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With all eyes on Ukraine, Putin to send his envoy to Balkans
The Associated Press ^ | February 21, 2022 | By DUSAN STOJANOVIC

Posted on 02/21/2022 5:47:48 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — With all eyes on a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending his top security envoy to the Balkans where Moscow has been trying to maintain influence mainly through its ally Serbia, according to reports.

The talks are reportedly to focus on Moscow’s claims that “mercenaries” from Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia are being sent from those Balkan states to fight on the Ukrainian side against the pro-Russia rebels amid fears of a Russian attack.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: brandon; cluster; ukraine; wagthediaper

1 posted on 02/21/2022 5:47:48 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Russia also claimed US mercenaries were planning a chemical attack on the Russian rebels in Ukraine.


2 posted on 02/21/2022 5:55:32 AM PST by tlozo
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Doesn’t anyone ever learn? Bismarck said140 years ago
“ The whole of the Balkans isn’t worth the bones of a single Pomeranian Grenadier.”


3 posted on 02/21/2022 6:08:22 AM PST by xkaydet65 ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So we basically SEVERED Kosovo from Serbia. Funny, I don’t remember any Democrats bothered by that (nor any Republicans, save Ron Paul, maybe). Seems like a double standard for Ukraine.


4 posted on 02/21/2022 6:19:19 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Anything Putin says is a lie. He is a paranoid psycho set on murdering thousands upon thousands.


5 posted on 02/21/2022 6:20:04 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why the blazes hell is Albania in NATO? That country has been run by Muslim dictators forever!


6 posted on 02/21/2022 6:35:25 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hmm
When did we hear similar strange sounding things?
Clinton’s war against the Balkans.


7 posted on 02/21/2022 7:03:27 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“Why the blazes hell is Albania in NATO? That country has been run by Muslim dictators forever!”

Yeah, no kidding. But, its joining NATO was a long process, involving several US administrations (the usual suspects: Bush I; Clinton: Bush II; Obama).


8 posted on 02/21/2022 9:01:19 AM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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