Russia & Ukraine
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Let's see what Snopes has to say...
Is Vladimir Putin Dead?
Rumors about the Russian president’s supposed death went viral in October 2023.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/11/08/is-vladimir-putin-dead/
Is Vladimir Putin Dead?
Rumors about the Russian president’s supposed death went viral in October 2023.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/11/08/is-vladimir-putin-dead/
Let's see what The Hill has to say...
Reports of Putin’s death might not be greatly exaggerated
https://thehill.com/opinion/interna...utins-death-might-not-be-greatly-exaggerated/
Reports of Putin’s death might not be greatly exaggerated
https://thehill.com/opinion/interna...utins-death-might-not-be-greatly-exaggerated/
Ukraine is waking up to reality
Western sanctions did not destroy Russia’s economy — rather, they repositioned it. Oil once sold to Europe now goes to China and India via a fleet of “ghost tankers.” In September, Russia got $18 billion in oil revenues. Putin is planning to spend around $110 billion on war in 2024, and that’s just the open part of the budget. Ukraine will be lucky if it gets $60 billion from all its allies combined.
What’s even more amazing, the Russian economy is rebounding. The Western-oriented creative class in big cities is hard up, but almost every other stratum of Russian society is better off. Poor people from destitute Russian regions are, for the first time ever, earning good money by enlisting to serve. If they are killed, their families are getting money they never dreamt of. Salaries at military factories are up, and regular salaries are up too because of the shortage of labor. It is a sort of military Keynesianism.
Western sanctions did not destroy Russia’s economy — rather, they repositioned it. Oil once sold to Europe now goes to China and India via a fleet of “ghost tankers.” In September, Russia got $18 billion in oil revenues. Putin is planning to spend around $110 billion on war in 2024, and that’s just the open part of the budget. Ukraine will be lucky if it gets $60 billion from all its allies combined.
What’s even more amazing, the Russian economy is rebounding. The Western-oriented creative class in big cities is hard up, but almost every other stratum of Russian society is better off. Poor people from destitute Russian regions are, for the first time ever, earning good money by enlisting to serve. If they are killed, their families are getting money they never dreamt of. Salaries at military factories are up, and regular salaries are up too because of the shortage of labor. It is a sort of military Keynesianism.
Sounds like a great deal, you should apply.
Want your husband's body back? Go to the front line in Ukraine yourself and dig it up. This is how the Russian army operates. What's the exact opposite of "kicking ass" and "magnitudes better"?
Russian army tells war widows 'to go to Ukraine and dig up their loved ones' themselves
Speaking today, Nadezhda Kharichkina shared her sadness as husband Igor Kharichkin is presumed dead in Ukraine's Kharkiv region - though his body hasn't been found
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-army-tells-war-widows-31448790
Game over:
It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Ukraines DefeatGame over:
Zelenskyy has withstood Putins’s best efforts to take over Ukraine, and defense of their nation is firm. Putin need a new strategy: withdrawal