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Russia Flooding NATO Border With Refugees May Have a Darker Purpose
Newsweek ^ | Nov. 23, 2023 | Isabel van Brugen

Posted on 11/23/2023 4:28:42 AM PST by canuck_conservative

Pekka Kallioniemi, a postdoctoral researcher at Tampere University in Finland, put forward the theory that Moscow could be deliberately pushing Helsinki to shut its borders to prevent Russians from fleeing should Russian President Vladimir Putin introduce a full-scale mobilization to draft more troops to fight in Ukraine....

"There is an interesting and feasible theory, that Russia will start partial or full mobilization after the March 2024 presidential elections, and that they actually WANT Finland to close the border so that young Russian men can't flee through Finland like they did during the first mobilization wave," Kallioniemi wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday.

"For Russia, this scenario would be extremely useful: they could blame Finland for human rights violations and for rejecting asylum seekers, they wouldn't have to close the border by themselves, and they could mobilize Russians living in Finland to protest against the government (like they already have)," he added...

"Russia is increasingly putting its economy on a war footing. Total mobilization may follow the 2024 presidential elections."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: 202403; anothermobilization; closednorder; draft; finland; fleeing; putinsblunder; refugees; russianelections
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Putin is running low on troops, and needs to do another mobilization ... AFTER the election, of course

And naturally, anybody with common sense would flee, rather than be killed or injured in the Meat Grinder

A million Russians - a lot of them highly-skilled and educated, just the kind of people that Russia can't afford to lose - fled the country last time Putin did a mobilization (Sept. 2022)

Potential conscriptees better get out of Russia now, while they still have a chance!

1 posted on 11/23/2023 4:28:42 AM PST by canuck_conservative
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Carlson: “US support for Ukraine is a cult of death”

American journalist Tucker Carlson said that the US administration’s desire to continue to support Ukraine is a “cult of death.”

"What it is? A conflict without hope of victory? Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen—she's… pic.twitter.com/NqKTjHAnox— Zlatti71 (@djuric_zlatko) November 23, 2023


2 posted on 11/23/2023 4:30:46 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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What a bunch of crap. Made up codswallop.

Ukraine has been out of troops to make dead for quite awhile now.

Many poor Uke souls doing all they can to get out of there and not be sent to the meat grinder.


3 posted on 11/23/2023 4:37:28 AM PST by dforest
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Ukraine has been out of troops to make dead for quite awhile now

LOL, the FACT that Russia still can't defeat them, and can't advance more than 100 miles into Ukraine, proves that is another Russian lie

try again with some better Russia propaganda!


4 posted on 11/23/2023 5:01:21 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: JonPreston



5 posted on 11/23/2023 5:06:15 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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#2 military ping

Amazing how these folks talk about Ukraine as if they are jumping on their own grenades or something.

Carlson never mentions Russia, these trolls never mention Russia

Simple solution to end the death, russia leave, words you will never hear from them


6 posted on 11/23/2023 5:09:44 AM PST by blitz128
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Excuse me Neocon, it’s not our business. You can go fight for Zelenskyy if you like, but cowardly people like you never do.


7 posted on 11/23/2023 5:12:26 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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I guess that video of Ukraine being forced to use women in front line combat is blocked in Canada. Typical for a Fascist country that invites REAL Nazis to address their parliament.


8 posted on 11/23/2023 5:16:25 AM PST by BobL (Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
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To: blitz128

Since I don’t respond directly to folks like you I will add, “we” are not fighting, the Ukrainians are. If they decide to lay down their arms so be it, but the fact still remains this can end of Russia withdraws

You have your opinion, most often included are slurs, and inferences that are not correct

Neocon lol

Happy thanksgivings


9 posted on 11/23/2023 5:16:51 AM PST by blitz128
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On this Thanksgiving Day, let’s all give thanks that we don’t live in the hellhole known as “Putin’s Russia”

Amen


10 posted on 11/23/2023 5:20:09 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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Make thaat hell hole Ukraine because it truly is a hellhole the people except for the criminal Zelensky and his greedy wife.


11 posted on 11/23/2023 5:24:52 AM PST by dforest
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'I was afraid of it': the Ukrainians dodging conscription and fleeing the country EuroNews with Agence France Presse, 1 September 2023

Swimming rivers and faking illness to escape Ukraine's draft BBC, 16 November 2023

200k Ukrainian men have dodged draft by migrating to Germany Brussels Signal, 11 September 2023

Ukraine draft dodgers dream up extreme ways to avoid the front The Times UK, 23 September 2023

It seems one nation's migrants is quite differenet from another nation's migrants, as one reads:

EU leaders fail to resolve migration dispute with Poland and Hungary EURACTIV, 3 July 2023

12 posted on 11/23/2023 5:32:00 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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and Russia STILL can’t defeat Ukraine!

lol


13 posted on 11/23/2023 5:35:41 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: blitz128

I don’t contest that there are Ukrainians who don’t want to fight and have fled their country, plenty did that in the US as well esp during Vietnam

Maybe some links on all the Russians that have fled, are hiding out in Russia to avoid conscription, cash to not fight….and the fact that Russia is on what it’s third or fourth round of conscription.

If Ukraine has lost as much as many here are saying, what is taking Russia so long. Should be a cake walk I would imagine


14 posted on 11/23/2023 5:38:14 AM PST by blitz128
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--- "and Russia STILL can’t defeat Ukraine! lol"

That's okay. You still can't defeat Trudeau. LOL.

15 posted on 11/23/2023 5:49:11 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: blitz128

I watch Al Jazirra only fire stick. Nothing but refugees all over. Thisis no exception. The best thing we can do for these people is to keep from becoming them.


16 posted on 11/23/2023 5:51:18 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: canuck_conservative

And the response is typical, nothing to your point. Project, deflect, insult….


17 posted on 11/23/2023 6:18:18 AM PST by blitz128
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Don’t quite understand your response
What people becoming who?


18 posted on 11/23/2023 6:19:31 AM PST by blitz128
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To: canuck_conservative
Nazi Canadian spawn


19 posted on 11/23/2023 7:12:58 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: blitz128

cowardly Neocon


20 posted on 11/23/2023 7:14:10 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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