[Roman_War_Criminal]

More mobilization for the Middle East? Ukraine? Easter Europe?

[Steely Tom]

Russia is always facing the “Specter of Martial Law.”

They had “Martial Law” for around seventy years.

[DesertRhino]

“Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a draft law that would end the requirement for Russia to notify the Council of Europe when it declares or lifts martial law”

No, it means they are shedding themselves of any legal obligations to cooperate with a hostile Europe.

[JonPreston]

I’ll take Putin’s martial law when compared to the current cesspool we are living in.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Zelenskyy has consolidated Ukraine's TV outlets and dissolved rival political parties

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110577439/zelenskyy-has-consolidated-ukraines-tv-outlets-and-dissolved-rival-political-par

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Zelensky has jailed his political rivals (including the runner-up of the presidential election), shut down independent media outlets, and used Ukraine’s state security agency, SBU, to go after those that refuse to fall in line. He has conveniently labeled his targets pro-Russia.

https://twitter.com/Chellaney/status/1505529317068967939

[BobL]

“Putin’s New Legislation Raises Specter of Martial Law in Russia”

Will Russia impose Martial Law before or after GERMANY outlaws its largest political party (AfD), since the ruling Coalition disagrees with them on several issues?

Or will it be before or after the American Regime manages to JAIL their strongest opposition candidate?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

“One less traitor”: Zelensky oversees campaign of assassination, kidnapping and torture of political opposition

https://mronline.org/2022/04/19/one-less-traitor/

[Jan_Sobieski]

Will citizens be censored by the media? Will protesters be sent to prison? Will Elections be fraudulent or suspended? Will they be forced to take coercive medication?

[escapefromboston]

At least we don’t have to worry about secret police coming to our homes and killing us because we said mean things about the president in America …oh wait

[TBP]

Well, he has to keep up with China and California.

[EEGator]

Africa.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

you can take the man out of the KGB but you can’t take the KGB out of the man.

[Timber Rattler]

Central Europe.

Prague Will Be Ours Again, Says Russian Propagandist on State TV

[sauropod]

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[Kazan]

AFU Struggles For Symbolic Meaning In Late Summer Doldrums

Interestingly, assistant to DPR head Yan Gagin echoed this view:

What he says is very interesting. That Russia is ready for a major offensive operations but right now, it continues to conduct defense simply because it’s very profitable at the moment to do so. The reasoning he gives is strong: Ukraine is so desperate to achieve any kind of visible breakthrough that they pour their forces forward in completely unfavorable conditions which allow Russia to decimate them. Thus, he seems to imply that for the time being, as long as the AFU continues their ‘meat-assaults’ Russia will happily go on liquidating them out in the open where it’s quite easy and profitable to do so. Then when the time comes, they’ll launch an offensive.