First of all, I do understand that there are fighting elements in Ukrainian army that have their own agenda and ideologies. Needless to say I do not agree with their ideology, while I do understand that they are fighting because they do not want to be ruled by a foreign power with a despot as president. These, in my mind are two different things that need to be dealt with separately.

Now, in your view, can a full state be a terrorist institution? Please, for a moment, do not think of Putin's Russia, but rather... North Korea for example.
If so, what would be the acts of such a government?

- Threatening pacific and non-nuclearized neighbours with nuclear weapons?
- Having an army that is disproportionate to their GDP to impose their rules?
- Killing dissidents by, let's say, poisoning them?
- Killing civilians cold blood?
- Having the same leader for decades with no chance to renew or alternate?
- Having laws preventing free press?

Would any of those be a sign of an institutionalisation of terror?

I am against this war, you are in favour of it and constantly trying to justify it. I think you need to stop sending others to die in Putin's name and in your own. If you think this aggression is justified go to the front and learn a bit about the reality of war coward. be a Russian Hero.

If not, I have just the right uniform for you, it comes in yellow.




In case you do not know Latin: "Bella gerant alli" -> " 'Let others wage war.'


Oh, and I forgot homophobia and the "Gayrope" thing. The classics signs of the far right: xenophobia, homophobia, disrespect for artists and intellectuals,... It is obviously Nazism coming from Putin's Russia. Seriously, there must be someone better fitted to rule that large country of yours.

Putin is using the young soldiers of Russia, sending them to die with the only intention of further stealing the resources and freedom of others. I encourage you to leave the keyboard and take part in the fight, you can see for yourself all the "greatness" of your country at the moment.

Russia could as well condemn officially orange juice and still drink it everyday. While Putin's Russia "condemns" Nazis is actually acting as such and generating hate against Wester Europe, the US and many of the minorities living on Russia while threatening the world with a nuclear attack. Facts are facts and words are wind.

You seem to be saying that being an actor is something bad? Must I remind you that Ronal Reagan (president of US) and Arnold Swatz... (whatever) gov. of California where both actors? You may not be aware, but actually being a leader is a role that requires communicating and inspiring. I know that in Russia you cannot choose you own leader, please do not take it on those who can.

The test to see if there is a Kremlin troll: The do not say war.


Putin has sent another 15 Tactical Cannon Fodder Battalions, that is around 5000 more widows and mothers without sons to deal with in a short while at home. Do not die for Putin.

According to the Kremlin Trolls here, anything that gets hit by Putin's weaponry. For example, a maternity hospital is hit = it was full of Nazis. Civilians on a mass grave? nope, Nazis. Troops defending their country, nope, Nazis.

It is just a excuse, not a real reason for the war whatsoever. Putin could not care less about the ideology of his victims.


As said, whatever their reasons, they are the troops that are less likely to give in.

Sure, we all know that Putin would not be attacking Mariupol if it were defended by someone else, right??. As far as I am concerned, the "nazi" argument is irrelevant for this war but if you want to open that box, let's go:

- Hitler reached power being voted and then used the estate power to kill and ban his political enemies.
- Hitler assumed Arian supremacy as a principle.
- Hitler impeded free speech and incarcerated anyone who spoke against.
- Hitler looked for an enemy to blame for Germany's problems (Jews).
- Hitler used the army to invade his neighbours, mostly pacific ones.
- Hitler tried to impose his despotic model on the conquered, using dummies (e.g. French gov in Vichy).
- Hitler threated democracies and ended up in conflict with France, US, UK.

Now, change Hitler for Putin, Arian for Russian, Germany for Russia, Vichy for Belorussia and, curiously, Jews for Nazis and you will see who is actually the Nazi here.


The ship was effectively assembled in Ukraine yes - I can put a SIM card in a cell phone (in most anyway), but I do not know the details of any of them and, after a couple of Google updates (in this case, RF updates), I am certainly completely unaware of what may be happening inside.

There are three systems of defence, four against planes. These include the one you mention that is ineffective for low altitude (50 feet) flying missiles, however the second set of missiles and the Gatling guns were also voided.

It is anything but easy to sink a Cruise the way it has happened. The way the defences were penetrated requires an in depth knowledge of their behaviour, knowledge of the precise location, knowledge of the best moment to attack and how. As said, I have no proof, but I do not think I am putting forward a conspiracy theory, just saying that Ukraine is getting a level of intel and support that goes beyond passing all the info from the AWACS that are flying continuously in all OTAN borders.

I guess that the new Russian habitat for coralline species recently created is the only "proof" I can offer, but certainly a high level of intel coming from the US on this precise strike seems very likely.


I have not justified the use of human shields. I have not seen evidence of human shields being used. I have seem evidence of Putin's army shelling heavily populated areas. Perhaps the chances of civils being there would be less if more could be safely evacuated - for avoidance of doubt, that does not mean being deported evacuated to Russia.

Putin's troops that are being used in Mariupol are the ones not being used somewhere else. They are not "pinned" if you would rather have it worded differently, but they certainly cannot leave.

Zelensky said publicly weeks ago that they could not help the troops in Mariupol - it does not get any clearer than that.

On regards to financing, your statement looks like a poker player accusing other's of cheating better than himself.




Totally biased. I do not think there are proofs of widespread genocide, but attacks on civilians, summary executions and mass graves are clear and documented. Only the Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales denies it at this point.



I see, again the usual sources. Seriously, how do you pretend to question information by using as source from Putin's military chief psycho? Has the Dark Humour Department being preparing your answers again?


Again, you base your answer in the "poster not knowing enough" and citing sources from the Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales - Pigeon surveillance section.

All there is here is a poorly elaborated lie aiming to link Ukraine with bioweapons. It is so incredible that I can only thank you again for helping the Ukrainian cause.


This is probably the only thing I could believe. I mean, the bit on Ukraine shelling the Donbas, not that Putin's psychos did not do it as well or the fact that the bombs were somehow language selective.

I could even believe Kirby except for a little detail - he says he does not understand "why Russia would deny it". I can certainly figure out why.

Anyway, there are some pictures out today. I will wait for analysts to put forward opinions and see if they are validated.



Oh... I suggest to the Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales a response to that in the lines of "these are Russian Patriots fighting Nazis around the world" they are "Russperheroes" but witht the underwear inside the pants.



This guy should go to Ukraine himself instead of sending the young Russians to die. He's got the pants, why is he waiting to put on the shirt as well?

I see no problem in people feeling whatever they decide and I think is pretty much their own thing. I think that, in the name of tolerance, there is too much public attention to gender and gender identities, but I guess the reason is that it has been something hidden and secret in most societies and still considered criminal behaviour in many places and something rejected by society in others.

I am all right with whoever speaking about it, I have enough critical thinking and experience of life to decide what I believe or not but, to start with, if we are not talking physical gender, then what is exactly "gender"? Is it, for example, violence exclusive of the "male" gender? Is it caring only for the female?

Now if we are we simply talking about sexual preferences, then I believe 68 falls short of reality and all that you have described as "ideology" does happen as the human sexual behaviour is nearly infinite. As said, it should be something natural to know and speak about it.

I personally have meet binaries, a girl that was trying to convince herself that was lesbian, a 100% lesbian from a fundamentalist catholic family, a lesbian that got married to a man to later divorce him, a girl that was with a girl for 10 years and then with a man, a 100% gay man that has never been with a girl and did not understand what was happening to him until his 30s, a gay man that has been with a few women until he assumed the "situation" a few lesbians that tried very hard to be "more lesbian than anyone" by being rude to men and looking like a truck drivers and, lastly, one of the most beautiful, fun and lovely ladies I have ever met... 100% born lesbian.

I am sure there is more out there and there is something positive in having them hear that they are not alone and there are other things than "male" and "female".

And drinking. Like, a lot.

No problem, just send me over those discredited currencies and I will send you back the strong roubles you like so much.

Not the ones in Azovstal for what I know. I may be wrong, but they knew where they were getting into and had chances to fly. The one's that surrendered in Mariupol's port belonged to a different contingent, and, to be honest, had a worse terrain to defend.

Please, do not get me wrong, these people are not super-human, they die and need food and water, but they are quite peculiar in terms of their moral and will to fight. The longer they pin the Russian army, the more chances Ukraine has to use the West's aid.

I reckon you have seen here a good opportunity, however is less practical. You can build your own Tank killing drone with things you can find in any house, like a kids kite, you iPhone sensors and old bottles of vodka filled with gasoline and polyester. T-72s seem so crappy that they may even be destroyed by a large stone. ( think is not really worth going to the frontline to get one.

Yet Ukraine is under attack and Lithuania, Poland, etc... are not.

As said on my previous post, loosing one of the three Slava class ships, which do have quite decent defences in place, in which seems like a well though, but frankly not too complex attack (a couple of sub-sonic missiles and, what appears to be some minor distractions) goes beyond a simple local success. For me it may (I am saying may) reveal:

a) The US intelligence service is collaborating with Ukraine to a very large extent, even when planning strategies and tactics.
b) The US intelligence service has in-depth understanding of the naval defence systems on Russian Navy and seems to have analysed their weaknesses perfectly.
c) Putin cannot put any short of faith in a sea launched attack or support.
d) The real effectiveness of the Russian fleet may be well below what Putin generals are counting on, not just on this particular case.

There are a number of news that may still be awaiting Putin's troops. The last shipment of US aid was undisclosed in content and the training of Ukrainian troops in new tactics may bring very nasty surprises with it.

On regards to Mariupol, the Azovstal installations are like a city inside a city. There is a network of tunnels and hidden storages that make a frontal assault nearly impossible. Shelling has also a limited effect and only the Ukrainians know how many reserves may they hold. Eventually it may fall, but it may consume time an resources at large.

As for the soldiers, the ones in there are not the type of soldiers that expect anything better than death from Putin's psychos.

Fair point. A default however does has long term consequences, not only a temporary withdrawal from a payments system or the temporary retention of funds, it is something that rises interest rates in the long term and cannot be "lifted" as easily as a sanction.

I would say that business are going to become difficult in the future. For disclosure, I think that Russia does have a good income stream from exports so it will modulate the effect of a default.

Estoy bastante de acuerdo contigo en lo que respecta a una primera etapa de bitcoin. A ver, la gente que se fia del sistema, no piensa que puedan tomarle el pelo a gran escala, confia en el sistema monetario y no piensa que, al menos en algunos aspectos, es mejor que el Homus Vulgaris Callejerus es poco probable que sienta interes por explorar nada nuevo y mucho menos el Bitcoin.

En la etapa actual, creo que casi cualquiera que oye hablar de bitcoin tendra algo de interes en el mismo sin necesidad de tener una psicologia peculiar. Ya es algo comun y corriente.


Ahh, eso lo explica todo. Yo pensaba que habia sido en un gabinete de ministros o en las directivas de algunas empresas, pero si... una prision tambien podia ser.

Then they would have to go for Dostoevsky afterwards. Crime and Punishment, the story of someone that convinces himself that killing and old lady to rob her is justified in the name of some superior goals and deeds. (Spoiler alert) It does not end well for Putin the criminal.

Latest new...

Germany - 2 billion in aid.
US - another 800M in aid.

This is for flowers and confetti according to the "Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasy Tales"


Be aware of the pigeons, do not underestimate them.



On regards to the Moskova, this ship was "old" but sinking it is was not easy at all. It has 3 layers of anti-missile defences including a long range interceptor similar to a Patriot, a second layer of intercepting misiles (OASIS I think) and then a layer of radar guided Gatling guns.

My opinion, and I have no proof of it, is that this had to be done in close collaboration with an intelligence source that I would not imagine would usually be within the means of the Ukraine services.  For the simulations I have seen, there are some specific water conditions in which the three layers of defence become much less effective. The first one is not of real use for low-altitude missiles like the Neptune, the second may not be launched for safety and the Gatlings are a a game of chance. On top of that, you need to know where to hit the ship to sink it in one shot.

The Moskova was built to be able to destroy a Nimitz class carrier. I am sure it did attract quite a bit of attention from the US and probably they have been keen on knowing the details of its systems. This does seem like a message to Putin, but not from Ukraine.


You see, if your read an article where does not say what you say anything beyond it, even if you use "seems" is your opinion. In this post you are again seeming to argue about it.

So you did use the opportunity to clarify that is not the Ukrainian army, but some undefined group. Good boy there.

Yet, again, this is your creation, as the source does not mention it. So again, do you have any proof?

As you do not seem to have good reading skills either, I will ask again: Does any of you claim that the Ukrainian army has held their civilians hostage in buildings to protect their military at any point or not? If so, any proof other that what it "seems" to you?

Oh, I forgot, thank for saying I am a kid. I must look better than I thought.

By the way, if you are saying someone is not able to read right, perhaps you should not refer to "Veleor" as "Velcro". Just saying.

This is what you wrote:


The article you quote does not say that the civilians were held hostage at any point, thus this is your interpretation and therefore your claim or opinion.

Now, you have the chance to set the record straight - Do you claim that the Ukrainian army has held their civilians hostage in buildings to protect their military at any point or not?

I think is a bit simpler (or should I say complex?) than that. If the price of bitcoin goes below the floor, plenty of miners would stop and in the next halving the difficulty would decrease, along with the cost of mining going back to an equilibrium.

The floor is merely theoretical IMHO.

There is actually no inconvenient in paying the debt, being out of SWIFT system simply makes automated electronic transactions more difficult, but certainly does not impede payments made in a more traditional way. In the case of the debt, the problem is not being out of the system, is not willing or not being able to actually honour the debt. It is a default, period.


Well, then for "purely technical reasons" no financial institution is going to "technically be able to buy" Russian debt. It is as simple as that, most funds and institutions and certainly the largest ones have mandates that will not allow them to invest in bond from a country that has defaulted. And make no mistake, Russia is not the one that is able to decide if it has defaulted, that task goes to the S&Ps and Moodys of this world (rating agencies).

Paying in Monopoly money is not accepted except in Monopoly.

So sure, go ahead on the official version of the "denials department" of the "Russian Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland tales", it makes no different whatsoever to all the decision-makers that will not be buying Russian debt in a long long time.

I welcome all trolls from the Putin's "Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales" like you. You fakes and half baked stories are helping the Ukrainian cause more than anything I could actually say or do.

I am not sure if Putin's tanks run of farts - it may be possible they run on "biogas"as the occupants at this point of the war are pretty much shitting their pants. I encourage you to ask your controllers about it.

Do not bother, this guy is a Kremlin Troll. He has been posting fake and propaganda from "Putin's Ministry of Dark Humour and Fantasyland Tales". He just wants to make all the information seem doubtful.