Ukraine Always Get What You Want

Former President of Estonia says there is no point in talking with Putin because he is a liar. I mean, the man has a point.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-war-ilves-interview-western-response/31805297.html

 

He's not only a liar, he's good at it, unlike Trump.

 

The only good aspect of the Russians lying is their baldfaced consistency. They'd lie if the truth sounded better.

 

An interview of Zelensky by CNN:

Exclusive: Zelensky says world should be prepared for possibility Putin could use nuclear weapons

 

Wonder if Trump called after the boat sank?

I tried to tell ya, ya gotta have steam for these ships. None a that fancy pants technology. Good ole steam.

 

Russia threatens to bomb Zelensky in retaliation for Ukraine's "attack"

 

Bill Browder has a new book out. Gutsy SOB. He's on Putin's list. Russia has taken out a Red Notice with Interpol a couple of times in an attempt to get him extradited.

Anyhow.

Putin nemesis Bill Browder reveals the 'real money' funding Kremlin's war

"Browder is especially withering when it comes to the Western attorneys, bankers and publicists who help Putin’s oligarchs hide their ill-gotten gains, sue investigative journalists into submission and burnish their blood-spattered records with favorable coverage.

There could be only one motive for Western firms to do business with the Kremlin, Browder believes. “They’re just a bunch of greedy bastards that are trying to make as much money as possible,” he said, alluding to the legal travails of British journalist Catherine Belton, who was sued for reporting on Kremlin corruption. “They don’t care who they’re working for.”

“Everyone tries to think about Russia as a sovereign state and Putin as a leader acting in national interest,” Browder said to Yahoo News, describing that outlook as a fundamental misunderstanding. “You think you can apply political science to Russia. You need to apply criminal science. You need to be a criminologist to understand Russia. People don’t go into government to serve the country. They go into government to steal money.”


“He Just Wants to Be Feared”: Bill Browder on Putin, Sanctions, and Being a Russian Target

 

Someone should break it to Vlad that you can't take your rubles with you to hell.

 

John le Carre wrote about corruption in the British political and financial system related to Russian corruption.

 

So, Putin was a worried about cancel culture and gay rights? It seems Russian elites were won over by evangelicals from the West.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/15/putin-patriarch-ukraine-culture-power-decline/