Posted on 02/28/2022 11:27:13 AM PST by weston
A friend from Moscow is racing toward the border with the Baltics, has been driving all night—no plane tickets left. "We're trying to get there before the president's address to the nation," friend says, referring to widespread rumors that Putin is about to declare martial law.— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 3, 2022
"Stop texting me," friend asks, "I'm trying to clean out my phone. They're searching everyone's phone at the border. I'll write to you once I'm on the other side."— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 3, 2022
St Petersburg to Helsinki train tickets are now $7500 a piece.https://t.co/VRDzHIGF0g— the hairiest potter😳 (@Ammie508) March 3, 2022
https://www.russiantrain.com/routes/st-petersburg-helsinki
I remember paying very little for same journey, 25 yrs back
Worrying reports: Russians might have pointed multiple rocket-launching systems in the Russian border village of Popovka towards their own territory. Knowing the barbaric nature of Russian actions we fear a false flag operation might be prepared in order to accuse Ukraine.— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 3, 2022
This is getting heated fast.
I sure hope that’s the case, Rusty. I would be thrilled beyond belief if we find out that there’s been all kinds of action being taken, under the radar, to round up these criminals.
Have you been to Moscow jenny? I always wanted to travel there, to see the buildings and historical sights.
Thanks for all your informative posts.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1499092871265361927.html
translate it from Russian to English
Many people ask me to comment on the sanctions.
Psaki defends not sanctioning Russian oil: "We don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the American people" and "around the world." pic.twitter.com/Dt6dXFJhhf— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 3, 2022
AP's Colleen Long: "If oil is already so expensive, isn't [Putin] benefitting from an already costly price of oil? How does he stand to benefit if you continue to allow that?"
Psaki: "If it reduces further, it makes it more expensive...I think we look at it through that prism." pic.twitter.com/N5aHQSQvoi— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 3, 2022
It’s not difficult to see this ending with a Russia-controlled Ukraine and a new economic alliance of Russia, China, India, and Saudi Arabia. Oh and a Ukraine flush with brand new weapons courtesy of the West.
That is....not ideal.— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) March 3, 2022
Received this urgent prayer request from a fellow FReeper...
Urgent prayer request:
Please pray for Energodar City that is under attack now. Energodar has the largest nuclear ☢️ plant in Europe.
Russia Describes “Hot War” With West To Settle “Post-Soviet Space” Once & For All; Zelensky Urges Direct Putin Meeting
Update(1138amET): The second round of Ukraine-Russia talks are underway, with a “ceasefire” possibility on the table - however this is unlikely given what both sides communicated to Macron prior to the meeting as to their demands. On the one hand Zelensky has said he will not negotiate with “a gun to his head” - and on the other Putin has reaffirmed his military objectives of the “neutralization” and “demilitarization” of Ukraine. Macron expressed dismay after the 90-minute phone call, saying Russia’s objectives appear to be a complete takeover of the country.
“The Russian delegation was led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who said that the Russian delegation was ready to speak with the Ukrainian side for as long as it may take to reach agreements,” according to state-run TASS. While talks were underway, President Zelensky issued a statement saying that he’s willing to sit down to direct talks with Putin. He called this “the only way to stop the war,” according to AFP.
Also on Thursday the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin, issued a series of bombshell statements which may reveal Moscow’s broader aims in the war concerning how Russia’s sees its ultimate security aims.
Naryshkin said that “for us this is no longer a Cold War with the West but a hot war,” according to Interfax. He said in the rare statement that “Russia now has a real chance to put an end to the war that has been waged in the Post-Soviet space for the past 30 years” - as also quoted in TASS.
He also repeated accusations against Kiev regarding allegations of nuclear weapons. Here’s what he said according to Russian media:
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergei Naryshkin, has stated that the SVR had obtained intelligence showing that Ukraine was working on building its own nuclear weapons. Naryshkin stressed that President Volodymyr Zelensky’s threats to abandon the Budapest Agreement were “not an empty promise”.
Meanwhile, a US defense official has confirmed to news agencies that the Pentagon does not have “boots on the ground” in Ukraine, while also saying that current satellite imagery gathering attempts have been hampered due to poor weather over the region.
And also underscoring that things already look grim in terms of what’s practically achievable during the attempts to negotiate a ceasefire...
“The only plus from this story is that those who are nostalgic for the USSR will be able to feel all its delights in their own skin. And it will not be a relatively herbivorous USSR like Khrushchev-Brezhnev-Gorbachev, but a USSR headed by a crazy dictator.”
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BREAKING: Ukraine says it has reached a tentative agreement with Russia to organize safe corridors for civilians to evacuate and for humanitarian supplies to be delivered. Under the agreement, cease-fires would be observed where safe corridors are created.
“Notice it wasn’t asked why we don’t tap our own oil.”
The media are complicit in downfall of America. The evil politicians will show their appreciation by sending them to the gulags.
2 days after the state of Union, war drums.
Thursday, March 03, 2022
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, sponsored by Miranda Devine’s “Laptop From Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide” for Thursday shows that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden’s job performance. Fifty-fourpercent (54%) disapprove.
We are witnessing, literally watching live, Putin commit genocide on an industrial scale in Ukraine while the most powerful military alliance in history stands aside. It's impossible not to be emotional, but let us also be rational and focus our rage on the facts. 1/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
Putin once again told Macron to go to hell, no surprise. NATO/EU has already told Putin they won't touch his forces, so why should he listen? Russia is lifting target limitations and the death toll is rising every hour and lack of water & electricity is critical. 2/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
No treaty forbids NATO nations from fighting to defend in Ukraine. It's a choice based on the risk of Putin going nuclear, many say. That arming Ukrainians is an acceptable risk of WWIII & the citizenship of the pilot or soldier changes Putin's nuclear calculus, or NATO's. 3/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
If they care so much about the fine print and think Putin does too, ask Zelensky to issue Ukrainian passports to any volunteer to fly in combat. Sell jets to Ukraine for €1 each and paint UKR flags on them. Do you think Putin will care? Is it worth the lives lost? 4/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
This is already World War III. Putin started it long ago & Ukraine is only the current front. He will escalate anyway, and it's even more likely if he succeeds in destroying Ukraine because you have again convinced him you won't stop him even though you could. 5/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
Biden & others insist NATO would retaliate should Putin attack Baltic members. Watching Ukraine, I am not sure of that at all, and Putin won't be either. If the calculation is about nuclear risk, it's no different over Estonia than Ukraine. Don't say "Putin would never". 6/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
If this sounds familiar, it's the same argument from 2014, when Putin invaded E Ukraine and annexed Crimea. It was too risky to stop him, I was told, as I pleaded for intervention and warned he would never stop there. Here we are, with bombs raining down. 7/13— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 3, 2022
Didn't Garry Kasparov go mad?
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