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linearity:
Sorry sir, I must have hit a nerve ending somewhere!

GDP does not grow vacuum, go look up the component makeups of China’s GDP who their top export destinations are and percentage.

For the last few quarters China’s GDP has been growing at half the space of that of USA, meaning that their rate of growth is now hitting a ceiling.

We have seen this picture before; in the 1930s going by GDP growth, Germany was to become the world economy power house, we all know how that ended.

In the 1960s and 1980s USSR was to become another economic powerhouse, well we all know how that came crashing.

Now China is growing and you think the America institutions that punctured holes in those previous bubbles are sitting idle away.

These American instructions don’t boost, they don’t issue pre releases. To be a super power transcends the number of gun powder one possesses or economic stats.

The 2007 world wide Great Depression was triggered by subprime loans in America and one company going belly-under in the US, the cascading effect was felt worldwide including in China where more companies went under.

I am not saying that, America can’t be overtaken by an emerging super power, but it will take more that stats measured in fiat currencies to do that, because American tentacles have stretched far and wide that it will become challenging to undo them.

Lmao. Who still uses GDP to gauge a nation's economic health these days? Even the World Bank no longer relies on GDP in wealth measurements. BTW, China already over take US in production capacity, which is a huge gauge element of GDP. A decade from now, if the current trend continues, China will overtake the US in almost, if not in all economic indices to become the number one economic superpower. It already does that by PPP measurements, which is a sub element of 'Wealth', the latest standard of gauging countries economic well-being these days.

Russia banks have to load up on America dollars before the America Sanctions were announced because many Russians and companies abandon their local currency and buy dollar for safe haven….how are you a super power when your people will not even trust your currencies in the times of crises.

On the contrary, Russian banks are gradually moving away from the dollar and instead holding Fiat value in different currencies, and in gold. I don't know from where you got your Russian banks loading up on US Dollars prior to the new sanctions when they knew they cannot use same dollars. Information from the Financial Times shows that Russia has gradually been de-dollarising. Russia's Dollar reserves made up about 16.4 per cent of total reserves last year, from 22.2 per cent in June 2020, according to data published last week. About a third of the reserves are in euros, 21.7 per cent are in gold and 13.1 per cent are in renminbi. https://www.ft.com/content/a2eaba73-cec8-4a0f-b991-7de558bb0ee1

While these sanctions-proofimg strategy has its effect on limiting growth while focusing on stability, they have helped to minimize the effect the sanctions imposed will bring even as the country has learned to become self-sufficient in many economic and technological areas since the first sanctions hit in 2014.

ayindejimmy:
Patriotism is standing with your nation, not with a bad leader who's compelling you.

Do you think they're doing it willingly, you better watch the video of Russia's spy chief

So Putin is that powerful and all compelling that he managed to control the minds and souls of ALL the 300 members of the Duma and those in the Federal legislative Chamber to overwhelmingly vote in favor of ratifying the recognition of the two Russian-speaking regions in Ukraine? Common sense should tell you otherwise. These people aren't robots that you can easily control at will. Even the opposition (the party with communist tendencies) opposes Putin in domestic politics but all are United when it comes to matters of boiling national interest.

Have you experienced war in your life before? There is no family alive today in Russia that did not lose someone in WW2. That sad memory lives on and had been passed down along the the national consciousness of all Russian family descendants, including those outside Russia.

Russians hate war but don't fear it. They will not hesitate to go on the offensive when attacked directly or assymetrically, or when the likelihood of such attack is imminent. This was because of the untold sufferings and losses they experienced in the hands of the backstabbing Nazi regime during WW2. If you recall, the Soviet Union had a "Non aggression" path with Germany prior to WW2. But despite that, the Germans invaded the USSR surprisingly two years later, and we know what happened thereafter.

Today, NATO represented that same Nazi Germany threat back in 1939. The Eastward expansion by NATO, its refusal to allow Russia to join the bloc' when it asked and the packing of Missiles closer to Russian doorsteps it's something any right thinking Russian in the corridors of powers would never hesitate to stand up against. As Putin succinctly puts it, it would be criminally negligence if they fail to counter such threats.

Even when Russia was still somehow weak back in 2008, it did not hesitated to counter similar threat when the same foreign elements instigated Saakachvili of Georgia to do what Ukraine is doing today, and that was under President Medvedev, a west-leaning businessman. Russians are the definition of true patriotism no matter their political ideology.

The Russian-spy chief video reveals what? That the spy chief is being cajoled or wanting to act like General Milley who betray his country by calling the enemy and committed to informing them whenever his country wants to launch an attack? You forgot so soon that Putin was a formal KGB top notch? This is a dicey moment for Russia and it doesnt need stuttering or double standards spy chiefs, the US can have him . This is a matter of life and death for all Russians and any spy chief that is not committed to preventing fasicm next door and deterring another backstabbing German-like invasion should be handed to Kim Jong-un of North Korea for final judgement.

FalseProphet1:
I see Buhari sending Nigerian soldiers to the war to help Britain as part of our agreement as members of the Commonwealth.

I see the soldiers abandoning their military gear and disappearing from the airport immediately their plane touches the British airport

I see lie Mohammed saying that the soldiers are already in Russia combating Putin's forces, I see some of the soldiers resurface after some months with British grannies as their wives.

This I have seen.

At the Bolded killed me.

oluwaahmed:
You are not intellectually sound enough to be engaged in this discussion. You are nothing but a dotted line in statistics of things for the west hence your opinion is as thin as air. Its because of this fact I neither hate the west nor love the east. However it must be stated that the west continue to plunder Africa by installing neocolonialist in power to help loot our resources?
Do you know that according to Transparency International, £1.3tn is the amount of corrupt funds currently stashed in the UK?
Do you also know that 7 French speaking west African states of Togo, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkinafaso, Ivorycoast, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau do not have their own currency and individual central Bank? Their currency is CFA Franc(its even in the name for fúcks sake) and it's regional central Bank BCEAO stores their foreign reserves in  Banque de France? (So Y dafuq do you have a regional Central Bank that cannot store the member nations external reserves) are they truly independent if their foreign reserves are being stored in France? Do you know the mind blowing part? Immediately those countries came together in 2020 to announce their departure from CFA Franc to their own currency named ECO & removal of their external reserves from France central Bank to their own regional bank the next thing that happened is Coup d'etat. This is the reason for the many coups in francophone west African nations. Do you also know that Belgium killed 2 million Congolese just to mine rubber? Till this day Belgium and France take rubber from Congo & DRC in the name of Michelin & Continental tyres . How is Congo & DRC faring? Russia is not your problem

He that has ears, let him/her hear. It's a pity when I see so many Africans completely zombified by Western propaganda into believing that the west loved them while the Chinese and Russians are their enemies. It's a pathetic sight to behold.

Mooh247:
Trump practically worships Putin for his influence which made him win Hillary

Trump was Putin's stooge and puppet and he never confronted Russia

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Lmao. Trump was nobody's stooge or puppet. Trump was and still is a pure realist and that's why the establishment hate him so much.

smallsmall:
Russia has been under US sanction since 2007 and this is merely a ramp up.
The more sanction you impose on a country, unlawfully, the less impact they produce and the less leverage you will have.
It is the Europeans l pity, especially Germany.
Their Energy Prices is already hitting the Roof, until they have a Citizen riot on their hand, will they learn not to follow-follow USA like Muumu.

I quiet agree with you, but don't underestimate the Germans, they knew what they are doing . The Germans will talk loud, join the Russian-bashing team any day, but conveniently do the opposite in economic areas. Even the Hungarian Foreign Affairs minister pointed this out recently. Since the EU joined Uncle Sam to impose Sanctions on Russia from 2014 till date, the trade volume between Germany and Russia has steadily increased , and the Hungarians and Bulgarians simply pointed out the obvious. They will dance and scream alongside the US but will never allowed US selfish interest to undermine their economic realities. Ukraine is the only braindead and stupid party that has killed itself in this whole brouhaha

dermmy:
Democracy can be practiced under communism/socialism too. Democracy is not the twin brother of Capitalism as the west wants us to believe that was a cold war lie cause Adolf Hitler was a Capitalist but we know that Adolf Hitler gave no freedom to the Germans. In fact Nazism repudiates Communism/socialism which means Adolf Hitler hated Communism with great disdain. He killed many Communists and sent many into exile.

Capitalism conotes freedom in the economic sphere but in the political realm it is not always about freedom. Fulgencio Batista of Cuba was a brutal Capitalist dictator that received U.S support. Suherto of Indonesia was a Capitalist dictator too. Anastasio Somoza Debayle of Nicaragua, Augusto Pinochet of Chile. Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam, Marcos Evangelista Perez Jimenez of Venezuala. Syngman Rhee of South Korea, Park Chun Ghee of South Korea. Let me stop here.

Countries that have practiced western capitalist system with dictatorship/despotism are much more than countries that have practiced Communism. So Capitalism does not translate to democracy.

You just gave some of the twisted minds a life saving lecture about democracy and capitalism.

pansophist:
The Nigerian, and I dare say African media space are very western centric, from CNN, BBC, Nigerians hardly listen to other perspective. If they even went to travel, it's mostly the west as first option. Not surprised why many of them just parrot the western narrative without the ability to research things foe themselves and come to their own conclusion. It doesn't matter if the conclusion is incorrect, if its yours, its good. These are qualities of an independent mind.

I couldn't have said less or more. Africans, particularly the English and French speaking nations are overly prone to believing western media narrative due to the influence of their colonial past. But there lies the danger. If one can't think for himself for once, it's highly likely that such an one would end up assessing and believing certain issues on a wrong footing.

olugabbie:
China and Russia are as developed as the West. Most people don't even know that there are no homeless people in Russia..Russia is one of the most self reliance country in the world. They produce everything they need and export not only oil but also commercial planes as well as military planes, agricultural equipments, covid-19 vaccine (Spunik) e.t.c to name a few.

They have the highest number of underground rail network in europe. Moscow, ST Petersburg, Kazan & Sochi-(where they host olympic) are among the most beautiful cities in the world.

You are wasting your time educating people who are not willing to let go their delusional pride.

pansophist:
Only western media parade this nonsense that Putin wants the ussr back. Its a lie. All was good before February 2014 when the democratically elected president was overthrown by the CIA backed coup, installing a puppet leader that is answerable to Washington.

No matter how much you spin and spread the return of soviet Union lie, you can't point to any proof of Russian aggression before Feb 2014. Listen to broad news network not just western media.

Unfortunately, she has been baptized by western media propaganda into believing Putin is out to create the USSR. Very funny.

AmazonTopaz:
Yes it was the media that recognise luhansk and Donetsk as independent states on behalf of Putin. Also it was the media that told Putin to talk about the soviet union and how he faults the independence of soviet states today it was all propaganda what I listened and saw with my very eyes. Wanting to think freely does not give one the right to always be ignorant and stupid everything is not always about propaganda

You allow emotional overdrive to cloud your sense of logical reasoning. That Putin regretted the collapse of the Soviet Union means he wants the USSR rebuilt? Is Putin the only one to have regretted the collapse of the USSR? FYI, a poll conducted by Levada in 2017 shows 58 percent of ordinary Russians regretted the collapse of the USSR, does it mean they want it to be rebuilt? They have their reasons for showing regret. Gaddamnit! Even in troublesome Ukraine, information from Statista Research conducted in 2020 reveals 34% of Ukrainians regretting the collapse of the USSR. Does it mean they are all out to rebuilt it? If you don't understand certain issues, do some research, don't delve into them blindly. The 'Unified economic system enjoyed by citizens of the then USSR and the chaotic manner in which the Union collapsed and its impact is one of the core reasons these people regretted the collapse. Here are some independent links, read and understand.

<https://www.statista.com/statistics/1128076/ukraine-opinion-on-dissolution-of-the-ussr-by-age/>

<https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russian-president-vladimir-putin-says-he-wishes-the-soviet-union-had-not-collapsed-many-russians-agr-1819331>

They are neither anti-west or pro-west or anti-Russia or pro-Russia. Free yourself from the shackles of mainstream media propaganda.

Has Justin Trudeau killed and poisoned his political rivals and dissenters who go against him, has Trudeau invaded another nation to declare war, has he annexed any territory or taken over elections?it seems you are confused and you do not know what you are talking about, If you were intelligent you would know that before invoking the emergencies act Trudeau pleaded with the Truckers who are not even truckers to leave and that they were affecting the supplying chain, threatening acts of violence and affecting the economy.If you were intelligent you would know that in many democracies the constitution provides for emergency powers which he used to restore order where necessary how can you call him a dictator for following what is provided in his country's constitution?

Get sense

No, Justin Trudeau hasn't killed any opponent that I know of, and so is Putin, except you have evidence that he actually 'poisoned' Nalvany with Novickok, a chemical substance that has 100% fatality, and he managed to survived because Jesus is his brother...so says the west. I just they look you dey laugh. . They really have gotten deep to you.

But you didn't see where same Trudeau recently deployed armed security agents and forcefully removed from the road truckers protesting forced vaccine mandate on them, but you and your lovely mainstream media did not call him highhanded and dictator or anti-democratic. But when similar protest occurred in Hong Kong with protesters burning and destroying properties, to which the police responded, the satanic mainstream western media covens labelled the response as 'repressive of democratic rights' while hailing the protesters as democratic human rights protesters. Typical western double standards.

Of course, Trudeau did not annex any territory. But when its partners Israel annexed the Golan Heights and forcefully continue to annex parts of the West Bank under Netanyahu, your likes and western media covens turn a blind eye and even hails it in many aspects. But when Russia does it even in its legitimate manner, it's pure dictatorship. When the Falkislands residents in 2013 voted in a referendum to remain as a UK administered territory as against being with Argentina, with just one single question on the ballot paper asking only in favor of the UK, the referendum wasn't questioned, but hailed by BBC and its cohort as democratic, But when Russia conducted similar style with Crimea, even with more than one question, your likes calls it annexation. Double standards as usual.

Did your loving media and western governments called the Honk Kong police right to use force in the events of emergencies 'constitutional' or they overblown and labeled it as suppression of freedom, especially with Canada playing the cheerleader's role during the protest?

Sorry to disappoint you; You have more dictators in the west than you can ever imagine.

sanpipita:
He did mention legacy of the Soviet Union being squandered, and all these posturing you people do here, you will still pick USA and Canada before considering living in Russia

Anybody that reason this way as you do now isn't worth any consideration in matters of international analytical disputes. That I condemn Israeli armed forces for killing unarmed Palestinians teens and forcefully ejecting Palestinians from their homes and replaced them with Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank doesn't mean I love to live in Palestine. It's only kids and irrational thinkers that reason as such. We stand for what is right and condemn what is wrong. If living the American life means supporting murders, coups, and calling black white and white black, then that is yours to live; not mine.

AmazonTopaz:
Declaring Luhansk and Donetsk a territory under Ukraine is already an invasion don't be naive.
It is going to be a world war crisis because he will go after other USSR former territories he needs to be stopped now.If the west sanctions Russian oligarchs that use money for war and not her economy Russia will lose.

You are the one sounding a bit naive here . By your insinuations, you mean that assuming Nigeria or Brazil decided for one or two political reasons to recognized the breakaway Luhansk and Donetsk regions, they have invaded the Ukraine. You sound real funny.

Yes, it is going to be a world war crisis if NATO don't stop its expansionism into East of Europe, which Russia consider as its sphere of influence. Yes, by right, these countries should be free to chose whom they want to align with, and such right of association shouldn't be limited by anyone. But that can only work in saner climes. In the reality of the world we live in where competing great powers are involved, some nations can't just make certain decisions notwithstanding its for their own interest. If the USA won't and did not tolerate Soviet missiles in Cuba (the Cuban missiles crisis that almost led to a nuclear world war), what makes you think that Russia would sit idly and tolerate nations like Ukraine that borders it to become NATO members and host NATO missiles (a military bloc that sees Russia as its primary enemy)? This is what is called 'realpolitiks'. As long as Russia and NATO is involved, countries like Ukraine, Georgia etc, can never be allowed to join NATO. That's the sad reality of some nations sharing borders with competing great powers.

The US/NATO are not handicapped they just don't want to be interventionist anymore so they are trying to be diplomatic.

What! The US and NATO trying not to be interventionist anymore but diplomatic? This shows you're just being emotionally ignorant of the realities on ground. The US is the chief architect of the turmoil that Ukraine is experiencing today. Lmao. This is an open secret; from the 2014 coup that overthrow Yanukovich to the US grand plot to establish a nuclear first-strike/advantage over Russia with Ukraine as the missing puzzle for actualizing that plan, vis-a-vis Russia declaring Ukraine as a RED LINE means the country will forever be an unfortunate swinging wedge between the two great powers. Actually, the US is handicapped here because aside from sanctions, which has lost that bearing with reality, there is nothing it can do if Russia invade or recognize the breakaway regions. BTW, you really make me laugh saying the US and NATO are no longer interventionists....that is exactly what they specialized in for the past two decades.

Please stop talking out of point Putin wants the USSR stop sympathizing with the cause of a dictator if Putin wants respect he should respect the sovereignty of Ukraine and embrace the fact that the USSR is dead.

How many times must you repeat this childish narrative of Putin wanting the USSR back? Yes, Putin, like many other analysts regretted the collapse of the Soviet Union because in spite of its shortcomings, the existence of the USSR ensures that there is a checkmate of excesses and a balance of power between the great powers. Imagine if the USSR was around, it's possible that your crazy US government under Bush wouldn't have been so courageous in fabricating lies that Iraq has weapons of mass destructions, which they never did, but for which they invaded the country and torn it to shreds till this day. Ask yourself, how many dictators in the world have done half of what the US did to countless nations like Iraq, Libya, Syria, Nicaragua, Panama, Vietnam, Laos, Sudan, Serbia, and many more? All done with sheer disregard for UN resolution forbidden such atrocious interventions and invasions. Don't you think the US led NATO disregarding UN resolutions to invade countries fits this your dictatorship description too?

olugabbie:
NATO/US are handicap as it stands. He has not invaded. They can't sanction Russia, because if they do. Russia will have nothing to loss if she invades eventually. They also can not use military means, because the situation can quickly change from Russia-Ukraine crisis to world war.

Russia is not interested in reviving the USSR. USSR is gone. All Putin wants is respect. If NATO halts it's expansion Russia be automatically be at ease. The fear of being alone is what Russia is afraid. Imagine if all the countries in eastern Europe join NATO.

NATO is a military alliance. It was created to counter USSR. Now there is no more USSR. Russia is not as powerful as the USSR. Why the continuous expansion? Which threat is NATO trying to counter? The enemy of a country on it's door step is a serious security concern.

Unfortunately, few people reason like you do. Whenever I read some people saying Putin wants to revive the Soviet Union, it evoke laughter and I sometimes wonder why people finds it difficult to reason independently rather than repeating sheer propaganda. The existence of NATO under the overbearing influence of the US is the greatest threat to world peace today, but some people don't even see it. NATO is supposed to be a defence path, but for the last few decades, it has attacked more nationas than it has ever defended.

AmazonTopaz:
Well I am not Putin listen to his speech he dreams about it everyday and in his head he sees that as a possibility.

And a dictator will go to any lengths to achieve that.

Putin dreams about nothing! You're just regurgating typical mainstream media crappy narrative. The Soviet Union is gone and all in Russia admits that, but it's only in the delusional heads of crazy mainstream western media covens is Putin dreaming of bringing back the Soviet Union.

Putin is a dictator, really? How convenient for you to say....Then what should we call guys like Trudeau and Let's Go Brandon that forces vaccine mandate on people who don't want it? Democrats I guess?

It's official now, Russia has formally recognized the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Ukraine shot itself on the foot for playing the bitch to please American and NATO diabolic geopolitical games, forgetting that Russia is the grandmaster of this game. This is just the beginning of the end for Ukraine. Soonest, other regions will follow suit. Watch out for false flag attacks in places like Odessa and other Russian speaking regions in western axis of Ukraine....something tells me whether Russia like it or not, something would be done that will trigger it to invade formally...it's only a matter of time. The US didn't move its embassy headquarters (which houses CIA operations in Ukraine) from Kiev to Lviv for nothing...Something big is coming.

AmazonTopaz:
It was never about NATO.

Putin wants the soviet union back.

You sound too hysterical! The Soviet Union is long dead and gone, and is never coming back. Stick with that.

sslcrypt:
Like you rightly said they have moved in weapons into Ukraine, which puts Russia in a very difficult spot.

Here is a history lesson for the emotional weak individuals with zero emotional intelligence.

There is a Budapest memorandum on security assurance, Where UK, Russia, USA and Ukraine signed an agreement, the agreement was those 3 powers would respect Ukraine territorial integrity.
In return Ukraine gave up 5000 nuclear weapons and more than 170 intercontinental ballistic missiles and several dozen nuclear bombers. America paid half a billion dollars for Ukraine to pass all these weapons to Russia to be dismantled. Ukraine gave up it means of deterring Russian aggression.

I would have ignored your one-sided and myopic narrative but it would be a disservice to the spirit of truth if warp beliefs like yours are allowed to anchor on such important threads as this. So I will answer your emotionally charged illogical reasonings a bit.

What you have failed to note is that the Budapest Memorandum was Primarily proposed and spearheaded by the US and the UK who fears the increased proliferation of nuclear weapons in the hands of the newly formed formal Soviet states which are just upcoming and lack the security and financial apparatus to keep such weapons from reaching the hands of terrorists organizations. The Yankees knew that it would be better for the inherited weapons to stay put with Russia than on the Ukrainian side, and everyone agreed to this, including Ukraine. So I find it funny and shady when folks like you tried to frame the Budapest agreement as if it's something that was carefully orchestrated by Russia or forced down the throat of Ukraine. And you guys want to make it look like had Ukraine gotten those weapons, Russia would dare not have voiced out her geopolitical concerns as it relates to Ukraine. This is a fallacy at best. Pakistan is a nuclear power nation but the US invaded their airspace to bombed a so-called Bin Laden Target in the country, a man the Pakistani government is reported to be hiding. Why didn't Pakistan nuclear arsenal deterred Uncle Sam? Now equate that to Ukraine and Russia sharing borders....the capture would have been even more easier except you're the Hollywood braindead type who believe it's only America that does it best.

Fast forward
For one the Ukrainians themselves ousted their former president victor yanukovych, who was purely a Russian puppet in their eyes, because when he fled kyiv he later turned up in Russia. This meant Russia had shredded that agreement with Ukraine. After he fled the Ukraine parliament known as the Rada appointed an acting ministers and president, they wanted economic prosperity and proceeded to sign an association agreement with the European union. Just after taking this action armed men began occupying key facilities and check points on the Crimea peninsula. The whole operation showed all signs of professional soldiers, who had combat fatigues, Putin at first denied they were Russian soldiers and later admit that they were and awarded commendation to their commanders. Doesn't this tell you that Russia had no respect for the agreement and had planned 4 steps ahead in taking the country by force?

This just shows how misinformed or deliberately biased you are towards plain truth. The Ukrainian people per se did not overthrow Yanukovich, you are just regurgating western mainstream media bullshiit.

Yanukovich was overthrown by a carefully orchestrated color-coded revolution, which is a covert but equally devastating coup d' tat. Victoria Nuland's 'fuvk the EU' recorded conversation is still there for all to see. Go and read up on how the CIA color coded revolution via their NGOs (NED, USAID) works. Ukriane has always been a strategic mission of the CIA since America sees it as the chief corner Stone towards establishing a first-strike capability and military advantage over Russia, with the main goal being the Sevastopol blue water port. The initial plan was to bring Ukraine under strict US influence via an economic deal with the EU. The Russians counter with a better offer which offers Ukraine so much incentives one of which is cheap gas which they still enjoy till date, and as a result, Yanukovich, opted for the Russian deal, couple with the fact that he knew of the primary intent of the American driven EU package. The EU didn't have any problem with the president decision and wanted the status quo to remain, but the US as spearheaded by Victoria Nuland knew their grand plans would fail and were visibly angry with the EU for taking a conciliatory stance on the matter. Then they proceeded to plan B.

Immediately, organized protests (which normally draws in unsuspecting citizens that also normally disagree with certain actions of their government) moved into the streets in Kiev and the CIA saboteurs among them went on rampage, and the carefully placed unknown snipers took out several innocent protesters to trigger a massive regroup and emotional blowback from the people, culminating in the disarray in the Yanukovich government and he had no choice but to flee to Russia.

But all these while, the Russian secret service saw it coming and were well prepared to dish out their own plate of surprise to the west -- a surprise that shocked the west and prove to America that Russia is grandmaster of the geopolitical game.

It was shocking to the western partners and Ukraine, Ukraine couldn't take action because many enlisted men in the military at the Crimea garrison came from Crimea. Things moved quickly and by early March the Crimean supreme council voted to ask to accede to Russia, then proceeded to schedule a referendum on march 16. This referendum offered only two choices join Russia or return to 1992 constitution, which gave the peninsula significant autonomy.
This was one of the fraudulent move orchestrated on the Ukrainians, because the ballot sheet had no box to tick for those who favored Crimea remaining part of Ukraine under the country constitution. Next thing local authorities reported a 83% turn out with 96.7% voting to join Russia. But how can that be possible when 40% of the Crimea population are ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean tatars? Leaked Classified report from Moscow, showed only 30% turnout with about half of those voting to join Russia. Crimean and Russian officials still proceeded to sign the treaty of accession and Putin ratified the treaty three days later. Making it one of the most illegal occupation, am European married to a Nigerian and all european wars in history have been triggered by a power gabbing land.

Yes, it was shocking to the US and it's western puppets because they badly miscalculated and misunderstood and undermined Russia's resolve to act when it's core geopolitical interests are threatened.

When the US lied about WMD in Iraq even when UN weapon inspectors found nothing, and the US ignored a UN resolution voting down the war, and invaded and destroyed Iraq and it's leader, Russia did nothing because Iraq, aside weapons deal between the two countries, has no significant geopolitical value for Russia. Then they proceeded to repeat same feat against Libya, and took out Qaddaffi and turned the country into rubbles till date, but again, Russia did nothing for his surreliable friend, although it did oppose the invasion and even acquiesce in some areas.

Then, emboldened by their achievements and the lack of a firm Russian response, the US and its 'Nationalized American Terrorist Organization' (NATO) moved to remove Ukraine from Russia's sphere of influence and then (as you rightly put it) they got the SHOCKER of their miserable life.

Russia did not only thwart the western design for Ukraine, it annealed the US and NATO plan for the Black Sea and destroyed the formal's dream for Syria, while seizing the opportunity to bring back Crimea (which was originally Russian) and established itself as a grandmaster of the Geo game.

It's easy for you to see Russia's actions as offensive while the US and NATO that causes the whole trouble are saints in your eyes. Wake up to reality and stop being spoon fed by Western propaganda. The greatest threat to world peace today is the United Snakes of America.

There was nothing fraudulent about the referendum because the moment Swastikas wielding, Nazis sympathizers sponsored by the US took over in Kiev, and started hunting down Russians everywhere, the Ukrainian constitution ceases to be a legitimate impartial authority and as such unfit to guarantee the safety of ethnic Russians in Crimea and elsewhere. On this ground, the referendum ballot question was in order. It is trite law that you can't profit from illegality.

And where the hell did you get the 40% ethnic Ukrainians from? Even the Ukrainian 2001 census report did not come up with such ridiculous figures; it states that ethnic Ukrainians in Crimea were 24 percent while Tarters were 10 percent and Russians averages over 60 percent. So, no matter the outcome, the result would have remained the same. Facts don't lie.

What classified info got leaked from Russia that only 30% of voters turned out to vote? Of course, it's a land grab because your western war prone and nations invading loving government says so. But when the west forcefully calved out Kosovo and Israel bulldozing whole Palestinian settlements replacing them with Jewish families, it's all legitimate. Typical western bots narrative.

Last intelligence shows a large number of ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean tatars have left the peninsula since 2014 and more than 250k including sailors and troops have move to peninsula directly from Russia. If this isn't ethnic cleansing then I don't know what else you can call this. Major economic project in the peninsula have been majorly infrastructure projects such as highway and rail road bridges that links of Crimea via the kerch strait directly to Russia. Crimea now a fully flagged Russian naval station that houses new submarines, surface combatants and combat aircrafts.

You just copy and paste whole pages from Brookings website and expect anyone to take you serious? If you want truth about anything, stay away from anything mainstream pro-west or anti Russia and or pro Russia and get facts from alternate news sources. Anybody that tells you that life in Crimea is worse now compared to when it was under Ukraine is misleading you. There have been all sorts of massive investments by the Russian governments that have directly impacted the peninsula's standard of living in a more positive way than bad, common sense should make this glaring, but the western anti Russia media outlets don't want you to know this. Yes, people leave and come to places, and there are still thousands of Ukrainians and Tartars in Crimea. The figures of hundreds of thousands claimed to have left and replaced by Russians from Russia is gross, unfounded and has no bearing on reality. Don't regurgate what you cannot prove.

Next move Russia have done is in donbas. This time the Ukrainian army were aware and are resisting, it is following the same script of minority Russian in form of militias supported by Russian military and it's proxy wagner group killing Ukrainians and them fabricating a referendum. Everyone knows and always talk of power corrupting and they fail to clearly see the unfolding in their eyes. Putin nurtures the dream of bringing back the Soviet union, but how's that possible when the nation's that broke off are not Russians and don't speak Russians?

The fact that you actually believe that Putin wants to bring back the Soviet Union just shows you have been propagandized beyond redemption. If America can go to war because of one or few American citizens, what make you think Russia would abandoned his people to Nazi loving idiots to be slaughtered? The Ukrainian army has amassed soldiers and heavy weapons and have been actively shelling the Donbass regions and you expect Russia to sit idly and watch Russians massacred? You sound like a sadist.

We in Europe see this as an expansionist move unfolding, if Russia succeeds in Ukraine next target will be the Balkan state and only heaven knows how it will unfold from there.
The operation of arming Ukraine is important because the act alone will make Putin reconsider his actions, if in an event he pushes to invade then it will be bloodiest because millions of Ukrainians will die in the process of defending their father land and it's then the international community will have justification to get involved.
To all those taking aim at america, you don't know how global politics works. Russia is the most powerful military in Europe and can only be checked mated to an extent by only france and UK due to their nuclear weapons. So yes having america by our side changes the entire dynamics, that even small country like mine can tell Russia to fk off or even expel their diplomats. It's because of America by our side we are able to punish subversive operations in our country. Without america only heaven knows what will be of my country.

THERE IS A SECURITY ORDER IN EUROPE KNOW AS THE 1975 HELSINKI FINAL ACT and subsequent document that state
BORDERS SHOULD BE INVIOLABLE AND NOT CHANGED BY FORCE, Russia act in 2014 SHREDDED this principle.

At least you know you know one of the several reasons why US and Europe formed NATO, a leopard can never change his spot.

You in Europe only see from your myopic and delusional angle. If you can call Russia defending it's core interest around its own borders expansionism, what should we call the US that has 800 military bases around the world, bombed nations into the Stone age and have killed millions of innocent people in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere? I want you to look up your face in th mirror and tell me if you don't see shame reflecting back on you.

The US currently have it's forces located in Syria without the permission of the government and people of that country. It's there stealing their oil and have actively supported terrorism across the globe, and you dare call Putin an expansionist.

It's folks like you that are wired to die with their eyes wide open because you live in your own alternate world of false reality. The blood of thousands of innocent Iraqi children and women whom your murderous western government killed in cold blood for doing nothing to them will forever be demanded from your descendants as long as you continue to sheer them on and therefore being a partaker in their sinful deeds. Continue living the 'We in Europe' lie and hope that Alois Irlmair's prophecy don't come to pass in your time.

Bye.

joyandfaith:
Russia is not a good country. She is surrounded by nations that don't her system of government. Russia should be more liberal toward neighbouring nations.

Lmao, Russia is not a good country? Are you aware that the greatest threat to world Peace today is liberal democracy bred and fed by capitalist greed?

By the way, tell me which of the nations that surround Russia performs better than it in terms of political and socio indices....

And how is Russia not being liberal towards neighboring nations?

It's not surprising because the US is a dying power hanging on straws to stay relevant.

goodheart01:
With this statement, u just ended up contradicting yourself... Anyway we meuve

How did I contradicted myself? It's fact they cooperate on certain issues, and I told you that from beginning.

goodheart01:
Oga don't lecture me on Lockheed Martin's designs. I have always known the F-35 comes in variants. I was only referring to those who aren't conversant with US military hardware simple. Moreover whether u claim the F-35 has been plagued or not, it still remains the world's most reliable fighter jets.

Reliable fighter on what bases? The plane haven't even tasted real combat scenario involving a well fortified and formidable counter air and ground-to-air opponent, and you call it the most reliable?

Just this Year's January, the South Korean air Force grounded its entire fleet of F-35 cause it keeps manufacturing problems on its own even when you didn't fly it. The F-35 is the greatest boondoggle of the century. It doesn't even come close to being the most reliable. Lmao.

goodheart01:
Russians and Chinese working in Area 51 u say?? A classified military sight. Moreover I said Nevada desert and not forest. Pls I need to know your weed supplier

Lmao. Just because something is classified means only American Nationals work there? You're still learning. Go and read books published by few formal American and Russian military personnel and you will understand that there is more to that place than meet the eye. Just as the Russians and Americans cooperate on Space, so they do on alien life. In fact, alien life info is one of the few topics that unite most of the government off the developed nations because they strive to keep their citizens in the dark about alien life. These are facts bro.

neuf:
you sound like someone I know on this forum. if I was a gamble, I'd say the odds are in my favour that you are the one.

Any analyst that like you claim took note of Russia deploying paratroopers on invitation doesn't deserve to be called an analyst.
You want to know impressive, the US could deploy anywhere in the world within the same time frame.

Are we disputing the US ability to deploy quickly at shirt notice or Russia? You shifting goal posts and dodging facts because you have no counter facts. Stay within your league bro.

this is funny, I can bet even Nigeria can deploy paratroopers to Ghana on invitation within the same time frame.

it is not you guys fault though, being reduced to just a regional bully means you guys will look to make the most of trivial matters.
Like someone calling the motorbike the most impressive piece of tech because the haven't seen a car before.

the last time Russia and their patron the USSR tried to go where they weren't invited, let me know how it went.

So you didn't see soldiers and heavy military equipments being loaded into planes and taken from Russia to Kazakhstan?
Just admit that you knew nothing about what you were discussing. It's laughable for someone to say that a country like Russia lacks logistic and mobilisation to wage war. But your pride won't make you admit your error and sheer ignorance.

Now you're redefining mobilisation with invitation. This further shows your ignorance and lack of knowledge of what you're discussing.

Here is one meaning of mobilisation, Google is your friend: "the action of a country or its government preparing and organizing troops for active service."

Mobilisation isn't gauged by invitation or non invitation; so long it's a matter of necessity, a country that is able to put considerable troops together in preparation for active military service concerning a particular subject of interest within or outsides it's national boundaries is said to have mobilized.

There is no harm in admitting one's mistake, we all do. Just admit yours. If you believe that Nigeria can mobilize for war, what the hell makes you think that Russia lacks the logistics and mobilisation requirements to wage war?

You even mentioned the USSR.... I give up on you.

But seriously, try and help yourself. That's how people improve.

Bye.

Nicenixon:
just compare your first and second comment and see how fool and idiotic you are. Werey sef wan prove say he get brain, well I no get your time, next time pls read people's comment well before jumping to quote them ok, and stop displacing how slowpoke you are, that is a nice advice for you. Bye till you get sense.

You know nothing about foreign affairs yet you won't allow your pride to accept corrections. Just move on.

okeysoninv:
king of the north is Russia for sure. in the time of Armageddon the anti Christ led by king of the north, east of the china and Arab countries Will lead a multitude of armies about 200 millions into attacking Israel. they will meet their Waterloo when Christ will show face. Read ur Bible from Daniel, Ezekiel, revelation you will see clearly.. usa is Babylon the great of the old testament.

Are you aware that it's God express will that they should attack Israel? They would not want to attack but God would make them to attack so he can destroy them. That's God balancing the equation of Justice.

USA is not Babylon the great of the old testament, but mystery Babylon whom through her whoredoms the whole world is corrupted. So she will have to burn by nuclear fire.

[quote author=Nicenixon post=109823736][/quote]Please learn how to quote posts properly when using the quote buttons, it's free. .

Heck, I can't even make sense of what you wrote because it sound senseless.

Why is America retrieving it's plane that crashed into the sea?

According to you, they are retrieving it because everything inside that plane is classified. Lmao. You sound like a baby. Ask yourself, if the plane had crashed on a hard surface saying, on Earth or on rocks, it would have been shattered to pieces, then would they have bothered with retrieving it? I guess not, except they want to make sure no one gets hold of the coating material, which by then would have been useless.

But since this one skidded (not even a real crash per se) into water, common sense demands that they retrieve it because it is still very much intact, not just for the sake of the so-called classified capabilities of the plane.

Then you asked the most stupidly bizarre question afterwards:

"Have you seen America selling their new technologies to anyone recently?"

This shows you're just a blind fanatic. The F35 you are so proud of has been sold to several American allies and partners in crimes. If it is so highly classified and indispensable technology like you claim, why is the US selling it (even coercing some nations to buy)?

Are you aware that the US till date has refused to sell the F22 stealth fighter to any nation? It means the US places much value on the F22 than on the F35, and that speaks volumes. It simply entails that the F22 has more classified capabilities the US doesn't want anyone else to have aside its military. And by extension, it means the F35 despite all the glory and hype accorded it, is dispensable and rightly dubbed a flying coffin.

The rest of your post isn't worth replying because they made no valid point worthy of rebuttal.

Adieu.

seunny4lif:
F35A crashed
F35B Crashed
F35C Crashed
All of those overrated F35 have crashed

The plane is dogged with problems upon problems for such a highly rated and expensive fighter. I fear for most of the pilots.

Jokerman:
Trump supporter.... you try....

If busting your warp narrative makes one a Trump supporter, that's okay.

okeysoninv:
you have to understand ideal of communism which anti Christ will come out from. Beside, Russia opposing evangelism is anti Christ. If you understand meaning of anti Christ. The one who oppose christ. Well, William Marion Branham has already told us to watch Russia and China.. he who has ear let him hear. Our gladness is Christ will cut short the reign of antiChrist .

CORRECTED.

The Anti-Christ isn't coming out of any communism. Like I said earlier, the Anti-Christ for now is a system that would later have religious and political power, which the one whom Satan is going to posses directly would assume leadership and demand to be worshipped. The person of the Antichrist is going to be a pope. So I don't understand where you got your communism from. Besides, present day Russia isn't a communist state anymore, but a capitalist democracy.

I beg your pardon, when the Prophet said 'watch Russia and China,' he simply meant we should keep track of events that concerns those country as they form the core of our time-piece (Israel inclusive) for homegoing. He never said they are the Anti-Christ. Rather, he described them as God's judgement upon the US-led western civilization that has destroyed the world with their abominable deeds.

neuf:
I could reply you but you don't even know USCENTCOM is in America not Iraq.

and then you mention Kazakhstan. Do you even any Knowledge of Geography?

or do you even know what mobilisation entails?

lmao. US Central Command for the Middle East was located in Iraq in 2015, don't be daft.

Stop being knowingly ignorant. The CSTO mobilisation to Kazakhstan was so rapid as such that military analysts couldn't help taking notes. Geography my foot.

Why don't you define mobilisation... The fact that no bureaucracy surrounded the mobilisation makes it a great success at such short notice. Imagine if this was NATO....God knows how many political hiccups it would have gotten before even thinking of assembling a meaningful force.

Don't delve into issues when you know nothing about it. It is someone that is ignorant that would say Russia lacks logistic and mobilisation capacity to wage war.

neuf:
Wars are not won by what machineries you have, they can tip the scale, give you an advantage but logistics and mobilisation is what win wars and that cost a fortune. Something China can afford but Russia can't.

Russia can't afford logistics and mobilisation? You're highly ignorant. The problem with folks like you is that either you equate everything to the Dollar value, instead of PPP of the country concerned or you relied too much on western media lobsided narrative and sheer misinformation drive. Either or both of these has been the undoing of your views about Russia's ability to wage war. But the reality speaks otherwise.

In early 2015, when a Russian general stepped into the office of the US CENTCOM office in Iraq, and handed a 'One hour clear-the-air' notice to the US military, and the next day saw Russian planes pounding the 'moderate' from the rebels in Syria with Kalibre cruise missiles from submarines crossing various countries to hit their targets deep inside Syria, which effectively ended the American dream of overthrowing Assad and swing the tide back to the regime, most American analysts and propangadised politicians were left in shock. The US Senate committee on Defence even summoned Pentagon and demanded explanations on how was Russia so able to mobilized rapidly at such short notice . You know why? Because, just like you, they have been fed the misinformation narrative that Russia doesn't have the economy to afford logistics and quick mobilisation of such magnitude beyond its borders. Same mistake you are making now.

If the recent brouhaha in Kazakhstan is anything to go by, you shouldn't have made this ignorant comment. The CSTO was able to mobilize and deploy so rapidly at short notice that has won much commendations from critics alike, and 90 percent of that troop and deployed techs were made up of Russian forces. This is not the 1990s when the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia was left static and witless. This is a new Russia in every sense of the world new, and recent realities indicated that your claims that Russia has no logistics and ability to mobilize was not only misinformed but a manifestation of western propaganda. You will do well to see Russia in new light. Facts don't lie.