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The pessimist in me wonders if they took Chernobyl to use a nuke while making it look like an accident. Like how would we know if they went in and detonated one of their doomsday devices they were working on in the 80’s and blamed it on a errant ukranian missile or intense fighting or something?
I think they would and that it would quickly escalate into a full on nuclear exchange that would make agriculture and human life almost impossible across most of the earth. Probably a coin toss which one of us is right. Want to be the one to toss that coin?
Don't worry in 8 hours it will be worth less than paper where it's printed on.
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The collapse of the USSR is a complicated topic. IIRC following the collapse, during the Yeltsin years, Russia fell into poverty and many Russians were near starvation. Even now there are many Russians that lament the collapse, because the USSR provided jobs and income for many Russians that disappeared overnight, leaving them to fend for themselves in squalid conditions. I remember seeing a somewhat sensationalist documentary about a guy who got killed by a siberian tiger after stealing its prey. He, along with many in his village in the extreme east of russia, was basically thrown into a life of subsistence hunting because all the jobs disappeared after the collapse.
I have to wonder how the soldiers will react once they realize that they are basically not being paid and that their paycheck is worth less than the uniform they are wearing.
Russia was buying gold. Might crush some lol
Not sure what happened. But I dont do forex. My link above had it trading for about 15 minutes. And then it came to a stop where it peaked at about 105. But now it's back to the 80s/
They (still I think) have the Tsar Bomba, the biggest nuke on the planet
Didn’t that happen before the collapse? I haven’t looked it up.. but seem to remember seeing long lines waiting to buy food from almost empty stores on tv.. but I was a kid around that time.. so could have been after the fall of the ussr.. sometimes it’s hard to remember the order of things happening
Interesting take by Russia considering they got by far the biggest land mass already in the world.
I think they can pretty much hit any place in the world.
it's definitely afterDidn’t that happen before the collapse? I haven’t looked it up.. but seem to remember seeing long lines waiting to buy food from almost empty stores on tv.. but I was a kid around that time.. so could have been after the fall of the ussr.. sometimes it’s hard to remember the order of things happening
I remember that too. Might had been late 80s or early 90s. A variety store down the street had more food in it.Didn’t that happen before the collapse? I haven’t looked it up.. but seem to remember seeing long lines waiting to buy food from almost empty stores on tv.. but I was a kid around that time.. so could have been after the fall of the ussr.. sometimes it’s hard to remember the order of things happening
Sorry I meant damage range
If they do have more than 500 nukes ready to lunch from submarines spread around the Globe ready to destroy NATO countries then Why do they cry on their neighbors joining NATO?
More like hostages, but thank you.
That's Kiselev, he's one of the bigger propagandists, likes to take ridiculous official stances and embellish them even further.
You need to rise up against Putin. All it takes is one hero brave enough to assassinate him. That is the only way out of this situation.
Kursk: The Double incoming...
"Russian Embassy, go fuck yourself"Russia Warns Greece to Stop Anti-Russian Propaganda
Russia's Embassy in Greece callied on "the very top officials, politicians and statesmen" to tone down their anti-Russian rhetoric.greekreporter.com
The Russian Embassy, who earlier tweeted that members of its staff have received threats, is referring to Greece’s condemnation of Russian action in Ukraine and in particular to the bombardment of the region near Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine, which resulted in the death of 10 ethnic Greeks.
The Embassy is blasting what it calls the silence of Greek politicians who as it says ignored for eight years “the martyrdom of Donbas which was brought about by the bullets, bombs and shells of the Ukrainian army and the nationalist fascist battalions.”
“While thousands of people were mourned there, and the villages and towns were covered in blood, no official building or fountain here in Athens was ever dressed in the colors of peace, no tweets were hastened to be posted on an official website and no action was taken,” the statement reads.
Greece irks Russia with the display of Ukrainian colors
The statement follows the move by the Greek Parliament to illuminate part of its facade with the Ukrainian flag to express its solidarity with the suffering Ukrainian people.
“The flag of Ukraine illuminates tonight the facade of the Greek Parliament, above the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, from 7 pm to midnight,” a Parliament press release said.
I want to remind you that there are no opposition leaders active currently. Nemtsov's assassinated, Navalny's in jail, his supporters are either in jail or fled the country. It's not easy to self-organize, those who do, get beaten up and arrested. Nonetheless, you should expect bigger protests next week.
I guess that if he dies someone from the army would step in(?). He only governs because they let him.
Only if it hits other countries. Besides that I don’t think anyone in Europe cares enough. People need to realize that countries such as Germany just started supporting Ukrainian war efforts after they realized that Russia wouldn’t steamroll them. Such countries are more interested in their economies than saving lives.
Any situation like this would unfortunately be extraordinarily dangerous, a power struggle will likely ensue with a huge stockpile of nukes hanging in the balance. The best situation is if Putin somehow leaves the stage peacefully, but it's hard to imagine the circumstances where that could happen.
What if Russia just nuked Ukraine though?
Russia nukes anyone and they're done.
No one knows. There's no successor, not even a candidate. Every top official is corrupt to the core. Probably someone's gonna flee, someone's gonna fight for power. It's gonna get worse before it gets better for us, that's for sure.
Maybe he secretly detonates one of his own in his own territory for justification.
