Posted on 05/19/2023 4:20:09 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” continues its downward spiral in Ukraine, the future of Russian-occupied or dominated territories is becoming a subject of interest, beginning with Kaliningrad.
...Moldova took what could be the first step on May 15, when Igor Grosu, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, announced Moldova was formally withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States interparliamentary assembly — the Russian equivalent of the British Commonwealth
...In a worst-case scenario, if you were to overlay the domino theory of U.S. Cold War policy, substituting “getting out from underneath Russian oppression” for “the spread of communism, Russia could experience another event akin to the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. That original event led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. If Russia cannot keep its occupied territories in line, what would it mean for the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization, which currently includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and Tajikistan? Sensing weakness as a result of Russia’s failures in Ukraine, will these other peripheral countries continue to stand by the Kremlin?
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“You may have noticed that Japan has some ongoing problems with its nuclear power generation.”
Yep, they listened to your friends and idiotically decided to shutdown their nukes. But they came to their senses...so they’re going the right direction now.
So how about Germany???? Now RATIONING electricity, just after listening to your friends and shutting down their nukes.
The collapse of American influence is widening, as is the collapse of America itself.
“”The “I” in BRICS is for India. Will show them for trying to cut the US out of their deals. We will kick all the BRICS adherents out of SWIFT.””
But, but BRICS is gonna take over!
They said so on TV!
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“Mostly women and children have left.
Surprisingly many have returned.”
I’ll bet none of the young hot ones returned. There’s probably few if any men left who haven’t already been forcefully rounded up and fed into the meat grinder by Zelensky. They’ll have to import millions of Muslims and African to make up the difference. So that they can enjoy multiculturalism in the new woke Ukraine.
The press has a low credibility. But, it is miles above Russian propaganda.
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