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The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine.

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theprestige said:
Is Eastasia the new term for Russia? Because I'm of the opinion that we've been at war with Russia since about the time of Peter the Great.
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The British have been worried about them since before 17th century and in particular their threat to India which lead to the 'Great Game' and British and Russian involvement in Afghanistan.
 
Paramount and Universal have pulled their movies from Russian release.
All the major studios have now pulled out of Russia .
But it won't cost them much; few Russians will have the money for movie tickest the way the Russian ecnomy is melting down . SOme ecnomists are saying that 1920's Germany type inflation is a real possibility.
 
Google has removed the Russian state media outlet RT from its news search tool.

"In this extraordinary crisis we are taking extraordinary measures to stop the spread of misinformation and disrupt disinformation campaigns online," Kent Walker, Google's president of global affairs said.

The company already had restricted Russian government-funded news sites from advertising and using some features on YouTube, the video-sharing platform owned by Google.

RT's deputy editor-in-chief Anna Belkina said the move was evidence that "establishment" Western companies are "terrified of a mere presence of any outside voice for the fear of losing their historically captive audience, if that audience encounters a different perspective".

Apple has paused sales of its products in Russia, the company has announced.
It has also limited its payments system, Apple Pay, and other services including live-traffic tracking, according to the Reuters news agency.
 
BBC Rolling

'Poor morale and slow progress' plague Russian army - Pentagon
US defence officials say Russia's operation has moved much more slowly than planned, and now faces supply shortages.

The Pentagon said Russian forces had not yet taken control of Ukraine's skies after six days, nor had they taken key targets such as the country's second city, Kharkiv, or the southern port of Mariupol.

"In many cases, what we're seeing are columns that are literally out of gas," one official is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. "Now they're starting to run out of food for their troops."
The official also said there were signs of morale problems in the Russian force, which makes use of a large number of conscript soldiers.
"Not all of them were apparently fully trained and prepared, or even aware that they were going to be sent into a combat operation.

Quote Message: We have picked up independently on our own indications that morale is flagging in some of these units"
We have picked up independently on our own indications that morale is flagging in some of these units"
 
Hans said:
The British have been worried about them since before 17th century and in particular their threat to India which lead to the 'Great Game' and British and Russian involvement in Afghanistan.
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Ah yes, the "Great Game". Ole Flashman had something to do with that I think.
 
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Motorsport's governing body the FIA has ruled that Russian drivers can continue to compete in global events, though not under the Russian flag.

The same will apply to Belarusian drivers due to Minsk's support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The decision will allow Russian driver Nikita Mazepin to race in F1 this season with the Haas team.
Competitors from the two countries will fly a neutral banner and must make “specific commitment and adherence to the FIA’s principles of peace and political neutrality, until further notice”, the body said.

The decision follows that of the International Olympic Committee and Fifa deciding to enact an outright ban on Russian competitors.
 
The BBC is adding new shortwave frequencies t othe World Service for the people of Ukraine.

Old school. And crucial.

5875 kHz from 8/10 UTC and on 15735 kHz from 2/4 UTC.

This is London Lillibulero the World Service sig



It used to get its money from the Foreign Office but the Tories cut the funding in 2013, now the BBC funds most of it
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
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Motorsport's governing body the FIA has ruled that Russian drivers can continue to compete in global events, though not under the Russian flag.

The same will apply to Belarusian drivers due to Minsk's support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The decision will allow Russian driver Nikita Mazepin to race in F1 this season with the Haas team.
Competitors from the two countries will fly a neutral banner and must make “specific commitment and adherence to the FIA’s principles of peace and political neutrality, until further notice”, the body said.

The decision follows that of the International Olympic Committee and Fifa deciding to enact an outright ban on Russian competitors.
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The only reason Mazepin drives for Haas is the sponsorship money he brings in from Russian businesses. And they've cut ties with them, so I don't see him having a seat this year.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
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'Russia has 75% of forces inside Ukraine'

Russia has moved from having 40% of its forces inside Ukraine to around 75%, a military academic says.

The 75% figure has also been cited by a senior US defence official.

Dr Jack Watling is a research fellow in land warfare and military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme a large body of Russian troops is advancing south from Belarus and starting to set the conditions to be able to conduct an assault into Kyiv.
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Is that 75% of all the forces Russia has or 75% of what was stacked up on the border?

It makes little sense that is all Russia has (not counting air force, presumably).
 
JoeMorgue said:
Mexico's president says he will not impose sanctions on Russia, criticizes "censorship" of Russia.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-new...s-03-01-22/h_16ea9365f2eb3f81a9b5c09f85de66b9

Huh. Kind of surprised about that. Can't claim to have my thumb anywhere near the pulse of Mexican-Russian relations, but I never pegged Mexico to really be on their side.
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The man tries to pretend the terrorist cartels in his borders don't exist. His credibility sailed long ago.
 
I think I've found video of the Russian military commander in charge of the Ukraine invasion explaining his previous success in war.


 
BBC Rolling

Countries to release oil from emergency reserves

Member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Paris-based intergovernmental agency that advises on oil policy, have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The move comes as oil prices have risen sharply and fears of energy supply issues have emerged.

The 31 members of the IEA agreed to release reserves in order to "send a unified and strong message to global oil markets that there will be no shortfall in supplies" as a result of the Ukraine conflict, the group said.

Members include the US, UK, EU nations, Mexico, Canada, Japan and others.

"Today’s announcement is another example of partners around the world condemning Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine," the White House said, adding that efforts to get away from Russian energy supplies continued.
 
JoeMorgue said:
"We shall now vote. United States?"
"Aye."
"United Kingdom?"
"Aye"
"France?"
"Aye"
"The Soviet Union?"
"Nay"
"We're not talking to you Russia, we're asking the Soviet Union..."

"Soviet Union? Soviet Union? We'll take your silence as an abstention... The measure passes!"

//Before anyone has a fit, it's a joke, calm down.//
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FTFY
 
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