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Speaking of Arestovich did you see this:

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ท ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ก๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜บ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ-๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ-๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜œ๐˜ฌ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ.

๐˜›๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 2009 (๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ) :

"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ-๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข - ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

๐˜–๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฌ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฌ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ-๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ-๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง.

๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ-๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด

https://t.me/TELEKANALSTALINGRAD/18960

He's sort of like Prigozhin in that he drops these truth bombs amongst tons of BS. I know I wouldnt have thought much of that statement even 5or6 years ago but it aged well "Anglo-Saxons" aside.

As for the war I don't see either side being capable of a straight military victory. The Kremlin wants to lose politically, a military defeat is probably to scary for them to consider right now. The VSU can only win a straight military victory with massive help from MoD and that will require MoD showing their hand to a greater extent. The Kremlin has made damn sure Russia likewise cant win militarily but the past month has shown even underequipped outnumbered mobiki can hold the line more or less if MoD isn't knifing them in the back too much.

My theory is MoD holding off on shanking the army lately is a way to get Zog west to offer the Kremlin a political defeat that they can try and sell the Russian peasants which in practice will be as bad as a military defeat but not as impossible to sell to the dumber peasantry. Selling a an unambiguous military defeat is a much taller order than minsk 3 with extra sell outs and the Kremlin might well see it as a genuine red line because it is a death sentence for them personally. In effect they are desperate for the political defeat soft landing.

If the peace talk carrots are just a weapon to buy time and encourage more MoD sabotage of the Army aka goodwill than this is all just legit full spectrum Clausewitzian warfare warfare against Russia. Whether it works out in its totality depends on if the Kremlin has a red line in regards to how much it will sabotage its own Army to enable further big arrow advances for Ukraine. If they do have such a redline than they might get the soft landing political defeat. If not than Russia might see regime change for the worst and dissolution in the not distant future. If thats the case, and it might well be than its good news Utkin and his marry band are on standby.

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>My theory is MoD holding off on shanking the army lately is a way to get Zog west to offer the Kremlin a political defeat that they can try and sell the Russian peasants which in practice will be as bad as a military defeat but not as impossible to sell to the dumber peasantry. Selling a an unambiguous military defeat is a much taller order than minsk 3 with extra sell outs and the Kremlin might well see it as a genuine red line because it is a death sentence for them personally. In effect they are desperate for the political defeat soft landing.

Yup, makes sense.

> If thats the case, and it might well be than its good news Utkin and his marry band are on standby.

It would be poetic if a 14/88er were the one to save Russia.

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Spooks & Crooksโ€ฆitโ€™s so perfect. Iโ€™m thinking of the United States monsters of D.C., of course. But the same truly applies to all of the bought leadership, worldwide; Canada, Israel, France, England, China, Iranโ€ฆevery country on Earth where we slaves find themselves pinned up against โ€œunfairโ€ Game & Trade demilitarized (CIA-militarized) death-zoned boarder-walls. Itโ€™s all such a bloody fraud, and Iโ€™m so damn sick of the โ€œpeopleโ€ having to suffer & pay for it every generation, indefinitely. If I ever get my way, weโ€™re building a high-speed, autopilot, magnetic, independent-vehicle rail system (think mini-aircraft fuselage without wings; no more trains) between Alaska and Russia, with the two-way system floating right over the water on elevated pylonsโ€ฆand then, let the fair-trade games begin. Iโ€™ve a dream, you spooks & crooks. Seriously.

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Regardless of the negations being deceptive which I agree they will be that could easily put us into 2024 territory of the NOT War. That will be US election year and even though it's all BS if a Republican President gets in that does potentially change the dynamic with Ukraine ie the money stops and then the war could stop. That's IF as they may again steal the election and put the man in diapers back in the White House or one of the puppets. Whether its team Pepsi or Coke that could then finally cause mass civil unrest in the US. It's a question more of who blinks first as both countries are on the edge of breaking up just walk around LA or NY and you think the US is still a superpower? No just those who are fatting up their wallets which is so divorced from one nation.

I'd argue though that your everyman Russian doesn't want to go back to the chaos of the 90s. The US has never had something of that magnitude afflict its population yet but it may very well happen in the future. The chaos we are seeing is all by design case in point France. When you divide a population and have its people at one another's throats they're so much easier to control after all. By luck I'm still of the mind the US may blink first and if that happens the inaction of Russia may very well end in its favour. We already see the end of the Dollar being the reserve currency and that is just the cherry on top of US global decline.

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Excellent piece, Rolo. I'm looking forward to further expositions on this subject. IMO Luka is the wild card in all of this. Lavrov meeting with the CFR looks an awful lot like someone getting their marching orders from one of Globohomo's key groups.

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Like you, Rolo, I believe that the diplomatic discussions about a potential peace are deceptive. Americans play poker and they approach diplomacy while hiding their hand and their true objectives hence every agreement with them is respected only in as much as they see fit. Conversely European countries have always been open about their aims and means because they want periods of peace and constructive relationships in-between wars. Wherever Americans dominate the show, it is either servitude or permanent alert.

Wagner is in White Russia. I am afraid that they may be used to topple Lukashenko and replace him with his Putin-endorsed rival, Babariko, the former president of Gazprombank's White Russian subsidiary. Such a coup is feasible if they still have allegiance with the GRU.

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Hm, interesting.

Luka will have invited disaster on himself then.

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Luka has likely been a "dead man walking" (as the neocons say) since he refused to comply with the Covid operatoin 3+ years ago. He has survived one - or is it two previous coup/murder attempts - one arising from within his military . Surely he has his own western oriented elite problems - no? But the DC neocons are reporting that Luka is saying that Wagner is not even in Belarus! - "Lukashenko stated that Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin and Wagner forces are not in Belarus as of July 6 .... Wagner forces are currently at their permanent camps (either in Russia or in Ukraine) ..."

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-6-2023

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Rolo I am setting an Intreview with a good guy from Portugal. He should have contacted you via mail.

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>Lavrov will drive a harder bargain

Lavrov ought to be deported to Armenia or Georgia, his preference.

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