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[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)
- Thread starter vegster
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Looks like his "pardon" was pretty short lived https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66021601
I can imagine him thinking he should have just got on with it now.
"The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, remains under Russian investigation despite the Kremlin saying criminal charges against him had been dropped, state media say."
Imagine the Russian's going back on their word hey! Who'd of thought!
I can imagine him thinking he should have just got on with it now.
"The leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, remains under Russian investigation despite the Kremlin saying criminal charges against him had been dropped, state media say."
Imagine the Russian's going back on their word hey! Who'd of thought!
- Aug 24, 2020
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Not what you might have expected?
'Wagner recruitment centers resume work in Russian cities of Tyumen and Novosibirsk, state media reports'
'https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-26-23/index.html'
Wagner Group recruitment centers in the Russian cities of Tyumen and Novosibirsk have resumed recruiting fighters, according to Russian state media on Monday, following temporary closures over the weekend due to the armed Wagner Group rebellion.
"The recruitment center for PMC 'Wagner' fighters in Tyumen has resumed its work as normal," an employee of the center told TASS.
The Wagner recruitment center in Novosibirsk, in southern Siberia, also resumed work on Monday, according to state media.
"A TASS correspondent reports that advertising posters have been hung back up again at the entrance to the center located in the center of Novosibirsk. On Saturday, the banners were removed, the center stopped working," TASS reported.
The Wagner Group center in St. Petersburg also told CNN on Monday that the center "continues to operate as usual in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation."
'Wagner recruitment centers resume work in Russian cities of Tyumen and Novosibirsk, state media reports'
'https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-06-26-23/index.html'
Wagner Group recruitment centers in the Russian cities of Tyumen and Novosibirsk have resumed recruiting fighters, according to Russian state media on Monday, following temporary closures over the weekend due to the armed Wagner Group rebellion.
"The recruitment center for PMC 'Wagner' fighters in Tyumen has resumed its work as normal," an employee of the center told TASS.
The Wagner recruitment center in Novosibirsk, in southern Siberia, also resumed work on Monday, according to state media.
"A TASS correspondent reports that advertising posters have been hung back up again at the entrance to the center located in the center of Novosibirsk. On Saturday, the banners were removed, the center stopped working," TASS reported.
The Wagner Group center in St. Petersburg also told CNN on Monday that the center "continues to operate as usual in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation."
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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‘No blood was spilled’ apparently…
And apart from the Wagner troops shelled at camp (allegedly), and the pilots downed (allegedly). Do Wagner travel in removal trucks then...
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Lets face it, Prigozhin is a dead man walking. Sooner or later, he'll end up getting Litvinenko'd.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 11,525
Ah ha.... so this is who he got the idea from...
Interesting. And that other guy with ginger beard is the now deceased miliblogger War Gonzo who was whacked last week in that video of the raid on a trench by Ukrainain special forces.
The still on left is his last second just before he was gunned down.
- Nov 11, 2009
- 11,525
I'm sure in Minsk, he'll be asking for a hotel room on the ground floor and to remove the kettle, as he won't be drinking any tea.
Yevgeny Prigozhin says he did not want to overthrow Putin
Wagner chief breaks silence after armed mutiny, with defiant 11-minute statement defending the uprising
www.theguardian.com
A coup? Me? Nope, nope. Not me.
pb21
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- Apr 23, 2010
- 6,381
I did wonder whether the video of WarGonzo and Prigozhin was clever AI...but seems real enough to my untrained eye
Brighthelmstone
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isn't that the £40m that was lifted by the Russians from his offices? bet he never sees that again!
If Prigozhin shows up in Africa with his best troops then it looks like he has successfully extracted himself from Putin's disastrous war - saving face having built his hard man credentials to succeed Putin ( or at least be kingmaker ). Now he can resume his money making over there. A good plan if it works that way.
Russconha
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The West doesn't really grasp the symbolic nature of Marching on Moscow, this is Russia's true fear and why they are always looking to expand it's borders. It's comparable to the attacks on the twin towers; the West thought it was an attack to kill as many as possible (why not do the Superbowl then?) but in the enemy's opinion, the Trade Centre represented the bad financial influence caused by the West.
JamesAndTheGiantHead
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The Russians really do think too highly of our intelligence services
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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The Russians really do think too highly of our intelligence services
there's a lot of theory crafting out there, people are determined to overcomplicate this. or trying to score from themselves as this claim looks like, Russian casting shadow on another Russian. doesnt look so good on Putin when he's trusted a spy though, and more evidence of weakness they squabble like this.
the only conspriacy that makes sense is Prigozin wanted to get out of the front line and back to foreign operations, where there's a lot less risk and a lot more money. i reckon a few months R&R in Belerus while worrying the Ukrainians about their northern flank, then off to Africa for the summer.
- Aug 24, 2020
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Another day, another atrocity by Russia.
Death toll in Kramatorsk upgraded to 3. A further 25 have been injured. These were civilians of course. Two missiles in the same pizza restaurant isn't a coincidence.
You can forgive the odd random one that goes off course - these are Russian missiles - but this was planned and premeditated.
news.sky.com
Death toll in Kramatorsk upgraded to 3. A further 25 have been injured. These were civilians of course. Two missiles in the same pizza restaurant isn't a coincidence.
You can forgive the odd random one that goes off course - these are Russian missiles - but this was planned and premeditated.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin being inaugurated - as pollster explains why he has 85% approval rating
Vladimir Putin will be officially sworn in as Russian president for a new six-year term today, although many Western nations have said they will not be attending the ceremony.
news.sky.com
crookie
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Events like this illustrate exactly why we and other democratic nations should give all they can to ukraine in order to win this war and push Russia back to their borders. If they ever were, Russia have no place in the ranks of civilised nations. They have, it appears to me, to have used vastly more missiles to target civilians and civilian infrastructure than military targets. Destroyed a dam to cause huge flooding and loss of life and crops, let alone potentially put at risk the safety of Europe's biggest nuclear plant. Which incidentally they may well have mined too. Give them everything we can. Do we really have any fear, after the last 16 months, that Russian conventional forces have any capacity for large scale ground operations against NATO countries. There can be no territorial concessions to such a brutal inhumane regime unless the free world wishes to give carte blanche to dictators around the world, that aggression and invasion will be rewarded. Give them everything, worry about rearming after, they have the manpower desperate to do the job, that thanks to Putin's horrendous judgement, our armed forces won't have to do.Another day, another atrocity by Russia.
Death toll in Kramatorsk upgraded to 3. A further 25 have been injured. These were civilians of course. Two missiles in the same pizza restaurant isn't a coincidence.
You can forgive the odd random one that goes off course - these are Russian missiles - but this was planned and premeditated.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin being inaugurated - as pollster explains why he has 85% approval rating
Vladimir Putin will be officially sworn in as Russian president for a new six-year term today, although many Western nations have said they will not be attending the ceremony.