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He's a zealot. This isn't something new or even as recent as 2014. He's been writing and speaking about restoring the Soviet Union and Russia's influence long before then. If Russia were a healthy democracy etc then it wouldn't be totally opposed in this whole region by a sizeable minority. ...

It's a relationship of mutual convenience rather than some great friendship. As long as China's eyes on being the dominant influence in Asia they'll co-exist. Could easily come a stage when China gets so powerful Russia will get paranoid about them and the huge border they share.

Favre just wanted to stick it to the Packers for bringing in Rodgers. Fake retired so he could sign for the Vikings as Packers wouldn't let him sign for them season before. Had one great season for us then threw a dumbass interception in the Championship game against the Saints which cost them...

Determined to block Rodgers getting a Superbowl.

Would be a big U-turn from his talks with Macron and Scholz. But can't see him stopping without getting something he can sell to the world ( not just Russian public) as a win

Just a world where money talks. Olympics in China (human rights record), World Cup in Qatar (human rights record) and it goes on.Saudi investments all over the world in so many things are aloud to pass unquestioned because of the money involved. Still think there's something underhand gone on...

This goes back a while now. We just can't manage bowlers. We've tried rotation, all sorts of personal fitness plans, workload management etc. but they still don't get it right. Just off the top of my head in recent years Wood, Stokes, Woakes, Archer , Curran , Mills, Broad, Ball have all missed...

There was a will in Western Europe but Eastern Europe was trapped in the Soviet Union. Cold War dominated their thinking and their industrial sectors fell way behind many others. Russian economy was a disaster until recently and its "only" natural resources/commodities that have bailed them out...

Russia, China and USA haven't stopped playing games with other countries ( even supposed allies) for years. Whether it be through power of investment, political manipulation, militarily or other means. All governed entirely by self-interest. concept of EU confuses them completely ( not saying...

Draw a decent result after start of day one but it's not a particularly strong opponent and pitch played it's part.

Not sure it's that big a thing. Assume any transport inside Ukraine is being done by Ukrainians. Not going to attack transports inside NATO countries.Would imagine the hand over weapons is happening outside Ukrainian borders.

Biden possibly playing to domestic elements rather than Russia with these statements?? Ideally he'd be making statements about options being kept open if certain lines are crossed - doesn't need to be confrontational. His statements atm do almost green light Putin to use whatever tactics or...

Again it's the numbers. 10000 out if population of 40+ million. Did nothing at the ballot box. Neo Nazi pro-Russian militias also been in Donbas and Crimea with Russian support since 2014. Recruiting from across Europe. Russia has these idiots, USA has these idiots, lots of Europe has these...

Thought it was bad but nothing like that

Don't think Putin does irony. His message of NATO pulling back their area of influence and demanding that they have to withdraw NATO weapons etc from post-1997 NATO countries yet he intends to put a load of his new weapons into Belarus that borders NATO states. He's actually advancing towards...

Don't think he cares what the so-called "liberal democracies" think of him as long as they "fear" him. he's got like minded allies in the likes of China, Belarus and certain middle East & Asian states. His approach to dissent is just to throttle it - much like those who ally themselves with...

Hungary gets a special price but are committed to reducing Russian gas - by letting the Russians build them a new nuclear power reactor for 15 billion and 10 billion of that is a Russian state loan !!!

Got friends in UK who have raised over 50k plus vans loads of goods. Supposed to have left in a convoy last weekend but have had to repack everything into boxes by country of origin to get through customs. Going to be double the work when they get to Poland sorting it back into what supplies...

We've had a story in the press here (last week??) that's there's been a crackdown in Russia as a lot of the money supposed to be spent on weapons,logistics etc has disappeared. The military resources have not matched what they were supposed to be on paper. Officials bank accounts & assets being...