memoir by Edward Bunker (Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs). Good read.

Posted by: azeclecticdog | Jul 29 2025 20:34 utc | 69

Posted by: CSOstsgx60 | Jul 29 2025 20:23 utc | 63
Wainscoting makes so many pictures look weird.
Thanks BlindSpot!

Posted by: lex talionis | Jul 29 2025 20:37 utc | 70

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jul 29 2025 19:36 utc | 53
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 29 2025 20:32 utc | 67
The attempt at image makeover reminds me of Al-Julani, all dressed up nice in a suit for the cover of Newsweek.
Which, of course, brings me to my daily tribute to our long-lost vargas:
Where is Al-Julani?

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jul 29 2025 20:38 utc | 71

And yes. Everyone died at the end.

Posted by: azeclecticdog | Jul 29 2025 20:43 utc | 72

@ BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 20:28 utc | 65
the brits do humour well ( monty python and etc) , although often times, i can’t tell if they are being serious or humourous… mostly i think they are being serious, which is the most scary thought, lol… on the topic of looking after their financial ass, they are dead serious and everyone else gets dead who gets in their way.. well that was the british empire approach in a nutshell.. not sure much has changed with the boe anyway… reading an interesting book – butler to the world’ by oliver bullough which sums some of this up quite well..

Posted by: james | Jul 29 2025 20:45 utc | 73

Posted by: BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 17:21 utc | 9

Crossing your legs while standing can have various meanings, including relaxation and well-being, but also insecurity, a defensive posture or even a need to go to the toilet.

Could mean he was posed by the photographer — who may also have read the same or similar references that you did.

Posted by: Laurence | Jul 29 2025 20:47 utc | 74

@42
Good Masoch article. But if I’m not mistaken, it errs in referencing “Polish” nobility involved in the 1846 uprising.
The Galician nobles were most likely Polonized Ukrainian nobles, members of the erstwhile Polish szlachta, which dissolved (or underwent changed social and legal status) following the Partitions of Poland.

Posted by: GW | Jul 29 2025 20:48 utc | 75

Ah, politics. Lies, half truths,and propaganda used to manipulate lazy minds and outright fools.
I can’t confirm this but I recall that Zaluszniy was quoted a long time ago mentioning “Mannerheim” (gasp!). In other words, a situation in which a credible military figure plainly says, “we can’t do this” and so, accepts a somewhat humiliating outcome rather than wreck the whole nation.
I would remind you that Someone Said, “Only Nixon could go to China”. Zaluszniy may be the only figure who could enter the controversy and fix it because he has enough credibility, Azov and all. For the suffering people of Ukraine, he might be their best hope. Indeed, perhaps the last hope.

Posted by: Eighthman | Jul 29 2025 20:54 utc | 76

Fascinating coats and dresses. Are real?
Strict indumentaria in order to discredit the last green puppy?
Return to the new fascist fashion:
Ukraine is Europe and its alleged new postulate one is in our better values. So, dear Europeans, what ever that means. If he wears under the coat, in the skin a tattoo of our valiant vikings fighting for our people, we are Ukraine.
Rah, rah. Ukraine is the best.
Yeah. Sure.
The facts are the Ukranian state is over.
Millions of dead and emigration.
The rich able land under the Russians.
Depending, like a slave debtor, from every thing in the next 20 years.
And the worse problem: how do you gonna enlist young people to work for a real wage when there’s no more than shit jobs and the last engenieers must go to Poland or
Germany to make a life?
Nah, it’s 404, and all the stories are irrelevant because the RF gonna put order in its frontiers, by side. Without acrimony, but as a matter of fact.

Posted by: Esophagus | Jul 29 2025 20:57 utc | 77

The mention of Embroidery – Z’s ‘first’ – raises more questions.
It might have been his First, but is clearly not his Last.
Could it be Blackwork?
Is it done in double-cross stitch?
Inquiring minds….

Posted by: Waymad | Jul 29 2025 21:08 utc | 78

@ Ghost of Zanon | Jul 29 2025 20:38 utc | 71
Then “Ghost of Vargas” is now available? ‘Tis good news to barflies who want to add some pizzazz to their barroom presence.
@ gruff
> Hugo Boss
I should’ve thought of that!

Posted by: I forgot | Jul 29 2025 21:17 utc | 79

BlindSpot | Jul 29 2025 17:21 utc | 9
Indeed BlindSpot. Before I came to the comments, I first attempted to study the semiotics of Zalhuzny’s positioning and pose.
Nothing… nothing in a controlled vehicle such as Vogue is accidental or without meaning.
Someone like Jay Dyer is brilliant at “decoding” the messages hidden, but within plain view.
Zalhuzny is leaning with his back pressed on a closed door.
His head is tilted back.. Has he been there, listening?
He is staring off, (whimsically)? Into the middle distance.
He appears to affect a stance of nonchalance. Hands in pocket (hidden hands).
Legs crossed at the knees. Feigned nonchalance, but it looks awkward. very shiny black shoes. Brand?
His suit. Brand? …. Shirt: Brand? No tie. This is Vogue .. the clothes
matter
Is he about to turn and open the door? Has he been waiting there long?
What does the pattern on the parquet floor mean?
The lighting. Highlighting his left side, his right features in shadow.
You may think this^^ is nonsense. It is not. *Everything* in that picture is purposeful and intentional. Those who know… know what messages are being sent.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jul 29 2025 21:29 utc | 80

I forgot | Jul 29 2025 17:41 utc | 16
Thanks.
Vogue is about the clothes.. and what they imply.
At the very very start of the sloSMO, Zelensky and wife posed for Vogue.
And the mockingbirds sang about the heroic photo shoot by some celebrated photographer.
They were featuring Mrs Zelensky, until her Paris shopping trips became an embarrassment for their excess.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Jul 29 2025 21:35 utc | 81

A lying piano playing former comedian to be replaced by a real Nazi.
Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 29 2025 20:33 utc
What is a real Nazi?
Seeing that many of the politicians in “neo-Nazi” Ukraine are Jews, or of Jewish descent, I wondered if the same may have been true in Nazi Germany. So, I checked the surnames of a large number of people from the Nazi era. What I found is truly amazing. Note that all surnames designated Jewish can be found in one of the books on Jewish Genealogy listed below.
Adolf Hitler [Jew surname].
Below is a list of Nazi Field Marshalls.
Looks like they were all of Jewish descent.
Fedor von Bock [Jew surname].
Werner von Blomberg [Jew surname].
Walther von Brauchitsch = Brauch-itsch [Jew surname-occupation (joiner)]
Ernst von Busch [Jew surname].
Hermann Göring = Gör-Ring [Jew surname-Jew surname] Luftwaffe.
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb [variant of Jew surname Lieb?]
Wilhelm Keitel [Jew surname].
Albert Kesselring = Kessel-Ring [Jew surname-Jew surname] Luftwaffe.
Ewald von Kleist [Jew surname].
Gunther von Kluge [Jew surname].
Georg von Küchler [Jew surname].
Wilhelm List [Jew surname].
Erich von Manstein [Jew surname]. Born Lewinski [Jew surname].
Erhard Milch [Jew surname] Luftwaffe.
Walther Model [Jew surname].
Friedrich von Paulus [variant of the Jew surname Paul?]
Walther von Reichenau = Reiche-Nau = [Jew surname-Jew surname]
Erwin Rommel [variant of Jew names Frommel and Trommel?]
Gerd von Rundstedt = Rund-stedt [Jew surname-town]
Ferdinand Schörner [variant of the Jew surname Tschorne?]
Hugo Sperrle = Sperr-le = [Jew surname-common suffix] Luftwaffe.
Erwin von Witzleben [variant of Witzler-ben? Jew surname-son of]
Those of Jewish descent in Hitler’s life (non-military).
Martin Bormann [Jew surname]. Hitler’s private secretary. Money man.
Eva Braun [Jew surname]. Hitler’s mistress and wife.
Hans Frank [Jew surname]. Hitler’s lawyer.
Ulrich Graf [Jew surname]. Hitler’s personal companion 1920-1923.
Gertrud Junge [Jew surname] nee Gertrud Humps. Hitler’s private secretary.
Theodor Morell [Jew surname]. One of Hitler’s personal physicians.
Karl Brandt [Jew surname]. One of Hitler’s personal physicians.
Albert Speer [Jew surname]. Hitler’s personal architect and city planner.
Fritz Wiedemann [Jew surname]. Personal adjutant to Hitler.
Julius Schreck [Jew surname]. Hitler’s chauffeur.
Karl von Frank [Jew surname]. Hitler’s genealogist.
Hugo Blaschke [Jew surname]. Hitler’s dentist.
Hugo Erlanger [Jew surname]. Hitler’s landlord for ten years.
Some others.
Adolf Eichmann [Jew surname]. Head of the Scientific Museum for Jewish Affairs.
Rudolf Hess [Jew surname]. Deputy to the Fuehrer.
Heinrich Himmler [Jew surname]. Leading National Socialist politician.
Alfred Rosenberg [Jew surname]. Leading proponent of National Socialist ideology.
Julius Streicher [Jew surname]. National Socialist politician.
Wilhelm Messerschmitt [Jew surname]. Aircraft designer and manufacturer.
Hjalmar Schacht [Jew surname]. Financier, president of the Reichsbank.
Joseph Goebbels [variant of the Jew surname Göbel?] National Socialist politician and propagandist.
Reinhard Heydrich = Heyd-Rich [Jew surname-Jew surname] Administrator of the concentration camps.
Here is a list of Nazi Chiefs of General Staff.
They were probably all of Jewish descent.
Heinz Guderian [Jew surname]. Chief of General Staff Jul 1944 to Mar 1945
Adolf Heusinger [Jew surname] Chief of General Staff Jun 1944 to Jul 1944
Kurt Zeitzler [variant of the Jew name Weitzler?] Chief of General Staff Sep 1942 to Jul 1944
Franz Halder [variant of the Jew name Halde?] Chief of General Staff Sep 1938 to Sep 1942
Ludwig Beck [Jew surname] Chief of General Staff Jul 1935 to Aug 1938
Various leaders.
იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი [variant of the Jew name ჯუდაშვილი] (Joseph Stalin) General Secretary of the Soviet Union; ჯუდაშვილი translated means “son of Judah”.
Mikhail Gorbachev [variant of the Jew name Gorbaczyński?] President of the Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin [variant of the Jew name Peltson?] President of Russia
Vladimir Putin [variant of the Jew names Jutin Kutin Mutin Rutin Yutin?] President of Russia [Владимир Путин]
Angela Merkel [Jew surname] nee Kasner [Jew surname] Chancellor of Germany
Olaf Sholtz [variant of the Jew name Shultz?] Chancellor of Germany
Friedrich Merz [Jew surname] Chancellor of Germany
Adolf Hitler [Jew surname] Chancellor of Germany
Annalena Baerbock Baer-Bock [Jew surname-Jew surname] German Foreign Minister
Johann Wadephul Wade-Phul [Jew surname-Jew surname] German Foreign Minister
Franklin Roosevelt [variant of the Jew name Rosenfelt] President USA
George Bush [variant of the Jew name Busch?] President USA
Donald Trump [variant of the Jew name Trumpf?] President USA
Keir Starmer [variant of the Jew surnames St{eiuü}rmer?] British Prime Minister
Stepan Bandera [variant of the Jew surname Bander?] Ukrainian Nationalist
Volodymyr Zelensky [Jew surname] President of Ukraine
Volodymyr Groysman [Jew surname] Prime Minister of Ukraine
Denys Shmigal [variant of the Jew name Schmigelski] Prime Minister of Ukraine
Vitali Klitschko [variant of the Jew name Klitsch?] Mayor of Kiev
Lech Kaczyński [Jew surname] President of Poland
Jarosław Kaczyński [Jew surname] Prime Minister of Poland
Mateusz Morawiecki [variant of the Jew names Morawiec Morawietz etc?] Prime Minister of Poland
Mark Rutte [Jew surname] Dutch Prime Minister; NATO Secretary General 2024-
Pedro Sanchez [Jew surname] Spanish Prime Minister
Bart De Wever [Jew surname] Belgian Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni [variant of the Jew name Melon?] Italian Prime Minister
Kaja Kallas [variant of the Jew names Khallas Callas Challas?] Prime Minister of Estonia
Mette Frederiksen [Jew surname-son of] Prime Minister of Denmark
Petr Pavel [Jew surname] Czech President; Chief of the NATO Military Committee
Klaus Johannis [Jew surname] President of Romania
Jaap Scheffer [Jew surname] NATO Secretary General 2004-2009
Jens Stoltenberg [variant of the Jew name Stoltzenberg?] NATO Secretary General 2014-2024
Charles Michel [Jew surname] European Council President
Ursula von der Leyen [Jew surname] nee Albrecht [Jew surname] President of the European Commission
Note that all the surnames designated Jewish can be found in one of these books:
Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants by Alexander Beider
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia by Alexander Beider
A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames by Lars Menk
Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants by Alexander Beider
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Italy, France and “Portuguese” Communities by Alexander Beider
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Maghreb, Gibraltar, and Malta by Alexander Beider
The Jacobi Papers: Genealogical Studies of Leading Ashkenazi Families by Paul Jacobi & Emanuel Elyasaf

Posted by: Waymore | Jul 29 2025 21:36 utc | 82

why all ignore the most important?
An aspirant for the presidency of Ukraine presents his job application via Vogue-Ukraine (in Russian).

Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 21:39 utc | 83

Some trite fortune cookie bollocks and a shitty photo.
He won’t be the “president” nor win any “election”, when Zelensky goes the whole snake pit is destabilised.

Posted by: Urban Fox | Jul 29 2025 21:45 utc | 84

why all ignore the most important?
An aspirant for the presidency of Ukraine presents his job application via Vogue-Ukraine (in Russian).
Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 21:39 utc | 83
Its a bit like a premiership team in England, Mr Smartfox. They’re facing relegation; the players just can’t win games, and it’s looking dire. So, in one last-ditch attempt to inject some new momentum, they sack the manager and bring in someone new. It’s called in England… the “new manager bounce”.

Posted by: HERMIUS | Jul 29 2025 21:51 utc | 85

HERMIUS | Jul 29 2025 21:51 utc | 85
No, what I find remarkable is that
a) a Ukrainian candidate is publishing in the RUSSIAN edition and
b) moreover, in RUSSIAN
This is not aimed at Western or Ukrainian readers, but at Russian ones! What is behind this?

Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 21:59 utc | 86

@ smartfox | Jul 29 2025 21:59 utc | 86
the article seems to be aimed at ukrainians, but perhaps russian too as it is in russian language… vogue is usa based with important franchise in uk and etc. etc. too.. hard to know what the idea is here, but someone made an issue focusing on ukrainian people, including zaluzhny.. i wonder if vogue had zelensky and his wife in it a few years ago?? probably..

Posted by: james | Jul 29 2025 22:05 utc | 87

yes, zelensky and wife did do photo shoots for vogue previously and there is this from yesterday..
Zelensky’s man: the new Prime Minister of Ukraine did a photo shoot in Vogue magazine

Posted by: james | Jul 29 2025 22:09 utc | 88

This is not aimed at Western or Ukrainian readers, but at Russian ones! What is behind this?
Posted by: smartfox | Jul 29 2025 21:59 utc | 86
Yes I agree, Mr Smartfox. The west has tried to influence politics in Russia over the last 3 years in an attempt to destabilise the country. Theyve now decided to use the russian language (the one they banned remember lol). The fact is they’re nowhere near winning the propaganda war in Russia. I’m sure there are cells in Russia waiting for the call to come out of the woodwork, but clearly they’re not confident enough presently and may never be whilst Russia is winning on the ground. And then theres Mr Trump saying he “loves the russian people”, and now Zaluzhny writing in Russian.

Posted by: HERMIUS | Jul 29 2025 22:14 utc | 89

Timur @3 “What I wonder about is what level of protection he has around him.” Zelensky is protected by British body guards. Zaluzhny, being in London, undoubtedly has the same.
If there should happen to be an “election,” I would not want to be a non-NATO candidate. Strange things can mysteriously happen to non-conforming candidates. And even if nothing bad happens, does anyone really believe that the votes will be counted accurately rather than AI “plausible” result generated by algorithms trained with well-defined inputs?

Posted by: JohnH | Jul 29 2025 22:14 utc | 90

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jul 29 2025 19:37 utc | 54
#######
More likely, the Chinese won’t respond.
Keine Antwort ist auch eine Antwort.
In Chinese…
無答也是一種答覆。

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jul 29 2025 22:20 utc | 91

It’s sad to say, but the Ukrainians have been well and truly broken on the battlefield … although they lasted longer than many expected and the fought hard … but the UAF has been left in tatters.
Zaluzhny is a liar and a piss poor military strategist … he treats his own people as expendable and he throws their lives away pointlessly. The country is crippled by corruption and bad leadership so recovery from here is unlikely.

Posted by: Tel | Jul 29 2025 22:21 utc | 92

Posted by: HERMIUS | Jul 29 2025 22:14 utc | 89
and one thing the russians cherish is their language. It’s one of the reasons for this smo the banning of russian in east ukraine but its a bit late now for zalushny to “appreciate” the russian language…too late mi laddie!

Posted by: Ted from Liverpool | Jul 29 2025 22:31 utc | 93

Makeup.
Lots of it visible even in B & W. Thin bowed eyebrows.
The twinkle toes touching with the heels turned outwards is a reverse feminine pigeon toe stance, almost ballerinaesque. Very lady like crossed legs. The shadow to the left and the flare of the jacket on the right superimposes a universal sign for a woman’s bathroom with the dress silhouette. Only one button buttoned, the lower part undone. Bared neck a sign of submissiveness, droopy down turned lips a sign of deep (sexual?) dissatisfaction. He IS looking right at you.
As someone else mentioned, the NATO floor supports him.
The inward swinging door with him blocking it, has the POV of you the viewer being in a room with him. You have to go through him to leave, but he is positioned and leaning away from the handle, neck exposed, hands in pockets, indicating you could if you felt like it. The Big Cuddly, now tamed dressing stylishly, former General wants you to stay and whisper sweet nothings about UKrainian governance…
Crypto homo photo for Macron, Trudeau, Obama types
or maybe it was directed towards Ursala like stunning and brave female leaders,
or both!
lol

Posted by: jopalolive | Jul 29 2025 23:25 utc | 94

One wonders who is the one who really pushing him ?
The Kissingerarians.
Trump keeps putting his foot in it. They are furious with him.
Here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xD4LjWdlJXc
Ties in beautifully with the release of the Russian hoax files during the exact same week.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jul 29 2025 23:27 utc | 95

Yes I agree, Mr Smartfox. The west has tried to influence politics in Russia over the last 3 years in an attempt to destabilise the country. Theyve now decided to use the russian language (the one they banned remember lol). The fact is they’re nowhere near winning the propaganda war in Russia. I’m sure there are cells in Russia waiting for the call to come out of the woodwork, but clearly they’re not confident enough presently and may never be whilst Russia is winning on the ground. And then theres Mr Trump saying he “loves the russian people”, and now Zaluzhny writing in Russian.
Posted by: HERMIUS | Jul 29 2025 22:14 utc | 89
—————
I think your overthinking this. People Russia would hardly be taken in by Trump’s bollocks and the “cells” have ripped up and now consist of occasional low-level terrorism.
I think he published in Russian because no-one outside of maybe western Ukraine actually reads or writes in Ukrainian despite all propaganda to the contrary.

Posted by: Urban Fox | Jul 29 2025 23:33 utc | 96

The Kissingerarians are trying to clear the decks.
In an attempt to try to do this.
1 min 30 secs into this video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xD4LjWdlJXc
Russians would be insane to fall for it. However, it is very, very, very clear there are Kissingerarians in Russia who would love this to happen.

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jul 29 2025 23:34 utc | 97

I think Netanyohu is about to wind up his term as protector general in Israel. He is experienced, promotes Zionism, has successfully defended British and USA commercial interest in the middle east, cleared the area of undesirables and has strong ties into both the British Parliament and the US Senate and is on first name basis with most of the CEOs in the deep state..and is friendly with Putin Likely he would be a good president for Ukraine..

Posted by: snake | Jul 29 2025 23:34 utc | 98

A lying piano playing former comedian to be replaced by a real Nazi.
Posted by: Norwegian | Jul 29 2025 20:33 utc | 68
Does he belong to Praviy Sektor or Svoboda?

Posted by: Naive | Jul 29 2025 23:56 utc | 99

I think Netanyohu is about to wind up his term as protector general in Israel. He is experienced, promotes Zionism, has successfully defended British and USA commercial interest in the middle east, cleared the area of undesirables and has strong ties into both the British Parliament and the US Senate and is on first name basis with most of the CEOs in the deep state..and is friendly with Putin Likely he would be a good president for Ukraine..
Posted by: snake | Jul 29 2025 23:34 utc | 98
Outside the Zio identity bubble, he’s a fucking used car salesman.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Jul 30 2025 0:02 utc | 100

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