This thread is about Russia and any events, political or otherwise, that are or might be worth discussing.
Any news, links or posts pertaining to the situation involving Russia, Crimea and Ukraine must be put in the 'Crisis in Ukraine' thread.
Group of deputies wants Gorbachev investigated over Soviet break-up.
Above in the Guardian version
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Putin's war against Russia's last independent TV channel
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No discussion regarding nuclear war. As nuclear weapons are not being used by either side, nuclear war is off-topic.
Edited by MacronNotes on Feb 27th 2022 at 11:26:10 AM
Honestly, if you are going to threaten using nukes, just hit the city with a direct hit.
Poseidon is another Russian "uber weapon" that is more of a propaganda tool than it is useful. Hardly does anything more for the MAD or nuclear deterrence than conventional ICB Ms do and certainly the costs of making a 100 Mt yield warhead and a long range autonomous torpedo is higher than an ICBM missile.
On top missiles certainly having less failure points.
This is just another Russian alleged super weapon they can't afford, both to use and make in significant numbers, that is thrown out every time Putin feels little. Which is often.
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BBC spoke to a deserter from the Russian military, who used to be an officer in a nuclear weapons facility. He did so a few weeks after the SMO started in 2022.
ATESH is making a presence in Tatarstan.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4vzlx1350o
Part-time Kazakh model Valeria Baigascina is using her company to help Russian get away from sanctions.
She denied allegations of sanctions busting, saying that the company was sold back in May.
Putin says that there's no need to be "concerned" about news of the falling ruble.
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1862552922023694373
NEXTRA reported that around a 1,000 malls are on the verge of being bankrupt.
According to Lyulin, the recent hike in the key interest rate has led many banks to inform mall owners that the cost of their existing loans will soon rise significantly. On top of that, landlords are exiting the market en masse, and tax burdens are increasing.
Edited by Ominae on Nov 29th 2024 at 11:27:20 AM
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1862621251954475255
Assad was (supposedly) sighted in Moscow at the Four Seasons Hotel on Okhotny Ryad Street.
Well, in some (many) ways. But their letter or even intent is not to arrest LGBT people. “Just” to silence them and their supporters. For those specific raids the “anti-gay propaganda” laws are probably just used as justification to crack down on “immorality”. The last notable ones a year ago were definitely of that sort.
Edited by Smeagol17 on Nov 30th 2024 at 5:27:00 PM
Which still shows how desperate the Russian regime is.
Both cracking down on night clubs using "morality" laws and for the men the "prison or front" choice isn't anything showing a stable country or society.
This is only shows how much insecurity the average Russian is subjected to, you can be arrested for phony charges and you can be conscripted as a sentence.
And being conscripted isn't a quick punishment, well unless you account that they will soon be dead in the front.
Edited by AngelusNox on Nov 30th 2024 at 12:03:21 PM
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A video going over the calculations of an attempt to create a 500 meter tsunami towards the UK and Ireland using Russia's 100 megatin Posideon nuclear warhead.
Result? Still considerable damage in certain spots, but a much smaller tsunami and a ton of locations being protected by the highlands.