Search results

Well other than its nonsense "And it was just complete collapse in the early 1990s. I have a friend who was 14 when the Soviet Union fell. She was living in the provinces. Her family had a savings account for her to buy a car when she reached 18 – which would have been in 1995. But when she...

Which totally misses the point.

Sorry the poverty statement is rubbish. The Russian economy collapsed well before the sell off of reserves under Yeltsin. People were literally chucked on the streets. Gorbachov is reviled in Russia.

That is their choice. It is not our battle. Of course they can fight until every Ukrainian is dead if that is what they want. Anyone in their 40's and beyond would have lived under the Russian flag.

It was 1991 not hundreds of years ago and he was elected. The biggest folly was Gorbachov and his cosying to Western powers. The subsequent poverty Russian citizens were plunged into is not forgotten. Putin is a Czarist he has no appetite for a USSR Iron Block.

It was Russian for 400 years, Thats pretty intertwined. The effective removal of Russian language in the Eastern states once the military coup overthrew an elected president (very democratic that) was hardly an acknowledgement of integration.

So were all the countries Stalin moved in on. Don’t think we really cared did we?

The only person who’s naive is you. Ukraines heritage is steeped in Russian heritage.

What’s embarrassing is Europe’s continued obsession with a conflict that we should never have been involved in and continues to drain resources. Now we apparently need to get “war ready” and waste even more money on armed forces and nuclear weapons while the economy collapses.

I suspect you won’t even accept the first demand - that’s never going to change. Zelensky and his demand for total withdrawal is beyond ridiculous is it not?

They will never be allowed to join NATO and nor should they. There is zero chance of reparations - not a hope in hell.

I don't think so. Lets be honest you genuinely thought just as Zelensky wanted the surrender of Crimea that had to happen -- it was never happening. You have parroted his nonsense for 3 years and all he does is get more fame while his people die. Those terms are not ay surprise and now for...

Putin wins every Russian election lol

Second homes are needed to generate spending in that area

Lets hope so as he is far more pragmatic

Other than 8 what realistically is Russia going to cede on?

It seems internal well respected figures aren’t too thrilled with Zelensky either https://m.novinite.com/articles/232611/%2527It+Stinks+of+Authoritarianism%2527%253A+Kyiv+Mayor+Klitschko%E2%80%99s+Stunning+Accusation+Against+Zelensky

They keep fighting as Zelensky won’t give in and doesn’t care. I don’t see him looking too hungry or unhealthy. A lot of those demands are pretty much what you’d have expected

Things certainly change very quickly https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/16/keir-starmer-accuses-pm-of-breaking-policy-on-nuclear-disarmament

As well as spending billions on extra defence spending