Posted by: CitizenSmith | Aug 23 2026 14:34 utc | 1
 
It has been repeated here so many times that it can’t have escaped you that Russia doesn’t do aggression outside Ukraine and even in Ukraine it does mostly retaliation. What you suggest is exactly what Europe and in particular the UK want so they can start to bomb Russia big time. Please consider informing yourself better.

Posted by: Avtonom | Aug 23 2026 14:59 utc | 3

A bunch of EU leaders were again in Kiev. Probably to get their kickbacks from the tax and pension money they handed over to Kiev regime and act as human shield for Kiev, which was getting quite a lot of pummeling in recent days.
 
Somehow they sense Putin will keep them safe. Until one day they find out they aren’t. Truthfully if they get killed no one in EU would care, most people would be relieved. But no such favor for humanity, yet. 
 
We can always dream.

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 15:24 utc | 5

More weapons stuff
 
🇫🇷Macron promised to give Zelensky🇺🇦. And anti-aircraft missiles tooFrance is accelerating the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine: On August 22, after an almost two-hour conversation with Zelensky, Macron confirmed the increase in French aid, including the supply of interceptor missiles. Zelensky announced an agreement to accelerate the transfer of the latest French equipment and missiles. Macron is also ready to reach out to allies who have stockpiles of American Patriots. Ukraine expects new Franco-Italian SAMP/T-NG systems. According to Reuters, European diplomats had previously expected them to appear in Ukraine no earlier than the spring of 2027. Ten units are to be delivered to France by 2030. The system has not yet undergone actual combat testing against ballistic missiles.
SAMP/T-NG

Europe is trying to simultaneously close the current shortage of Patriot interceptors and create its own anti-ballistic defense circuit based on the Aster/SAMP/T. This is one of the fastest-growing items of European military support for Ukraine. And at the same time, it is a testing ground for advanced weapons in Europe’s war with Russia.But what happened? The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense is facing a funding problem.‼️🇺🇦💸 A $27 billion hole has appeared in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense budget — ZelenskyyZelenskyy confirmed that a significant portion of the funds planned for the second half of the year was spent in the first half of the year, allegedly on drone production and other army needs.▪️The Defense Ministry’s budget deficit now stands at approximately $27 billion, and Zelenskyy called replenishing it “an extremely difficult task.”▪️Of this amount, $8-10 billion is needed in advance to provide the army with weapons and other resources as early as January 2027.▪️Another nearly $20 billion is needed for military salaries, payments to the families of the deceased, and other expenses.Zelenskyy stated that he is discussing the search for funds with France and Germany and hopes to expedite the receipt of European funding earmarked for Ukraine.▪️Furthermore, Kyiv expects another €30 billion in European funds, the allocation of which is tied to the Verkhovna Rada’s adoption of the necessary laws.➖”And here it is very important that parliament works,” Zelenskyy stated.⚠️. RV:  | It’s worth noting that the promised loans and credits were not delivered in a single tranche, but were divided into stages. The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ active program of strikes against Russia has significantly depleted this budget, and now Ukraine needs additional funds to maintain its army. Drones are certainly cheaper than missiles, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ consumption of them has long since exceeded all reasonable limits.Ukraine lacks a system for monitoring the billions of dollars flowing in from European countries. According to Professor Gerhard Mangott from the University of Innsbruck, Berlin is not certain what is happening to the vast sums of money entering Kiev.
 

• ‼️🇺🇦🇫🇮 Ukraine and Finland have agreed to develop and manufacture drones in Finland, says Zelenskyy⚠️. RV:  |Lord of war..

💬NATO assisted in the raid on Arkhangelsk💬✍️ Yesterday’s report showed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will also attack remote northern regions of Russia in the coming weeks, something they have attempted before, but will now be more active.And against this backdrop, it’s interesting that in the lead-up to the attack, NATO aircraft were actively operating near Russia’s northern borders, supposedly practicing combat training maneuvers, but in reality conducting reconnaissance for Ukraine.On August 20, reconnaissance and tactical aircraft from the Royal Air Force, Norwegian Air Force, and Swedish Air Forces were observed flying over Finland and the Barents Sea.A Royal Air Force RC-135 and two Norwegian Air Force P-8As operated over the Barents Sea. The British aircraft took off from the Norwegian air base in Ørland.A Swedish Gulfstream IV and four Norwegian Air Force F-35As flew over Finland on August 20. Refueling was provided by a single NATO A-330-200 tanker.The range of these aircraft’s onboard radars allows them to cover virtually the entire Kola Peninsula and the Arkhangelsk Region, which was the main target of the attack.Under these conditions, it is necessary to regularly monitor such flights, as NATO rarely uses its aircraft in this manner north of Russia.Lord of war

Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 15:45 utc | 7

Consequence of mixing weapon carriages with passenger carriages.

An extremely fast Russian jet-powered kamikaze drone struck the locomotive of a train traveling from Zhitomir to Odessa, leaving more than 500 passengers stranded in the middle of a field.
 
The passengers had been evacuated before the strike once the drone was detected in Ukraine’s airspace.
 

https://x.com/GabeZZOZZ/status/2091541541575655464

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 15:58 utc | 9

More joy and happiness for EU tax serfs.

 
Zelensky Admits the Money for the War Has Run Out
 
The overdue Zelensky complains that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s budget shortfall has reached $27 billion. Not the 170 billion hryvnias that MPs were discreetly whispering about. Not the 300 billion that the bolder ones were talking about. $27 billion. At the current exchange rate, that’s more than 1 trillion hryvnias.
 
The most interesting question is how this hole came about. And it wasn’t only the result of strikes.
 
I’ve broken it all down in detail, exclusively for MAKS. Subscribe to stay informed!

 
https://x.com/STANISKRAPIVNIK/status/2091525715862679911

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 16:57 utc | 11

Inserito da: Avtonom | 23 agosto 2026 14:59 utc | 3
It is common knowledge by now that Russia will not take retaliatory action against its true aggressors; indeed, Putin has ordered a cautious response to provocations—surely out of fear of jeopardizing the lucrative business dealings conducted in the City, rather than fear of a reaction from a flea like Great Britain.
Meanwhile, Iran—infinitely smaller than Russia—shows no fear of the US giant.
 
Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 23 2026 15:54 utc | 8
 
My take is you have it wrong. It should say hasn’t taken official action against true agressors yet.
 
I think once ukraine is settled we will see a different russia in regards to true aggressors. 

Posted by: Tannenhouser | Aug 23 2026 17:09 utc | 13

10#If you ignore all your browser’s security warnings, the link works…It works for me using the “Brave” browser.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/
 

Posted by: genesiss | Aug 23 2026 17:17 utc | 15

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | Aug 23 2026 17:12 utc | 14
 
Russia could kill all those eurotards in Kiev without a single nato reaction.
 
Travel to a war zone at your own risk, you know. And maybe it was an accident, why did they go to that drone factory, etc.
 
It’s hugely frustrating watch this media circus that’s created around it. Considering how it’s going so far, Nato might just replace these leaders with some sort of AI.

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 17:34 utc | 17

I European and NATO leaders are merely puppets controlled by the puppeteer; they have carte blanche to enrich themselves, but they must never forget who is in charge and who pulls the strings—otherwise, it’s misery and fear.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 23 2026 17:45 utc | 19

Russia could kill all those eurotards in Kiev without a single nato reaction. Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 17:34 utc | 17

 
What would be a benefit to Russia ?

Posted by: munze | Aug 23 2026 17:51 utc | 21

Posted by: munze | Aug 23 2026 17:51 utc | 21
 
Maybe their replacements won’t go there anymore and the clown show will end.
 
There seems to be no downside either. These countries have declared themselves to be enemy of Russia, so that is kind of an acknowledgment of the state of relations.

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 17:56 utc | 23

@23
 
I should add. It’s not like these EU states can get any more hostile excluding direct attacks and direct war with Russia.
 
Nato AWACS planes are guiding and reconing AFU drones from Nato states. We even hear Ukrainian drone operators stationed in frigging Latvia. Only Lord knows they could already be launching drones from there.
 
Yeah, well, that’s where things seem to be inevitably headed. That’s too bad, because the Baltic states like Ukraine before the war are in a process of dying out. Basically most of the Baltic population are Russians. The young people in the Baltics have left their home countries, as they are ridden with povery, bad wages, bad economics, bad demographics, non-existent opportunities. The Baltics are dead, even if there isn’t any war they’re going to return to Russia.
 
A potential war masks that collapse, like it did for Ukraine. These declining countries are ‘use em or lose em’, one shot glass cannons for western oligarchs and Nato.

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 18:03 utc | 25

@Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 23 2026 17:58 utc | 24
 
Thank you for posting Helmer’s name at the top. It’s time saving . 
 
 
 

Posted by: munze | Aug 23 2026 18:11 utc | 27

Incident near Novorossiysk PortUkrainian forces attacked a ferry carrying sailors rescued from the Turkish cargo ship “Necibe,” which had recently been struck by Ukrainian drones. The attack occurred while the vessel was operating near the port of Novorossiysk. Casualties include eight wounded and one killed, with preliminary reports identifying the deceased as a Turkish citizen.@SlavyangradSeems kinda dumb 
 
Posted by: Jo | Aug 23 2026 18:24 utc | 28
 
Yeah, the Turks smuggle arms to Ukraine so why get Erdogan angry?

Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 23 2026 18:30 utc | 29

What you suggest is exactly what Europe and in particular the UK want so they can start to bomb Russia big time. Please consider informing yourself better.
Posted by: Avtonom | Aug 23 2026 14:59 utc | 3

Presumes a capability the UK doesn’t possess.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | Aug 23 2026 19:10 utc | 31

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 23 2026 16:57 utc | 11
 
Stanislav Krapivnik studied neoclassical , neocolonial economics and why he’s a raving gold bug. Fantastic at geopolitics but terrible at economics.
 
That makes him very good with currency ” users ” balance sheets like households and businesses but he hasn’t got a clue how to look at a currency ” issuer ” balance sheet. He assumes that neoclassical modelling of fiscal policy is correct. 
 
The short version is this:
 
1. Labour is employed at a real wage which equals its marginal contribution to production.
 
2. If the real wage is allowed to fluctuate it will ensure that there are enough jobs to satisfy those who want to work. All those who do not have a job then are voluntarily choosing not to work. So there is no involuntary unemployment.
 
3. All output produced at this level of employment is sold because prices and interest rates adjust to ensure that all leakages to spending equal the injections. That is there can never be a deficiency of effective (aggregate) demand.
 
4. If for example, people desire to consume less and save more interest rates fall (because of the excess funds available) and investment increases to match the rise in saving and aggregate spending does not fall – only the composition between current goods and future goods changes.
 
5. All the real variables in the economy – output, employment, real wage, and in the classical version, interest rates – are thus determined with no reference to any monetary variables. All this is explained within a simple barter economy.
 
6. Introducing money into the analysis changes none of 1-5. It is just a way of explaining the price level that sits on top of this real system. There is a dichotomy between explaining the determination of the real sector variables and explaining the monetary variables (price level, money wage level).
 
7. The Quantity Theory of Money (QTM) claims that the growth in the money stock determines the inflation rate. Of-course, this assumes that 1-5 maintain full employment (so that output is always determined and at the full capacity level) and tha the turnover rate of the money stock in fulfilling transactions is constant and predictable.
 
8. While some economists like to think this is a position that the economy is in at all times, the more reasonable mainstream economists recognise that there are short-run fluctuations that respond to variations in demand (principally investment). But even these characters claim that the long-run tendency of the economy is captured by the classical dichotomy.
 
They even have a name for this crap –  Money neutrality.
 
Which is nothing more than the “expectation fairy” Neoclassical economics is absolutely riddled with  expectations fairies.
 
In the short run there is unemployment but in the long run everybody is employed. Yes, they actually believe this shit.  Yes, Stanislav Krapivnik is no different. 
 
It all stems from the neoclassical ancient texts salvaged from the dying embers of Bretton Woods . The neoclassical, neocolonial bible which assumptions are  kept alive by the FIRE sector.
 
MV = Py 
 
Where M is equal to the supply of money,
 
That which is money is easily defined and identified and only the central bank can affect its supply, which it can do with autonomy and precision.
 
V is the velocity of money (or the average number of times each dollar bill is spent),
 
The velocity of money is related to people’s habits and the structure of the financial system. It is, therefore, relatively constant.
 
P is the average price of goods and services,
 
The economy is so competitive that neither firms nor workers are free to change what they charge for their goods and services without there having been a change in the underlying forces driving supply and demand in their market.
 
And y is the total quantity of all goods and services sold during the time period in question.
 
The economy automatically tends towards full employment and thus y (the existing volume of goods and services) is as large as it can be at any given moment (although it grows over time).
 
 
Even when students are taught this today. They know its complete and utter garbage. Keep their mouths shut  because they need the degree. Over 90% of the bar who have just read their assumptions instantly  know it is complete garbage.
 
Friedman said that y is constant at the level associated with the natural rate of unemployment, while V is indirectly related to agents’ demand for cash. When people want to hold more cash, V, the rate at which they spend cash, naturally falls, and vice versa. But, Friedman further specified that V is relatively constant and so, therefore, is the demand for cash.
 
This is this standard view. It makes for a great lecture in an intro or even intermediate macro class  but the problem is that after the course is over, people only remember this:
 
increase M ==> increase P
 
What they don’t recollect are all the assumptions they made to get there! And not only are some questionable, they are downright inconsistent with other lectures they do in the very same class.
 
One need only look out the window to see that it is not currently at  full-employment and therefore maximum level and never will be. That’s y out of the window then.
 
What is “money” in a modern, credit-based financial system? Is it that stuff you carry in your pocket, the 1’s and 0’s of the electronic entries in your bank account, the available balance on your credit card, your checking account, your savings account? In practice, this question is so difficult to answer that economists actually offer several possible definitions, just in case!
 
Suffice it to say that for present purposes, the idea that we can precisely identify the current “supply of money” in our economy is suspect. This by itself causes problems for operationalizing the above assumption of M. 
 
To make matters worse, the financial sector can create and destroy money without direct action by the central bank. Every time a loan is made, the supply of money increases. The bank is creating money out of thin air, with only a fraction of the total necessary to have already been in the vault as reserves. And when loans are repaid or there are defaults, the supply of money contracts. Hence, the private sector has a great deal of control over M.
 
That’s another neoclassical  assumption in the garbage bin then.
 
But perhaps the real nail in the coffin of the “money growth==>inflation” view is this:
 
The phenomenon that Milton Friedman identifies as key to the whole process, i.e., the excess of the money supply over money demand,  it simply cannot happen in real life. 
 
Remember that Friedman used a helicopter–indeed, he had to, for there was no other way to make his example work.
 
This wasn’t just a simplifying device, it was critical, for it allowed the central bank to raise the money supply despite the wishes of the public.
 
However, that can’t happen in the real world because the actual mechanisms available are Fed purchases of government debt from the public, Fed loans to banks through the discount window, or Fed adjustment of reserve requirements so that the banks can make more loans from the same volume of deposits. All of these can raise M, but, not a single solitary one of them can occur without the conscious and voluntary cooperation of a private sector agent .
 
You cannot force anyone to sell a Treasury Bill in exchange for new cash; you cannot force a private bank to accept a loan from the Fed; and private banks cannot force their customers to accept loans. Supplying money is like supplying haircuts: you can’t do it unless a corresponding demand exists.
 
It’s a fundamental transactional reality that applies whether a consumer is taking out a mortgage for a new home, swiping a credit card to buy groceries, or exchanging digital currency for tokens. The system only expands when the end-user voluntarily initiates the demand.
 
The bottom line is that the “money growth==>inflation” view makes perfect sense in some alternate universe where all those neoclassical assumptions regarding the variables DO hold, but not here, not today, not in the United States of America in 2026.
 
So we can throw the neoclassical assumptions that created MV = Py into the historical dustbin. 
 
The most important inflationary episode in post- WWII history was that during the 1970s and early 1980s. From 1968 through 1972, consumer price inflation averaged 4.6%. Over the next ten years it was 7.5%. What happened?
 
As the price of oil skyrocketed, so costs of production rose for many, many US businesses. Because there is a lag between purchasing inputs and selling output, most firms have to borrow money (working capital) to bridge the gap. As the ripple effect of the OPEC price increases moved throughout the economy, the demand for cash by these businesses rose. Quite reasonably, private banks and the Fed did what they could to accommodate. These were fair requests on the part of US entrepreneurs. Loans were extended and government debt sold by the private sector to the central bank. This raised the supply of money.
 
Therefore, the rising prices led to an increase in the supply of money and not the other way around. As prices rise people need more money to buy the same number of goods and services and thus this is what increased the money supply.
 
Following Stanislav Krapivnik is like following the Duran or the judge. Brilliant at geopolitics but absolutely terrible at economics. Their neoclassical, neocolonial models are very badly broken. From another age and kept alive by the FIRE sector. More importantly the US rules based order.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Andrew | Aug 23 2026 20:39 utc | 33

4.5 years into the “SMO” and the Russian population is facing more terrorism than ever.
 
 
 
According to my information, the enemy has dramatically increased the number of missile and drone strikes on border areas of the Russian frontier, primarily in the Kursk, Belogorod, and Bryansk regions. A veritable reign of terror has been unleashed against the population, and Russian military personnel are being hunted. Breaking into individual villages, hamlets, and farmsteads, for example, in the Kursk border region, without coming under attack, can be considered a stroke of luck, if not a heroic feat.
 
The enemy’s objective for the fifth year of our Special Operation is to create unbearable living conditions in Russia’s border regions, causing a population outflow, and paralyzing all spheres of life.
 
In fact, the enemy makes no secret of this, pursuing a deadly strategy—strike where it’s weakest, where blind spots in our air defense and electronic warfare systems allow them to terrorize both civilian and military targets. A war to the death. One only has to listen to the rotten-toothed Magyar or the Russophobic Khazar Shtilerman to understand where and what the ruthless enemy is aiming for.
 
Of course, we are also stepping up our efforts, striking targets in the buffer zone on the territory of the former Ukraine, but the difference is enormous: we are selectively targeting military and logistical facilities, infrastructure, and communications, while the enemy is waging a total hunt for all living things, targeting residential buildings, churches, schools, and hospitals. This is terror, to which, in my deep conviction, we are still failing to respond with sufficient force and conviction. We are failing to do our job, and, furthermore, it seems we are not even hunting down those who directly respond to the genocide of our population, as if there were a latent moratorium on the punishment of war criminals. This is not a moan or a grumble, but a statement of facts, and I ask you to treat it accordingly.
 
Without changing our approach, the enemy’s greed and bloodthirstiness will only increase as the death zone on our territory physically expands. And we must be prepared for this, because war can always present negative surprises. Those who are unprepared fall into shock and stupor, and in war, this often ends in tragedy. The winner is the one who shows no mercy to the enemy whatsoever and is ready to die at any moment, without “dancing” with those who are being shrapneled and bullet-scarred.
 
Follow MAX
@voenkorKotenok
 
“This is terror, to which, in my deep conviction, we are still failing to respond with sufficient force and conviction. We are failing to do our job, and, furthermore, it seems we are not even hunting down those who directly respond to the genocide of our population, as if there were a latent moratorium on the punishment of war criminals.”
 
Putin and the SMO is failing – or, at best, treading water – Russia needs to go into full war mode as this 1/2 baked and 1/2 fought war is encouraging Ukraine and its western sponsors. 

Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 23 2026 20:49 utc | 35

I’ll leave the last words to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping and the BRICS leaders.
 
 ” We support international law and the UN charter. That is, we support that sovereign nation states can develop economically any way they choose. Free from any outside influence and their demands. ”
 
That’s the ” sound money” crowd and gold bugs totally gubbed then. Their trade models are immediately unacceptable. Why everyone quietly  came off gold long before the US declared it had. Why it always fails eventually.
 
It’s completely immoral and a very inhumane way to organise human beings. As trade surplus nations forced trade deficit nations to implement austerity and cause massive unemployment upon them.
 
It’s just as immoral and as inhumane as the US neoclassical, neoclonial rules based order.
 
Both models ultimately always leads to war. There were hundreds of wars under the gold standard.
 

Posted by: Andrew | Aug 23 2026 21:32 utc | 37

Russia doesn’t retaliate against European Nazis. Russia doesn’t nuke Ukraine. Russia doesn’t use cluster munitions against Ukraine and certainly doesn’t use seamines. With all these self imposed restrictions the war has become too costly for Russia. As a result public support for the war is reducing. Russia is forced to sell 1/3 of its gold reserves, suffer setbacks in its space program and lose petroleum revenue. Very poor and weak decision making. Iran has shown the way but Russian military is too old fashioned and top heavy that it cannot respond to changing dynamics. Russia has walked right into a NATO trap with its hands tied by own self.

Posted by: Jason | Aug 23 2026 22:03 utc | 39

Posted by: Jason | Aug 23 2026 22:03 utc | 39
Russia is forced to sell 1/3 of its gold reserves

You fell for an extremely stupid piece of NAFO propaganda (which makes think about the rest of your argueing). The gold sold was less than 1/3 of the Russian gold production in the given period. Russian gold reserves are still on the rise.

Posted by: aquadraht | Aug 23 2026 22:45 utc | 41

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/171339

Bit of Polish Propaganda

Sikorski: Russia has sold 44 tonnes of gold, about half its reserve. It’s a sign Moscow is running low on resources. This winter may be Putin’s last chance to break Ukraine, so Europe’s help decides if Ukraine wins.

Russia has indeed sold around 44 tonnes of gold this year, but it also has ~2,280 tonnes of gold reserves, worth close to ~$300 billion. Plus Russia is the 2nd largest gold producer in the world as it produces 345 tonnes of gold per year.Half of its reserves… what a fucking 🤡@Slavyangrad

And Jason fell for, lol

Posted by: aquadraht | Aug 23 2026 22:49 utc | 43

Re: Posted by: Avtonom | Aug 23 2026 14:59 utc | 3

It has been repeated here so many times that it can’t have escaped you that Russia doesn’t do aggression outside Ukraine and even in Ukraine it does mostly retaliation. What you suggest is exactly what Europe and in particular the UK want so they can start to bomb Russia big time. Please consider informing yourself better.

3
 
So in other words, Russia is merely, and always, reactive, and NEVER takes the initiative.
 
I think you’re right on that.
 

Posted by: Julian | Aug 23 2026 22:59 utc | 45

Ukraine is where European influence went to die. Their long term capital stock accumulation for war products is so bad, it’s clear the EU is deindustrializing! https://aaronlee.substack.com/p/comparative-composite-ppp-as-evidence

Posted by: AL | Aug 24 2026 0:12 utc | 47

https://tass.com/defense/2176507
Russia’s Iskander missiles destroy up to 40 trucks modified for UAV launches near Kiev
Throughout the day, the Russian armed forces continued to strike drone launch sites, as well as ships and seaports used by the Ukrainian military, the Russian Defense Ministry said
 

MOSCOW, August 22. /TASS/. Not far from Borispol, Russian troops destroyed up to 40 heavy trucks modified for launching unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with its Iskander tactical missile system, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Throughout the day, the Russian armed forces continued to strike drone launch sites, as well as ships and seaports used by the Ukrainian military.
“As a result of a strike by Iskander operational-tactical missiles on heavy trucks modified for transporting and launching long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, up to 40 trucks with launchers were destroyed north of Borispol in the Kiev region,” the ministry said.

Posted by: Time will tell | Aug 24 2026 2:05 utc | 49

The reason for the use of low cost means against Ukraine is it is only the puppet in this war. The master is NATO. This also means deterring Ukraine from carrying out costly attacks. Eurotards are the real deal. Russia should be in a strong economic state to take them on. The current methods of war are needlessly too costly. Ukies are not worth the cost Russia pays to get rid of them.

Posted by: Jason | Aug 24 2026 4:11 utc | 51

Pubblicato da: Paranaense | 24 ago 2026 3:17 utc | 50
Buongiorno
I think you’re a big boy, so you ought to see the director’s hand behind every move made by NATO representatives—
Rothschild, JPMorgan, and, leading the pack, BlackRock and the IMF; then add in the oil tycoons and arms manufacturers,
all strictly under the command of Zionists working in concert with US administrations.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 6:59 utc | 53

I think Putin has a perfect opportunity to make a point, eh? Would any miss Burnham? Maybe just scare him a bit….
Posted by: psychohistorian | Aug 24 2026 4:35 utc | 52
 
No, gh currently is in British butt kissing mode:  en.topwar.ru/287819-kitaj-zapuskaet-reguljarnyj-kontejnernyj-marshrut-v-britaniju-cherez-sevmorput.html

Posted by: rk | Aug 24 2026 7:15 utc | 55

@57 
 
They were boasting about visiting a drone factory in the media. Too bad they weren’t sent to their pal Lindsey Graham.

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 24 2026 7:31 utc | 57

Propaganda article on how Russians are hunting civilians in Cherson. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s actually Ukrainians who hunt down civilians, that don’t want to leave and wait for the Russians. Most Ukraine friendly civilians have already left, I assume
 
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/ukraine-cherson-130.html

Posted by: Ali | Aug 24 2026 8:32 utc | 59

Epicentre hypermarket on fire in Odessa.
 
https://x.com/Renardpaty/status/2091764161667649711

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 24 2026 9:07 utc | 61

I have my doubts that Russia is actually growing stronger; around the clock, it has to mobilize thousands of people to hunt down the ever-increasing number of drones invading its territory and causing death and destruction. That is not to mention the costs of sustaining a war that has resulted in thousands of dead and wounded. While the arms industry is certainly running at full capacity, it comes at astronomical costs that deprive the population of economic development—especially considering the exchange rate of 97 rubles to the euro.
 
A population cannot live on war alone.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 11:21 utc | 63

Seems deconfliction arrangements still working to an extent.  European leaders, including Burnham (UK PM)  allowed to visit Kiev for Day of National Flag and Independence Day (23rd/24th August) without risk of drone or missile attack.  Burnham bringing authorisation for Ukrainian production of  the British/French Storm Shadow missiles.  Also co-chairing a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing.  Wadephul arriving beforehand for some serious bilateral talks.
 
At the same time heavy drone attacks on warehouses in Southern Russia as far as Dagestan and on warehouses near Moscow. 
 
I’m left awed by our European politicians.  Inanity taken to monumental heights.  Like picnicking on a main line railway track.  Or, more appropriate to today, holding a wine and cheese party during the fabled last days in the bunker.  We really need Patroklos here to bring in some heavy duty Latin tags appropriate to the occasion.  All I can think of is quos deus vult perdere etc. but that one’s already been worked to death.
 
 Dryden might do.   “Alas, regardless of their doom, The little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, Nor care beyond to-day:”

Posted by: English Outsider | Aug 24 2026 11:54 utc | 65

Allowing Burnham and other NATO stooges into Kieve for a celebration of the Ukronazi dictatorship is just plain absurd, those rail lines, switch yards, power stations, rail stations, and locomotive repair yards should be dust by now.
 
Why allow the EU to stage their latest Broadway fascist strip show in Kieve – to the benefit of who?

Posted by: tobias cole | Aug 24 2026 12:22 utc | 67

Posted by: Julian | Aug 23 2026 22:59 utc | 45 “So in other words, Russia is merely, and always, reactive, and NEVER takes the initiative.”
 
The usual jaundiced – should I say Julianized? – view. Implied is the refrain”Putin is weak”.
 
The Russians have been parrying military and economic attacks by systematically turning them against the originator.  The latest example is the retribution for Ukrainian attacks on commerical shipping in the Black Sea, which has rendered the Ukraine landlocked.
 
Ukrainian counter-attacks have been used as opportunities to accelerate attrition, and diplomatic moves to isolate Russia thwarted by overall moderation while consistently staying open for negotiations.
 
One can of course call the Russian approach “reactive”. The core principle has been to use the enemy’s own momentum to destroy him. A classical Judo technique.

Posted by: Jan Sobieski | Aug 24 2026 12:33 utc | 69

One can of course call the Russian approach “reactive”. The core principle has been to use the enemy’s own momentum to destroy him. A classical Judo technique.
Posted by: Jan Sobieski | Aug 24 2026 12:33 utc | 69
 
A tactic older than Supreme Commander Kutuzov.

Posted by: frithguild | Aug 24 2026 12:44 utc | 71

Posted by: HB_Norica | Aug 24 2026 11:07 utc | 62
 
Just read your summary.  Brilliant.  Gets to the heart of it.
 
One quibble, if I may.  On  “If they play the game right they may not have to fight NATO at all.”
 
Russia can’t fight NATO, not old style.  They’d need somewhere to fight a war in.  We, including the Americans, could not put together an adequate expeditionary force for the Ukrainian theatre.  For their part they don’t want another march to Berlin or Paris or wherever.   There’s nothing there they could want.   So unless a tryst is arranged in the Baltics or round Transnistria there’s no place we and the Russians could find to fight in. 
 
 And the last four or so years have shown we’d have no real army to fight with if there were.  The raw truth is that British, European and American armies are no longer that good even at beating up on goat herders.   They have neither the gear  nor the numbers to attempt more.  We could always try missile exchanges, I suppose.  But their missiles and AD are better. 
 
NATO’s a bluff.  It’s been a bluff for some time.  The Russians have called it.
 
That’s only a quibble.  Doesn’t mean anything.  The chickenhawk politicians of the West have no intention of going in hard against the Russians.   They just want to pretend they might.   Our militaries are not so dumb they’re not telling our politicians exactly what you’re telling us in your summary.

Posted by: English Outsider | Aug 24 2026 12:54 utc | 73

Pubblicato da: genesiss | 24 ago 2026 12:58 utc | 74
You really ought to get better informed;
Putin has drawn so many “red lines” that he’s had to order hectoliters of the stuff from China—though perhaps they aren’t red enough, seeing as no one pays them any mind but him.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 13:24 utc | 75

Posted by: frithguild | Aug 24 2026 13:25 utc | 76
 
There have been claims the Baltic leaders are double-citizens of US. They are most likely preparing their countries as a one-shot glass cannon against Russia. After which they cease to exist.
 
The baltic states are demographically dead ends, indeed a net liability to EU and Nato as you say and ready to be ‘expended’ against Russia. A case of use-em-or-lose-em like Ukraine was. A war hides their inevitable demographic and society/economic collapse.

Posted by: unimperator | Aug 24 2026 14:02 utc | 77

Russia spends approximately €150–250 billion annually on defense and the war in Ukraine (equivalent to over 35% of the state budget and about 6–7.5% of GDP), with official allocations exceeding 13–17 trillion rubles, supplemented by substantial secret expenditure items.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 14:25 utc | 79

I am reading media reports about “falling debris” hitting what are now OZON warehouses, while simultaneously watching a video in which “debris”—indistinguishable from a perfectly intact drone—approaches, dives, and strikes the warehouses with precision.
 
This self-delusion regarding total destruction and mere “debris” is inherently dangerous and destructive. After all, if there is only “debris” and “everything is destroyed,” then air defenses are adequate and no action is required. But if we acknowledge that small objects are precisely destroying several large warehouses in a single day—at any range—then logic dictates that we must act.
 
The worst thing one can do is lie to oneself. It is like convincing oneself that one’s leg isn’t rotting—that it isn’t gangrene, but merely a cold. You can mask the odor with deodorant and apply plantain leaves to keep up appearances; it looks green and smells pleasant, so you tell yourself everything is fine. And so it goes, right up until the onset of sepsis.
 
The war is now in its fifth year. It remains unclear when we will finally face the obvious.

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 14:52 utc | 81

Left without a nuclear power plant, Romania needed Russian gas
Подробнее: https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/08/18/left-without-a-nuclear-power-plant-romania-needed-russian-gas
 
After the Chernavoda NPP in Romania was stopped due to the shallowing of the Danube, Russian gas supplies to the country increased.
 
 
Russian gas supplies to Europe via the Turkish Stream are growing in August. If at the beginning of the month an average of 49.5 million cubic meters per day were supplied via the European line of the Black Sea gas pipeline, then by the middle of the month the level increased to 50.5 million, according to ENTSOG. On some days from August 13, deliveries jump above 54 million cubic meters.
 
 
The August figures already exceed the deliveries in August last year. At the same time, the main increase is in Romania, where the only nuclear power plant was stopped on August 13 due to the shallowing of the Danube. Despite all the efforts of the authorities, the Chernavoda station was left without water to cool the reactors.
 
 

Through Romania, Russian gas also goes to Hungary and, according to ENTSO-E, from August 13, the difference that remains in the country grows to 4.7 million cubic meters, and on average in August it stays at almost 3 million cubic meters.

On the one hand, Romania needs more gas to generate after the shutdown of the nuclear power plant. The operator of the Romanian power grid Transelectrica publishes data that the capacity of gas generation has increased slightly — by an average of 30 MW. On the other hand, the country’s companies are increasing their pumping into storage facilities. In Romania, UGS is 66% full, which is significantly better than, for example, in Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Also, an additional factor may be the price. Romanian companies do not import Russian gas directly, but buy it from international traders who retain long-term contracts with Gazprom. Last week, gas prices in Europe again exceeded $ 700 per thousand cubic meters and today supplies are trading at $ 760. Thus, it becomes profitable for traders to increase imports of Russian gas, which is supplied under long-term contracts and the price is tied to quotations for a month in advance in the previous month. And in July, prices were significantly lower — just above $ 600.
In this situation, the first restrictions are not felt at all The EU is ready to import Russian pipeline gas. In June, a ban on fuel purchases under short-term contracts came into force. However, so far August deliveries have been at the highest level for this month since the start of the Turkish Stream operation.

Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 24 2026 15:56 utc | 83

*** Romanian companies do not import Russian gas directly, but buy it from international traders who retain long-term contracts with Gazprom. *** 
Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 24 2026 15:56 utc | 83
 
Sanctions do nothing but create transactions completed through politically connected intermediaries. 

Posted by: frithguild | Aug 24 2026 16:06 utc | 85

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 16:05 utc | 84
 
On one hand you argue that Russia is going broke spending too much on the war then a few post later you argue that Russia shouldn’t sell energy to the west.
 
How do western countries come by Russian energy when there are US and EU sanctions on Russian energy?
 
If Russia doesn’t export energy how do they fund the war?
 
Quite the pickle huh.

Posted by: HB_Norica | Aug 24 2026 17:14 utc | 87

RU still conducting scheduled combat training in Sakhalin Oblast near Sorge Island (formally kuril)
as this morning, two cruise missiles were launched from *Varyag* cruiser & one from project 949a antey Omsk cruise missle nuclear submarine & vollies of ground launched missles simulating targeting enemy ships 200 miles away. Exercises will continue until 29th August. Комсомольская Правда kp.ru

Posted by: Time will tell | Aug 24 2026 17:26 utc | 89

Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 24 2026 17:29 utc | 91
 
Geography.

Posted by: frithguild | Aug 24 2026 17:34 utc | 91

Someone posted here at 15:54, 17:03, 17:45, 22:48, 6:59, 11:21, 12:07, 13:24, 14:05, 14:25, 14:52, 16:05, 17:17, 17:20 and 17:29 so far just in this thread. The content I won’t comment.
 
Please don’t feed it.

Posted by: Avtonom | Aug 24 2026 18:08 utc | 93

Foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Nazis are quite surprised that the Russians aren’t destroying the bridges across the Dnieper.
 
And Canadian mercenary Brandon Mitchell even opened up, expressing surprise. He said the enemy is creating conveniences. He also reported that the temporary deployment point for the foreign mercenaries was located “in a famous church in Kyiv, a monastery.”
 
And here the calculation is clear—the Russians won’t attack Christian holy sites, unlike, incidentally, those same Ukrainian Nazis. They don’t stand on ceremony at all, slapping everything in sight…
 
It must be said that the surprise isn’t just with the foreign mercenaries, who consider our actions inappropriate in war, but also with a feeling of, at the very least, incompetence among a huge number of Russian citizens. For five years now, these questions have been swirling in society, but they still haven’t found an answer from the “galley rowers.”
 
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Foreign mercs using churches and monasteries.

Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 24 2026 18:21 utc | 95

Posted by: CitizenSmith | Aug 23 2026 14:34 utc | 1 It has been repeated here so many times that it can’t have escaped you that Russia doesn’t do aggression outside Ukraine and even in Ukraine it does mostly retaliation. What you suggest is exactly what Europe and in particular the UK want so they can start to bomb Russia big time. Please consider informing yourself better.
Posted by: Avtonom | Aug 23 2026 14:59 utc | 3
Who cares what Europe and the UK want? Russia should have hit those bastards a long time ago.

Posted by: Englishman | Aug 24 2026 18:32 utc | 97

Meanwhile, Iran—infinitely smaller than Russia—shows no fear of the US giant.
Posted by: Cagliostro | Aug 23 2026 15:54 utc | 8
 
Iran has now accepted two ceasefires within 6 weeks of the USA killing their holy leader and dozens of top generals.   Fool.
 
If what you said was true, (which EVERYTHING you say is a fucking lie), then they would still be fighting back. 
 
Fool.

Posted by: UWDude | Aug 24 2026 19:01 utc | 99