badgertheeuro24witness Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, welshbairn said: Russian sausage tycoon 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 They’re dropping like flies! The Dead Pool on Piroshki Ń Vodka must be a helluva high scoring competition… https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/12/27/former-russian-army-chief-dies-suddenly-moscow/ Spoiler Former Russian army chief dies suddenly in Moscow Gen Alexei Maslov’s death came days after a navy official in charge of submarine building also passed suddenly ByNataliya Vasilyeva, RUSSIA CORRESPONDENT27 December 2022 • 3:18pm A former Russian army chief with long-standing ties to Ukraine has died “suddenly” at the age of 69, the tank factory where he worked has reported. No further explanation was given by the Uralvagonzavod machine building company, the world’s largest tank manufacturer where Gen Alexei Maslov recently worked as an international sales representative. Gen Maslov, who was the commander in chief of Russia’s ground forces from 2004 to 2008, passed away on Christmas day at a military hospital in Moscow, the company said. Uralvagonzavod called him a “distinguished commander who made a valiant journey from a platoon commander to the commander-in-chief of the ground forces”. Close ties with Ukraine The former military chief, who hails from a Russian region bordering on Ukraine, had close ties with the country Russia invaded in February. Gen Maslov’s military career began in Soviet Ukraine, where he studied in a top college for military commanders in Kharkiv. He was later stationed in the Carpathian mountains on the border with Romania. Advertisement After his four years stint commanding Russia’s found forces, Gen Maslov was appointed the deputy for Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s then-envoy to Nato in Brussels. Mr Rogozin, a staunch supporter of the Russian invasion of Ukraine who was wounded in a Ukrainian artillery strike last week, on Tuesday described the general as an “experienced officer, a demanding commander and a good person”. Gen Maslov’s death came days after a navy official in charge of submarine building also died a “sudden death”. Alexander Buzakov, 65, passed away last weekend, the day after he presided over the floating-out of a new submarine from Russia’s Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg. His company described his death as “sudden, untimely and tragic” but did not elaborate on the cause. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 15 hours ago, welshbairn said: Russian tycoon who criticised Ukraine invasion falls to death from window A Russian sausage tycoon who reportedly criticised the war in Ukraine has died after falling from the third-floor window of a luxury hotel in India. The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was discovered on Saturday outside his lodgings in eastern Odisha state, where he was on holiday with three other Russian nationals. His death came just two days after his friend and another local Russian politician, Vladimir Bidenov, was found dead in the same hotel after an apparent heart attack. Indian police are investigating Antov’s death, authorities confirmed. They told AFP news agency that so far there was no sign of foul play. Regional police chief Rajesh Pandit said: All possible angles as regards to the deaths of two Russian nationals are being verified. Bidenov’s heart attack had likely been caused by binge drinking and a possible drug overdose, he said. The police chief added: So far it seems that Antov accidentally fell from the hotel terrace. He was probably disturbed by the death of his friend and went to the hotel terrace and likely fell to his death from there. Russian oligarchs should always holiday on the ground floor of a hotel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Interesting overview of where things stand and might now be heading even if the Czech Republic is in a bizarre location in the thumbnail graphic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 It's no surprise that you take such completely garbled, incomprehensible drivel as an interesting overview. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, LongTimeLurker said: Interesting overview of where things stand and might now be heading even if the Czech Republic is in a bizarre location in the thumbnail graphic. Right wing libertarian think tank drifts off into meandering, yes, drivel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 George Friedman is literally on retainer from American hawks to say whatever they want whenever they need him to. Is he still predicting an imminent America Japan war? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Intermarium, yea, OK….don’t you mean the Grand Duchy of Lithuania? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 5 hours ago, virginton said: It's no surprise that you take such completely garbled, incomprehensible drivel as an interesting overview. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, TxRover said: Intermarium, yea, OK….don’t you mean the Grand Duchy of Lithuania? More Marshal Pilsudski on that one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarium and what didn't happen at the end of WWI because Ukraine fell under the sway of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. Edited December 28, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 How shite are those Russian advent calendars? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 1 hour ago, alta-pete said: Full of pleasantries as per 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Reports today that there was another attack on Engels airbase - some places are saying that it was a friendly fire incident after two previous Ukrainian drone strikes on the base. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 hours ago, ICTChris said: Reports today that there was another attack on Engels airbase - some places are saying that it was a friendly fire incident after two previous Ukrainian drone strikes on the base. jeez, have they not suffered enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Photos purported to be the friendly fire shoot down of a fighter jet over Engels airbase. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Long read about Ukrainian volunteer unit taking casualties, quite harrowing in places. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-military-kharkiv-russia-war-landmines-11672326884 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/31/mikhail-bulgakov-museum-kyiv-calls-to-close Ukrainian nationalists are crazy. "Don't confuse the landlord and the tenant".... Edited December 31, 2022 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, Detournement said: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/31/mikhail-bulgakov-museum-kyiv-calls-to-close Ukrainian nationalists are crazy. "Don't confuse the landlord and the tenant".... Presumably your comment is intended to divert from the fact that Russia has been systematically stripping and looting the museums in the occupied occupied areas of Ukraine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, beefybake said: Presumably your comment is intended to divert from the fact that Russia has been systematically stripping and looting the museums in the occupied occupied areas of Ukraine. Bulgakov is not a representative of the Russian state. Ukrainian nationalists seeking to erase culture to revise the entirely grubby antics of their predecessors is not justified by 'but... someone else is doing it too!' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I see we're not afraid to tackle the big issues. Death and destruction everywhere but Detournement and his arse licking pal want to talk about a museum shutting down. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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