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Probably. Little known fact Hungary granted a Russian bank suspected of money laundering and financing illegal activities permission to open a bank in Budapest. This bank has full diplomatic immunity and an exemption that it cannot be investigated by police, security or tax officials. Reported...

When you fixate on something you only hear what you want to hear, only see what you want to see. His fixation on the Ukrainian Govt being "Neo Nazis" etc. Ukrainian Govt is flawed, there is always corruption at the top - no matter which parties are in charge, Nationalistic (not far right) but...

Another nearly 2000 arrests in St Petersburg last night. Is it really the only city with protestors??

One of the reasons for his haste is that soon the approach from BelaRus is going to become more problematic. It's one massive marsh that will start to defreeze soon. Going to make supplying and moving troops more complicated. Comparatively speaking there aren't many roads in Ukraine. Lots of...

Not sure if the pictures have been seen in UK but here there are pictures of Russian tanks flying the old USSR flag on them. Really wound up people in this area.

That's the key problem here. If he gets away with Ukraine then nowhere is safe. If he gets a demilitarized Ukraine with a govt of his choosing then pulls his forces out then he's won. Then the thinking has to be why can't I do the same in other countries? He could start thinking about the likes...

China going be to number 1 as their economy going to dominate. much like Russia they have designs of regional dominancy just theirs is Asia and Russia's is Europe.

EU and others can't even agree on levels of sanctions so a unified voice on use of nuclear weapons would be difficult. One of Putin's "strengths" in this current situation is that he has one voice and is the ultimate decision-maker - his opposition has so many voices, opinions and...

Russia getting a bit desperate to speed things up. Asking the Kazaks for troops and more worryingly is the reported use of cluster munitions

Too much testosterone. Judo, ice hockey, hunting, walking around in the snow with his shirt off. Spent all this money on new "toys" desperate to play with them. He just loved sitting there telling the world to butt out or there would consequences the like the world has never seen before.

Remarkably courageous thing to do. As Putin is telling the world the last few days people must be allowed to express themselves away from tyranny of corrupt govt!! Do as i say not as I do

That was her position a month. Lot changed since then. Finnish opinion polls have steadily be moving towards a pro-NATO stance over recent years and mistrust etc. of Russia has seemingly risen at the same rate.

This is where it seems counter-productive. Putin may have a rhetoric for his own people about the Ukraine but all he has done is "frighten" other nations who are more likely to boost NATO presence or add NATO protection. Too many of the leadership of the NATO states bordering Russia & Ukraine...

Whole thing is bizarre. Are very few NATO troops in Baltic States and Poland. Putin's actions are going to change that. There are no significant ethnic Russian populations in Sweden or Finland so he needs a new angle there. Even he will find it a hard sell that Sweden is a threat to his people...

Problem is there is no absolute rule of law. Everyone considers their own self interest first rule of law second. If there was a load of gas and oil in Ukraine they'd have been in EU and NATO years ago. Old argument for so many international conflicts but more than a ring of truth about it...

Chinese aren't going to do that. Plus hasn't led to a regime change in North Korea - which in turn as just amped up its nuclear capabilities. And North Korea doesn't have a load of oil and gas that EU for now needs (Germany and Italy in particular) One outcome of this will be a major shift in...

Sanctions they've done so far aren't going to work in a short time. They are an inconvenience to specific people around the Russian leadership. Didn't Biden say we'll review in a month or so? Lot of people can die in a month. Basically seems sanctions seem to be "not a lot what we can do at the...

Interesting. He's currently on bail for treason for doing business with the separatist states. Current govt been going after him since the last election.

This is pretty standard for UK Govt. Been slow ever since Brexit in processing visas/residency etc for those married to UK citizens. If you're in a long-term relationship but officially married good luck. Also been exacerbated in many countries for past 2 years as consular activities been...