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Russian ex-minister says invasion of Ukraine is stalling because officials stole from military budget for 'mega-yachts in Cyprus'
business insider via msn ^ | 3/8/2022 | tporter@businessinsider.com (Tom Porter)

Posted on 03/08/2022 9:58:39 AM PST by RomanSoldier19

Andrey Kozyrev laid out reasons why Putin may have misjudged his invasion of Ukraine. He says Putin overestimated Russia's military, not realizing its budget had been embezzled. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has stalled amid tough Ukrainian resistance. A former Russian foreign minister claimed that widespread corruption is among the reasons for the Russian military's apparently poor performance in the invasion of Ukraine.

Andrey Kozyrev, who served as foreign minister under President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s, put forward what he said were misjudgments made by President Vladimir Putin in ordering the invasion.

In the thread, he claims Putin overestimated the Russian military, which he dedicated billions of dollars to modernizing. But this money, Kozyrev claimed, may have been lost to Russia's endemic corruption.

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To: dfwgator

Patton wanted to


41 posted on 03/08/2022 10:37:05 AM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Nifster
Nice effort.

Thanks!
42 posted on 03/08/2022 10:37:37 AM PST by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

This story seems to have some merit. I wonder how many officials in charge of the military are getting “gently interrogated” in Moscow?

Whatever corruption is behind the Russian Army’s supply and equipment problems will likely cease fairly quickly. Any deficiencies in resources, technology or time will not be so easily addressed.


43 posted on 03/08/2022 10:43:43 AM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Imho, mud and Ukrainian resistance.

5.56mm


44 posted on 03/08/2022 10:49:34 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Meet the New Boss

Hilarious!


45 posted on 03/08/2022 10:52:27 AM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Generally, to more authoritarian a regime is, the more corruption there is because all the normal forces (such as a press or opposition party, etc) that counter corruption is removed.

I have no doubt the Chinese military is even more corrupt.


46 posted on 03/08/2022 12:23:19 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: sipow; Yo-Yo

BTRs are 8-wheeled APCs thus subject to dry rot of tires. BMPs, BMD’s and the many variants of the MTLB are all tracked vehicles


47 posted on 03/08/2022 2:03:39 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GreyFriar
BTRs are 8-wheeled APCs thus subject to dry rot of tires. BMPs, BMD’s and the many variants of the MTLB are all tracked vehicles

You are correct. Please see my Post 19.

48 posted on 03/08/2022 2:07:26 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: RomanSoldier19

overestimated the Russian military, which he dedicated billions of dollars to modernizing. But this money, Kozyrev claimed, may have been lost to Russia’s endemic corruption.


So, might this also be true for China?


49 posted on 03/08/2022 2:08:50 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Unfortunately I saw your post 19, after I put up my post. Cheers.


50 posted on 03/08/2022 2:16:16 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Notice the media fails to mention in his next post

“3. The West. The Russian ruling elite believed its own propaganda that Pres. Biden is mentally inept. They also thought the EU was weak because of how toothless their sanctions were in 2014. And then the U.S. botched its withdrawal from Afghanistan, solidifying this narrative.”

No mention of Biden’s ineptitude solidified Putin’s resolve.


51 posted on 03/08/2022 2:39:17 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: blackdog

Those are special, huge tires.
My Jeep tires are about $500!


52 posted on 03/08/2022 4:41:48 PM PST by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: dfwgator
Back in the 80’s I remember seeing a few issues of a Soviet magazine called ..(wait for it) “Soviet Life’’.

It was weird. No advertising in it. Just glowing articles on everything Soviet. Serious scientists designing the next what ever space project , happy kids, Young Pioneers stuff and of course the obligatory "Great Patriotic War'' story with the obligatory picture of some Red Army hero captured in the moment of battle and ''who was this hero''? And as the caption would read the hero was found to be such and such and he either lived to defeat the "Hitlerites'' or he /she died in battle. It was weird.

53 posted on 03/08/2022 10:22:05 PM PST by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: jmacusa

My favorite SOVIET LIFE cover story from circa 1978, “LEONARD BREZHNEV WINS THE LENIN PEACE PRIZE”. Who would imagine that he could “win”?


54 posted on 03/08/2022 10:42:33 PM PST by Monterrosa-24 ( "...To the barricades...")
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To: Monterrosa-24

Yeah, right?

Imagine if he had lost?


55 posted on 03/08/2022 10:43:24 PM PST by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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