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1 hour ago, Jambomo said:

I wonder if Putin will actually survive this? I don’t mean literally, as in remaining alive, but in remaining President and continuing to lead Russia.

As a decadent Western outsider, it's looked for a long time that the only way Putin would be leaving office would be in a coffin.

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5 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

A load of Russian riot police were sent to Belarus, drove to Kyiv, got ambushed and killed. 

Bizarre stuff.

Not sure if related, but bizarre too....

 

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1 minute ago, Highlandmagyar Tier 3 said:

That's the thing. Ukrainians will know their own territory to ambush from. How much do the Russians know it?

Well, they've been through it a few times over the years.

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Kadyrovtsy - the elite, paramilitary security forces of the Kadyrov administration in Chechnya. As a military force in Chechnya, they have been described as “the best-trained, best armed, and most battle-ready irregular forces at Russia’s disposal in the North Caucasus.

A long way from home...

 

 

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From Guardian
"There’s some confusion about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s claim earlier that Turkey had pledged to close the straits to access the Black Sea.
Russia, via the Interfax news agency, had said it has had no official notification of the closure. It’s believed that Zelenskiy’s tweet may have been a request for Turkey to take action, rather than a confirmation that it would be in place.
The Montreux Convention, which governs the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, says that ships from Black Sea states will be allowed to return to port during wartime. If Turkey did go ahead and ban warships from the strait, it would break the convention."


The Russians (and the Soviets before them) always had issues with the convention because the Turks have had a habit of changing their interpretation of the treaty. In any case, it might not matter because they can slow down traffic in the Bosphorus quite easily if they are being awkward without breaking any international convention.

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5 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said:

Celtic fans seething because they've still been emptied from more European competitions this year than Russia have.

Not sure if Celtic were aware theres a space opened up in Eurovision..... Maybe they should enquire

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