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>>2429628Evidence of the influence and origin of neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine
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>>2433638Maybe.
It would be an undeniable diplomatic drift toward the US on Luka's part to give freebies, so I HOPE you're right.
>>2433674Heritage I believe, also I'm not sure if it's just my wife's family, but I have seen so many 90s b-movies and straight-to-VHS movies as recommended by them but had never prior heard of (i.e the kind of movies he stars in), it leads me to wonder whether Seagal retains a bigger fan base in Russia and Eastern Europe than in the US.
If Kampuchea still lurks around here, perhaps he can confirm whether it's just my in-laws or a wider fan base for these kinds of movies, which if I had to guess probably derives from the 90s with these tapes being imported and then dubbed over by this one guy, all voices, one guy.
>>2433706I spelled it correctly. The filter is just overzealous and goes after misspellings of the N word as well.
For fun try typing the word chicken immediately followed by the word egg. Even with a space between you will get "chickeuygh"
>>2433793Ok I will tell you if you really don't know
>>2433826That was exactly what I was searching for
>>2433889Also the bottle of Russian Standard has kinda imperial vibes, I think the label makes mention of Professor Mendeleev, I think that's very Tsarist and Russian Empire coded
completely unrelated to my current mood btw
>>2433669He's an egotist and notorious big-time asshole who kept injuring stuntmen and nobody in Hollyood wants to work with him. He has only one mode of expression which worked for the 80s/90s action movie craze, but he probably likes the attention he gets in Russia. And they gave him some fancy title like "special representative for U.S.-Russia cultural heritage." Well, sure, I guess.
>>2433674>>2433687Action movie are also easier to translate across cultural barriers. Everyone understands explosions and fists connecting to a face. Very simple. Am I going to watch a Russian comedy? No. But I might watch a Russian war or action movie. I read a book about the second Chechen war, and the Chechen guys would kill time by watching Chuck Norris movies while deep in bunkers being bombarded by the Russian military.
>>2433697Watch those movies be money-laundering vehicles for mobsters. He got mixed up with Gambino mobsters in the 90s.
>>2433982That's well over 5 seconds and the vid cuts off
Does this mean peace?
>>2433989He's going to crumble, he was already so mad with South Park he's going to lose his nerve and give Putin everything.
Imagine that, WW3 averted by Trey Parker and Matt Stone
>>2433990oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, WWIII averted, trump could do the silverback macho man pull-handshake.
>>2434018That's totally not how it works.
Size is a factor but someone with technique will pretty much always push some rando's shit in. Mike Tyson was 1.78m (or about 5 feet 10) and was world champ, defending his title against much bigger guys. And that's when both have very, very good technique, he was just (that much) better.
>>2434096I just checked, they are shitposting about Israel, zionism and
Hillary (2016), for some reason
>>2434169This, it's easy to laugh at Trump in the knowledge he is going to utterly humiliate the American right but it takes effort to laugh at him embarrassing the entire United States…
Actually I'm not sure it is a skill issue
>>2434157>He's always quick to downplay or jump to Israel's defenseI'm not talking about Israel, I'm talking about the American press.
>>2434207>Nobody was talking about the yelling itself, it's the content of the yelling that's the issue.To me it sounds like you don't like reporters yelling loaded questions at Putin. But that's just part of the game here, because they're all competing with each other. There's nothing stopping you or Max Blumenthal from getting in that crowd of reporters and trying to badger Putin, Netanyahu or Trump or anyone for that matter. In fact, journalists like Blumenthal do that and you can find videos of him doing it at press conferences. They will eventually throw you out, or muscle the reporters out of the room. But it's not like Putin is gravely offended, he probably finds it amusing. He was motioning like "I don't speak English!"
>>2434318no. nothing happened. smo continues until all goals achieved.
somebody post the monke apology form for this guy
>>2434319Monthly reminder that Garry's real name is Garry Weinstein and that Deep Blue won fair and square.
(I would give anything to see Drumpf say "Old Garry - never been the same after losing to our wonderful team at IBM, which BTW is creating thousands of jobs!")
>>2434461 (me)
Actually, scrap that. It's funnier if Vance says it.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/08/some-thoughts-on-the-upcoming-summit.html
<Some Thoughts On The Upcoming Summit
>After reading some 20+ pieces about the upcoming Trump-Putin talks I still have no idea of what the outcome might be. Trump's uttering about the talks and Ukraine are, as usually, all over the place.
>There seems to be some agreements already between the parties. If it were not so there would be no summit.
>The Russian side is aiming at much more than Ukraine. The size and high ranks of its delegation is otherwise unexplained:
>The Kremlin aide noted the very high level of the Russian delegation, which he said would include Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Ushakov himself, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, who has been a key figure in the Ukraine settlement process.
<“In addition to the presidents, five members from each delegation will participate in the negotiations,” he said, adding that “of course, a group of experts will also be nearby.”
>There are nuclear weapon agreements that need an update and renewal. There are development opportunities in the Arctic and other economic aspects where both sides could win.
>In fact, I suspect that there will be no decisions about the war in Ukraine.
>The U.S. side knows that the war is a lost cause. Russia holds, as Trump has said, all the cards in that game. Whatever Trump does or says the war will be won on the ground by Russian forces. The best for him is to pull the U.S. out of the conflict and to leave the problem for the European vassals to solve.
>For Russia the summit will be a big win even if there were no outcome. It has proven to global majority that it is reasonable and willing to go the extra mile to meet Trump even on U.S. territory. After this there will be no more pressure from China or India to stop the war. https://larrycjohnson.substack.com/p/russias-summit-preparation-sends
>I don’t know what the outcome of Friday’s Summit between Russia and the US will be, but I do know that Russia is putting on a full-court press to show the rest of the world that it is serious about negotiating with the US, and is backing its words by the stature of the delegation it is sending. Based on Yuri Ushakov’s description of the schedule and the composition of the Russian delegation, the topic of how to end the war in Ukraine is not Russia’s only priority. I say this because the only Russian military rep who will attend the Summit is the Defense Minister, Andrey Belousov. If the two sides were going to get into the nitty gritty of the war, I believe that General Gerasimov would have been included in the delegation.
>Given the scant comments from the Trump administration about the schedule and the topics for discussion, it appears that Trump is deliberately obscuring the intent of the conference from Washington’s neocons and Ukraine’s ardent supporters. We have heard nothing about US preparations, but Vladimir Putin made sure that the world was informed today in detail about what Russia is doing to prepare for the meeting.
>President Putin convened a meeting of his national security, foreign policy and economic advisors at the Kremlin on Thursday, and opened the session with the following statement:
<Dear colleagues, good afternoon!
<I have asked you to come here today to inform you about the progress of the negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis and the bilateral negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation. Of course, many of you are already familiar with the situation, but I will provide you with more details. This is the first point.
<The second is to tell you about the stage we are at with the current American administration, which, as everyone knows, is making what I believe to be a very energetic and sincere effort to end the fighting, end the crisis, and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict, in order to create long-term peace conditions between our countries, in Europe, and in the world as a whole, if we reach agreements on strategic offensive arms control by the next stage.
<This is what I wanted to say at the beginning.
>Besides Putin, there were 21 key Russian officials at the meeting:
<VAYNO Anton Eduardovich – Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation
<Dmitry Anatolyevich MEDVEDEV – Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
<Sergey Kuzhugetovich SHOIGU – Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
<Denis Valentinovich Manturov is the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
<Alexey Alekseyevich GROMOV is the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation
<Sergey Vladilenovich KIRIENKO is the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation
<NOVAK Alexander Valentinovich – Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation
<Maxim Stanislavovich Oreshkin is Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation
<Peskov Dmitry Sergeyevich – Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation – Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation
<MEDINSKY, Vladimir Rostislavovich – Assistant to the President of the Russian FederationYURY VIKTOROVICH USHAKOV – Assistant to the <President of the Russian Federation
<Andrey Belousov – Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
<Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
<Anton Germanovich SILUANOV – Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
<Nabiullina Elvira Sakhipzadovna – Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation
<BORTNIKOV Alexander Vasilyevich – Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
<Viktor Vasilyevich ZOLOTOV – Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation – Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard of the Russian Federation
<Sergey Evgenievich Naryshkin – Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation
<Sergey Sobyanin is the Mayor of Moscow
<Valery Vasilyevich GERASIMOV – Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation
<Kirill Aleksandrovich DMITRIEV is the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries and the General Director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.5, 13:50
>Other than Belousov, only General Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff, represented the military. If the substance of the meeting is defined by its participants, I come to the conclusion that Russia’s objective is to focus on foreign policy and economic relations with the US.
>Yuri Ushakov provided a more fulsome outline of what to expect:
<Dear colleagues!
<The preparations for the meeting between the Russian and U.S. presidents have entered the final phase. Given that the meeting was announced only five days ago, on the night of last Friday to Saturday, everything is being done on an intensive basis, and a lot of technical issues, including visa issues, are being resolved. Of course, the political aspects of the summit are being actively discussed.
<I can tell you that the leaders’ meeting program has been agreed upon. As you all know, this meeting will take place in Alaska, in Anchorage, specifically in one of the facilities at the Joint Military Base Elmendorf-Richardson. The meeting is scheduled to begin tomorrow, August 15, at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time, with a conversation between Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Donald Trump. This conversation will be held in a private setting, with the participation of interpreters. Then, the delegations will hold negotiations, which will continue at a working breakfast.
<The composition of the participants has already been determined. Given that very important and sensitive topics will be discussed, the number of participants in the negotiations is limited. I will name the members of the Russian delegation: these are the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey , Assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov, Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov, Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov and Special Representative of the President for Investment and Economic Cooperation . The composition of the American delegation is also known, but it would probably be appropriate to wait for an announcement from our American partners. This means that in addition to the presidents, there will be five members of each delegation participating in the negotiations. Of course, there will also be a group of experts present.
<After the talks are over, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will hold a joint press conference to sum up the results of the talks. As for the summit’s agenda, it’s probably clear to everyone that the central topic will be the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis, including the discussions that were held in the Kremlin on August 6, with the participation of US President’s Special Envoy, Stephen Whitcoff. However, the summit will also address broader issues related to peace and security, as well as pressing international and regional concerns. There will be an exchange of views on the further development of bilateral cooperation, including in the trade and economic spheres. I would like to note that this cooperation has enormous potential that has not yet been fully utilized.
<What else would you like to mention? Next to the military base where the negotiations will take place, nine Soviet pilots are buried in the memorial cemetery, as well as two servicemen and two civilians who died in 1942-1945 years when aircraft from the United States were transported to the Soviet Union under Lend-lease. So the meeting will be held near such a historically important place, which reminds of the military brotherhood of the peoples of our countries. And this is especially symbolic in the year of the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan.
<Dear colleagues, this is about what I wanted to tell you about the visit, which, as I mentioned, will begin tomorrow morning local time.
<Thank you.
>The ball is now in the US court. If Trump ends the meeting with Putin and walks away, Putin and his delegation will have no doubts that the diplomatic opening to the US is dead. I hope that does not happen. I suspect that President Trump is looking forward to holding a press conference, accompanied by President Putin. There will be questions from US and Russian correspondents. That likely will happen around 1900 hours Washington time, which is 0200 hours in Moscow. >>2434490Some people really need to play more map games. You get to impose demands after you
win. You can't just demand a war victory. Not without console commands, anyway.
>>2434295You what?
We never left. What do you think happened between Kissinger-time (?) and now?
Sometimes I really can't even conceptualize the first thing about someone's world-view and have to reply.
Also Trump sounds exactly as expected.
>>2434461Now them's fighting words, clanker-lover.
jk I don't know enough about chess and that particular move but it is silly to think the IBM engineers could come up with a move to dazzle the world champ (or that they smuggled in some championship level player)
>>2434538I still see a Banderite government.
I'll kneel to Putin when it's gone.
>>2434601>Did something happen?It doesn't look like Cuckler cucked to Minsk III today. While many details of the meeting remain unknown, it's a given that Trump would be doing victory laps if he got Minsk III, and he's not.
In fact, this meeting with its red-carpet welcome, chumming, and everything else went so well for Cuckler and it enraged Zelensky/Eurocucks/NAFO so much that one is led to believe Blumpf really wanted to piss them off.
>>2434645You really shouldn't be using terms you do not understand. But it's way too late for you to
not look like a pseud.
>>2434670 (me)
>>2434675 (me)
Anyway, I agree with the assessment that this is an interimperialist conflict.
>>2434679>(You) (me)>As I said, have at it
It is better for me personally, anyway, to cut today's expedition into the recesses of the leftoid's brain short.
>>2434748 (me)
My take on the rug pull is that Zelensky, realizing he's getting nowhere demanding an unconditional ceasefire "before a peace agreement," is simply going to stop using the words "unconditional ceasefire" but demand precisely that in the peace agreement lmao.
>>2434753>just edges and never shootsCould you not have found a different metaphor?
Friends, comrades, esteemed colleagues, please
Puh-lease
>>2434768 (me)
Sorry, the one he/she is replying to!
Russian artists perform a celebratory performance to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the fatherland.
The peoples of the two countries, who are opening a new era of unity and friendship in the struggle to build a great and prosperous nation, are meaningfully commemorating August 15, the day when Korea achieved independence, as a common celebration and common holiday.
A celebratory performance by Russian art envoys visiting our country on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the fatherland, marking another milestone in the history of the undefeated friendship between the DPRK and Russia, was held at the Pyongyang Gymnasium on August 15.
Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, watched the performance together with friends from Russia.
When Comrade Kim Jong -un appeared in the audience together with Comrade Vyacheslav Wolozin, Chairman of the State Council of the Russian Federation, all participants welcomed him with enthusiastic applause.
The performance was watched by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Culture of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, artists and creators from art organizations of all levels, teachers and students of art education institutions, and Pyongyang citizens.
Members of the State Council delegation of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture delegation, as well as the Russian Federation Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to our country and members of the embassy watched the performance together.
The performance featured veteran Russian artists, the Strategic Rocket Forces "Red Star" Orchestra under the Ministry of Defense, and the Air and Land Forces Orchestra.
The performance featured a diverse range of songs, including a series of songs on the theme of the Great Patriotic War , filled with the heroism and tenacity of the Russian army and people, the spirit of noble patriotism, and optimistic ideology, as well as military songs of the Russian Federal Armed Forces.
The performers performed on stage with Russian folk songs rich in national sentiment, showcasing their unique traditional culture, customs, and long history.
The patriotic songs sung by the popular Russian singer Shaman, such as “My Russia” and “Rise Up,” were highly praised by the audience for their rich artistic skills and spirited performances.
Flower baskets were presented to the performers who put on a meaningful performance.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his gratitude for the performances by Russian artists in Pyongyang, which added to the joy of our country's Liberation Day and made a special contribution to the increasingly blossoming friendship between the DPRK and Russia.
The performances by Russian artists in Pyongyang, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the fatherland, served as an opportunity to further strengthen the fraternal bond between the peoples of the two countries.
>>2434898VLA DEE MEAR POO TIN
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VLA DEE MEAR POO TIN
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>>2434991Trump grew tired of games. He wants to capitalize on gains, not risk his gains on a war that could go really bad soon
American interest in this war was to secure European markets. That's it. AMerican is a sovereign state, they do what they want, not what they have to do. Ukraine or Europe are not sovereign, they do stupid shit, and USA spanks and rewards them as it sees fit
>>2434905Only Prussians can imitate Asiatic Coordination.
Yakubians cannot into coordination.
>If we can have the Donbas we call it quits>Also Russian will have to become an official language in Ukraine again>Oh and we're inviting you to Moscow<Sounds like a good deal!Lol. Lmao even. I underestimated Cuckler. There is no way they're going to agree to this, unless Zelensky wants to be lynched by Azov fanatics. Also peace means elections, which I doubt Yermak is interested in.
The previous "maximalist" demands mean this deal looks like a huge compromise on Putin's part, while the Europeans and Ukrainians continue to demand what amounts to capitulation. Well played.
>>2435239<Why are the Chinese backing Russia!? 😡 <Also EU>How are we going to destroy China if we can't even defeat Putler? 😔 >>2435276 (me)
>The war in Ukraine could end before Christmas if Trump, Putin and Zelensky meet.
>This was stated by Senator Lindsey Graham.
>If everything ultimately fails, Trump will impose sanctions against Russia and its trading partners, he said.are they going to plant bombs on agent Z? the obsession with these guys for a three-lateral meeting between the z-clown and Putin is weird.
and weird it is to not say it is not or to not reckon it is.
>>2435431I haven't seen this latest WS video yet, but the previous one talked a little about it. We know Azov and several others have been relocated to the region to counter attack, and reportedly have dislodged the Russians from some areas. At the time though this hadn't been confirmed and the salient was colored mostly grey.
We also know from past experience that a) the Russians do give ground where possible when faced with strong resistance and b) that they're also pressuring the Ukrainians at several other points along the 2000 km of front line.
So it's possible that azov is experiencing some success while Ukraine is able to keep this concentration of forces there, but I don't think this will translate into long term success as circumstances continue to develop not necessarily to the Ukraine's advantage elsewhere and this concentration has to be relocated to put out another fire.
>>2435670but why would trump jump in to support azov in a three-lateral meeting? if anything, zclown would be ridiculed by any particular point. if Putin even dares to bring in the old ID documents of zelya's grandfather who was a Jew that fought nazis in WWII, showing the rank and position of the Red Army, and shows him in that meeting also posing with fucking totenkopf patched soldiers, the cocamaniac will lose his shit, the same way he lost his shit in a public conference room, by just one small jd vance's pushback, lmao.
it's absolutely weird, and I don't understand the insistence. they want to use zelya as a bomb-strapped mujahedeen? and then what? kill Putin and the retarded orange man?
>>2435746 (me)
>>2435670honestly, at this point, I am thinking that is zelya's insistence, and he's telling his EU partners to push for that (whatever lies he tells them) and then he will come in with a note that reads "halp! the banderite bandidos have grip on my ass, they have ramsons on me!, halp". that's the only way this shit makes some sense to me.
>>2435746Because the US is not an impartial third-party to this conflict. At all. To the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. Zelensky wants to jump down Vova's throat with all their delusional demands, all the NAFO libs will cheer, which leaves Trump in a position of committing to them, and, thus, WW3,
or countering them, and getting scorned by the entire liberal West forever.
>>2435745Dude he stopped being sarcastic after the first post. He started unironically admitting he was grillpilled. Read all of the dialogue I had with him.
>>2435763>>2435755It could not be him. But at the same time its odd that this random poster chose grillpilled schizo of all people. Someone who rarely comes to this website anymore.
(so Im still believing in the possibility even if its small)
>>2435760>Even among European leaders there's already a shift in the wording of what Ukraine can or cannot achieveLet's check in with European leaders on that.
>Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Starmer, President Stubb, Prime Minister Tusk, President Costa, President von der Leyen>We are also ready to work with President Trump and President Zelenskyy towards a trilateral summit with European support.>We are clear that Ukraine must have ironclad security guarantees to effectively defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. We welcome President Trump’s statement that the US is prepared to give security guarantees. The Coalition of the Willing is ready to play an active role. No limitations should be placed on Ukraine’s armed forces or on its cooperation with third countries. Russia cannot have a veto against Ukraine‘s pathway to EU and NATO.>It will be up to Ukraine to make decisions on its territory. International borders must not be changed by force.>16 August 2025 11:33Looks like they are doubling down on Ukrainian Endsieg and are literally the ones pushing for Trump-Putin-Zelenskyyyy talks. Now wipe that egg off your face.
>>2435802see:
>>2425649someone in europe pushed balls deep to put the european voices, like in poland, in line. merz?
>>2435844But I barely interacted with him and I've never used the phrase he quoted or said Ukrainian identity is fake
I said the imposition of the Galician idea of Ukraine on historic wild lands territory was artificial. I believe it's entirely the product of an imbalance between Europe and Russians + Ukraine failing as a state
>>2435891>I really hate defending your assWhy
>I still suspect there's something going on with the /k/opers. Maybe trying to get you guys over to 4chins so that they don't get banned in insulting you?I just assumed it was people looking to troll divisions in a very ideological board
>>2435903no like, leftypol has no real connections with utg. Utg has no real connections to anything related to politics.
What would be the point of spreading misinformation when there would be barely any connections back to leftypol. The only thing that could connect was me asking if there were leftypolers in utg, but thats about it. And there was no proof I was a genuine leftypoler.
>>2435100Will never stop being funny.
>>2435664Jesus Christ it's…grillpill schizo
>>2435855We already have. It's called a bullet to the dome. Simple, clean and easy solutions reign supreme.
>>2435912The revolution cannot proceed without the execution of the whole population of gamers. Sorry, tank friendo. Acceptable losses.
Also I cannot find that vid of that woman screeching on some square in Russia someone overlayed with grillpilled's nametag or something.
>>2436045Yeah, that would be undeniable cuckoldry for sure actually going through with that, but I've achieved some mental peace ever since I resolved to wait for things to actually happen before dooming about them.
First there's the question of whether it's the same tier of dogshit media sources that said Putin was giving up two oblasts at the Alaskan summit (foreign ministry denied the reports), and second there's the question of whether it's all diplomatic games to provoke Zelensky's stubbornness.
>>2436064 (me)
Another possibility that's occurred to me is that the European spooks, realizing that their info games have gotten nowhere in Russian society because the Russian public's only criticism of Putin is that he's too moderate against the hohols, have started dropping tons of cuck-out porn to try to cause discontent that way.
>>24361183.5 years later of this WWI trench warfare and still can't hold a push in the fucking Donbas. One would think we're talking the Great War of Kiev.
>>2436128The brotherly concertgoers in Lvov and Kiev mustn't be inconvenienced, anon. :D
GOOD NEWS! NO MORE BROTHER WARS!
Russia decree opens door for Exxon return to Sakhalin-1 project
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree that could allow foreign investors, including top U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), to regain shares in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project.
Exxon previously held a 30% operator share in the lucrative project, and is the only non-Russian investor to have quit its stake.
The decree stipulates that foreign shareholders must undertake actions to support the lifting of Western sanctions if they want to regain their share. They must also conclude contracts for supplies of necessary foreign-made equipment to the project, and transfer funds to Sakhalin-1 project accounts.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-decree-opens-door-exxon-return-sakhalin-1-project-2025-08-15/>>2436525>you have to behave like a rabid doglol, lmao even
Progressive or not, this conflict has been a stereotypical bourgeois war in which they trade worker lives freely while showing class solidarity for each other. A communist government in the RF would probably have fared well different, if nothing else because the NATO side would have no qualms attacking the ruling class then.
>>2436539Article 5 has always been a nothingburger. It just states that if a country in NATO is attacked then NATO countries are obligated to send whatever amount of support they see as fit, so anything from full intervention to thoughts and prayers.
Article 5 has always been kept at the forefront of NATO discussions because it reinforces the lie that NATO is a defensive alliance. The real problem with NATO is that it provides the framework for occupation of the country by America, building bases and rocket sites everywhere, and because it is impossible to leave once you join.
>>2436598Don't make excuses for Article 5.
Trump is already being clowned on for no ceasefire.
>Ridicule of Trump-Putin summit turns to frustration at suggestion Ukraine could give up unoccupied land for peace>A string of Ukrainian politicians and public figures condemned the idea of handing over unoccupied land to Russia for peace on Sunday, arguing that their country had not been defeated and should not be forced into a surrender.This peace deal is poison. It drives a massive wedge between US and EU, under the guise of giving Trump a "win" and looking like he's a master negotiator and peacemaker.
It's either a massive gamble or a hard read. Prepare your knees for Lavrov.
>>24369131. Old news
2. Yeah, but it's not the fun kind of photo shoot you'd really want with a piece of pussy like that
3. Credit to "JJ" for having 100% natural bazongers in an industry where almost everyone is a walking bag of silicone
https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-decades-of-folly-led-to-war-in-ukraine/
>In 2007, a visibly nervous Vladimir Putin delivered a demarche at the Munich Security Conference. He opened by cautioning his listeners that his remarks would likely come across as “unduly polemical.” He went on to excoriate Washington’s use of force without regard for international law and norms, and to denounce what he termed America’s embrace of “hyperpower.” NATO expansion, he declared, “represents a serious provocation.” Asking the rhetorical question, “against whom is this expansion intended?” he vowed to do everything he could to prevent it.
>The speech triggered an uproar among American officialdom, although its content should not have surprised anyone. Moreover, as the sometime American official and scholar Angela Stent acknowledged, the reaction of some Europeans revealed that they agreed with much of Putin’s critique.
>Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was sitting in the audience. As a career CIA analyst and former Director of Central Intelligence with a doctorate in Soviet studies, Gates was exceptionally well positioned to interpret Putin’s message and thinking. Nonetheless, Putin’s speech, Gates recalled, took him aback. In his response the following day, Gates declined to exchange vitriol and escalate, opting instead to deflect from the situation with humor, to avow that “one Cold War was quite enough,” and to accept Putin’s invitation to visit him in Russia.
>Upon his return to Washington from Munich, however, Gates chose to perpetuate Washington’s self-deception that Putin was erratic. When George W. Bush asked about the speech, Gates explained it away as psychological in essence, “the product of deep and long-term resentment and bitterness” at Russia’s fall from superpower status. Yet Gates in his memoirs confesses that he was not forthright with Bush 43. Inexplicably, he failed to share with the president his conviction that “the relationship with Russia had been badly mismanaged after Bush 41.” At the heart of that mismanagement, Gates believed, lay NATO enlargement.Jesus, no wonder Washington is constantly being bamboozled.
>>2437092I said "Communist Russia", not
Brezhnevite Russia".
>>2437092If you don’t understand the topological and socio-religious differences between Afghanistan and the Ukraine you aren’t worth talking to.
The Soviet army quickly and easily dominated the urban areas of Afghanistan. The problem they had was in controlling rural areas which was the same problem NATO had decades later with much more money invested.
And IMO if Gorbachev hadn’t been busy destroying the Soviet economy and political system the Soviets would have prevailed in Afghanistan, because they would have invested in actually improving the lives of the majority of the population. See Westoid failures to use religious fanatics in Xinjiang or Tibet.
>>2437291I like how they add all the yellow territory at the end. It feels like cope, like "see, these gains don't matter because they haven't gotten all this back yet."
>Anything came out of it? No.Ukraine has managed to stop or possibly retard the salient by throwing their remaining viable brigades at it, but it's come at a cost elsewhere.
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/historic-summit-an-empty-and-underwhelming
>So, the AFU pushed the very leading edge of the Russian breakthrough back a tad, and are hailing this as a great success. The problem is, as explained last time, these AFU units were pulled from other fronts which immediately began to collapse as consequence of this.
>For instance, a major collapse in the Kupyansk area occurred today, with Ukrainian units withdrawing from this large swath of land around Petropavlovka, east of Kupyansk:
>South of there, more territory was taken on the old Kreminna front, north of the Serebriansky forest:As can be seen, more territory was taken south of Torske, which itself was just captured two days ago, as well as further advances into neighboring Zarichne above.
>Meanwhile, on the Mirnograd front next to Pokrovsk, Russian forces were geolocated via a Ukrainian sniper video to have taken positions in this industrial sector on the T-0504 road:
>As can be seen, more territory was taken south of Torske, which itself was just captured two days ago, as well as further advances into neighboring Zarichne above.
>Meanwhile, on the Mirnograd front next to Pokrovsk, Russian forces were geolocated via a Ukrainian sniper video to have taken positions in this industrial sector on the T-0504 road:
>A word about Pokrovsk:
<Pokrovsk. They write that our assault infantry uses the "Ninja Turtles" tactic. During the day, the soldiers hide in the sewers under the city, in the trees, in the basements, and under the hoods of cars, and only come out at night to attack the enemy.
<The enemy is confused and cannot seize the initiative, as they do not know the real number of our assault groups and their location. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have only one road to retreat from the city, the M-3 highway through the village of Grishino. The other roads are controlled by FPV units of the Russian army.
>An example of a Russian FAB barrage hitting Ukrainian positions in the breakthrough area north of Pokrovsk:
>FABs from UMPK in the Shakhovo area, north of Pokrovsk, on the front line of our offensive
>But those weren’t even the biggest advances of the day. That honor goes to the total capture of Iskra and Aleksandrograd, southwest of Pokrovsk, on the old Velyka Novosilka sector:
<As a result of decisive and skillful offensive actions by the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army of the "Vostok" troop group, the settlement of Aleksandrograd in the DPR has been liberated!!!
>As can be seen, the war rolls on irrespective of political pageantry. The vast irreconcilable differences rooted in the war’s origins can only be solved kinetically. >>2437455 (me)
Btw, I still think it's that the NATO info keyboard soldiers have finally figured out that all their hypocritical moralizing doesn't land among the Russian public but that tales of treachery and cuckery would. It's like they're trying to push the buttons of the hardliners in the Russian military establishment.
>>2437459they may also just be playing the expectations game. seed the idea that russia is conceding things it never said it will and then when they don't concede those things you can paint them as as being unreasonable, unreliable and the ones blocking peace, or even going back on previous concessions, which they never actually made, but which you've seeded into the public mind that they had.
So iow, you just pretend you've won the argument and see if you can manifest that into existence. And if that doesn't work, the other side is at fault.
>>2437484right now he's tilted a bit toward the russians, but the next days and weeks the neocons, europeans, the media and zelensky will all be working hard on him to shift him back into being joe biden again. past indicators tend to suggest that's probably what will happen.
>>2437364I don't think they will, the defenses of both cities are about to crumble, only the outskirts will remain in october, but I think I was a bit too optimistic about the timeline further ahead. Close to half of Sumy by the end of the year (Lugansk fully taken also around this time) still sounds a bit plausible, (as the quick advance in picrel shows) but the river separating a part of Zaporozhye likely won't be crossed this year, 1/3 of Kharkov and 1/4 of Dnepropetrovsk by the end of the winter of 2026, and Slovyansk around the same time (march-may) Kherson by the middle of next year, if the war hasn't ended by then, a much quicker collapse of the Ukrainian military will follow, allowing Russia to sweep across like a wave (as they did in the first 2 months of the war) so I wouldn't change the date for the end, around july-sept 2026, but I think Ukraine could find a way to delay surrender until the end of next year
>>2437507>right now he's tilted a bit toward the russians, but the next days and weeks the neocons, europeans, the media and zelensky will all be working hard on him to shift him back into being joe biden again. past indicators tend to suggest that's probably what will happen.That is exactly what will happen lamo
This is so fucking stupid. I don't think Trump is exceptional in any way except this: he is really the best friend of whoever talked to him last.
I mean, this is just rhetoric, in practice, reality, it does not change much but still.
My enemies are brutal, dangerous, cannibalistic and straight up retarded.
>>2437515Joe Rogan in charge.
>>2436831What do the nafotards know about "our boy" felix?
How much does the man shitpost? I don't think, he hasn't visited here, beyond the occasional insult (thank fuck, all thread with regular namefags go to shit)
There are several indications that we may be getting another Zelensky banger today:
- Trump has refused to meet Euro leaders until after meeting with only Zelensky for around an hour
- JD Vance will be present again during this Trump-Zelensky meeting
- Trump has primed the combative vibes by Truth'ing out the comments in
>>2437484>>2437563>That's silly. Zelensky can do no wrong for the libs.I still think Zelensky is eventually the fall guy. They almost blamed the entire war on him, before sacking Zaluzhny and sending him to purgatory (London). A loyal and valued tool does not need the NGO complex to declare him "authoritarian" and corrupt every other month. And worse than that, an effective leader does not garner the reputation of being constantly wrong and constantly bowing to a couple buses worth of ESG PMC libs.
Also picrel. These guys seem to be completely rehabilitated by now.
https://archive.is/20250815232223/https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/andriy-biletsky-azov-troops-tzfbj2v9p >>2437608"we're pretty leftist around here" says the guy with a massive Ukrainian flag patch on his backpack.
Left how? Putting the National back in Socialism? Critical support for any Russian blasting Nazis, that's my line on it.
>>2437507I wonder who will push the Epstein compromat more, I bet it's gonna be Moscow.
>>2437514It's like Afghanistan, Vietnam, Syria, etc. Can even add WW1 and WW2 here. It's gradually, then suddenly. With the "successes" and overwhelming "victories" occurring ever closer to the capital.
>>2437608Ukraine has broken western libs. They're willing to risk everything and destroy everything in order to "win". It doesn't matter Europe will fall to extreme reactionaries and literal fascists in upcoming elections. It doesn't matter this might unravel NATO or doom the trans-Atlantic alliance. They're in full "not one step back" mode. Syria was a hollow victory amidst a string of losses.
If they can't enforce their "rules based international order" (Aka western unilateralism) in Ukraine, it's over (though I'd argue it already is). And then the public will want to know where all the money went too and why their lives have taken a turn for the worse.
They've gone all in on Ukraine, and they're already hinting that world war is an acceptable outcome if there is no other way to save Ukraine or its future inclusion into NATO.
Dangerous times ahead.
>>2437564>There has to be an official psychology term for this right? SPathological narcissism
>>2437645Woo woo Retard fight
woo
>>2437651He's turned up in a T-shirt lmao.
And so it begins…
>>2437757Modern russia as a capitalist empire is one of the more bizarre revisions after 2015ish
It basically means the speaker considers imperialism a lesser evil in Syria, Ukraine, etc.
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>>2437928new thread
>>2437928>>2437645well, they are doing it out of outflanking fascistically, then. Hungary has a lot of grievances with the ethnic minority law from 2019, where, alongside with the Russians, the bandera regime decided the Magyars in Ukraine are not relevant.
Also, I remember in the first day of the forced mobilization, Magyars were the main forced group to go die into the war, alongside with Gypsies.
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