Russia & Ukraine

gwb-trading said:
I don't actually believe that Putin will be derailed by illness in the short term. Certainly he has some medical issues -- but I think it is far more likely that he dies from the hand of his fellow Russian cronies rather than from illness. Not that anyone in his inner circle who replaces him would be any better.

BTW - Putin has such a fine tan.

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It is not necessarily either/or Putin or No-Putin. There is also the possibility of a diminished Putin-Lite if the Duman, the hardliners, the military whatever tinker with his powers.

Russian history shows that they little ways of keeping a person in office but moving him out gradually by taking certain powers away from him.

They did it when Tzar Nicholas was fucking up in WW1. They let him stay in power but took military command away from him because Russian losses on the front were too great. Of course he had problems on the home front too. The Bolsheviks took over not long after and killed him and everyone that he had made his previous deal with.

Then they did the same thing to Gorby. He went on a little vaca to the Black Sea and they had a little coup. But they decided that did not have a good look to it, so they let Gorby come back but stripped him of various military and executive powers to weaken him. And then moved him out a little bit down the road.

I could see something like that with Putin if he does not get his sh#t together. He remains but the hardliners and others start "adjusting" his powers. But then they agree to let him stay as long as he does not run in 2024. I mean the next election is just one year away and the election of course is a joke, but it would be a graceful exit point. I mean if things sh#t the bed but they wanted to put a better look on it.

And then there are variations on that where, one of the hardliners decides to run for president and Putin has an accident along the way. Y'all know accidents happen a lot in Russia. They obviously need more workplace safety training or something.
 
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misterkel said:
A little over $1.2 billion has accumulated in the accounts of Ukrainian President Zelensky in Costa Rica at Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika since 2019 until 2022.

Regular deposits in small tranches of $12-35 million came through different channels, both from Ukrainian oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov and Viktor Pinchuk through First Union Bank and Deutsche Bank, as well as Igor Kolomoisky from his Geneva accounts of Banque Nationale de Paris.

It is absolutely clear that without the control of the authorities of Germany and France, this movement of IMF funds withdrawn from Ukraine is impossible.

Of Zelensky's major purchases from his accounts, there was the purchase of a villa in Miami for $34 million, as well as 8 sets of Graff jewelry for ₽ 5.6 million.

Head of the office of the President of Ukraine Ermak also has an account in Dresdner Bank, counting a modest $56 million.
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"Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." --- Voltaire
 
I am not absolutely certain, because intervening developments could have occurred since the signing of the Rome Statute in conjunction with the International Criminal Court, but as far as I am aware neither the Untied States nor the Russian Federation are parties to the Rome Statute. In the case of the United States this may have to do with its harboring of criminals known to the court, such as for example Henry Kissinger.

Here from my undergraduate Alma Mater is an article perhaps of interest to some of you. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1393&context=djilp
 
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gwb-trading said:
Just the War Criminal trying to avoid accountability.

Vladimir Putin Orders Hundreds Of Body Doubles In Bid To Dodge Arrest
https://knewz.com/vladimir-putin-orders-hundreds-body-doubles-dodge-arrest/?utm_source=rss_google
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Yep. And a corollary of that is that when you see pictures of Vlad visiting Mariupol and Crimea, you may or may not be seeing Vlad visiting Mariupol and Crimea.

And variations of that, whereby you may see him in some of the safe location but it may be somewhat else driving the car of visiting more forward areas etc.
 
gwb-trading said:
Just the War Criminal trying to avoid accountability.

Vladimir Putin Orders Hundreds Of Body Doubles In Bid To Dodge Arrest
https://knewz.com/vladimir-putin-orders-hundreds-body-doubles-dodge-arrest/?utm_source=rss_google
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Makes no sense as Nato might already have the DNA from Putin. If not they can try to catch it from his daughters, or even his parents remains. And then they can proof who is who. Doubles who have almost the same DNA as Putin is almost impossible, because DNA close to Putin's should be combined with size, way how his body is build and appearance. So they need first of all DNA close to Putin's DNA, which is almost impossible to find.
The opinion of a scientist who is specialized in analysing DNA would be interesting.
 
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