The Kremlin is burning?

[Mike1158]

I was not aware Russia supplied half the world with vaccines.

[Stefan Kotsch]

1 hour ago, Roman Alymov said:

Is it surprising  ... ?

It's surprising. But definitely not because of wearing  Covid face masks.

But, it is also not surprising after more than 110 years of Soviet power and Putinism in a row. Blind willless obedience and Pavel Morozov culture.

[Roman Alymov]

1 hour ago, Mike1158 said:

I was not aware Russia supplied half the world with vaccines.

  I see you believe Western vacines are better then Russian ones. Well, i am not going to debate your opinion, after all the more people in the West shere it - the better.

[Roman Alymov]

"We will soon see how Trump will try to drive a wedge between us (Russia - RA) and China by promising a return to a conditional 2019. We will see our elites happily wagging their tails and trying very hard to push through the illusion of this return - the Russian Olympic Committee will not let us lie. No matter what anyone says, we are an extremely unreliable situational partner for China." https://t.me/drabkin/305

[Stefan Kotsch]

@Roman Alymov In any case, Russia refused to hand over the medical documentation to the buyers. However, this is standard international procedure.

[Stuart Galbraith]

5 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said:

  I see you believe Western vacines are better then Russian ones. Well, i am not going to debate your opinion, after all the more people in the West shere it - the better.

Vaccine!

[Stefan Kotsch]

6 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

Russia refused to hand over the medical documentation to the buyers

Stolen technology or junk.

[Roman Alymov]

1 hour ago, Stefan Kotsch said:

@Roman Alymov In any case, Russia refused to hand over the medical documentation to the buyers. However, this is standard international procedure.

No surprise taking into consideration where this vaccine was developed.  As for me, the very attempts by Rus Gov to provide this vaccine to countries openly hostile was just another attempt by our pro-Western bureaucracy to please the West and, by the way, get nice foreign trips on Russian taxpayers expence (the same way as "Russian Olympic commetee" is pushing Russian athletes to Western events under white flags just to keep own foreign trips and nice salaries).

[urbanoid]

Good, no goodwill gestures at all are necessary, from either side. The deeper the row, the better.

[Roman Alymov]

3 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

Good, no goodwill gestures at all are necessary, from either side. The deeper the row, the better.

I have nothing against goodwill, but goodwill of our Gov, at least until very recently, is very selective: it is always directed to West and is always at expence of ordinary Russians. There are plenty of places on the globe where help is really needed (and appriciated) and where our bureaucrats would be able to demonstrate their work skills, not high art of shopping.

[Stefan Kotsch]

I love these Konsomol afternoon meetings.

[Mike1158]

Where would we be without them?

[Stuart Galbraith]

You can take Russia out of Bolshevism, but you will never take the Bolshevism out of Russia.

[JWB]

Putin’s crony bloggers are highlighting the catastrophic drop in birth rates in Russia. In 2014, almost 2 million babies were born; in 2023, that figure was nearly 700,000 lower, and it’s dropping even further in 2024.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1855578573995725053

[Roman Alymov]

3 hours ago, JWB said:

Putin’s crony bloggers are highlighting the catastrophic drop in birth rates in Russia. In 2014, almost 2 million babies were born; in 2023, that figure was nearly 700,000 lower, and it’s dropping even further in 2024.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1855578573995725053

Not surprising, as now "unborn generation" of the children of 1990th-2000th is stepping into childbirth age. Graph below is number of children born in Russia by year - easy to see the price paid for "Western-style democracy and free market reforms".

[Roman Alymov]

Interesting case that is now rocking pro-Rus Telegram:

1) Popular pro-Rus blogger and war reporter Uliana Strizh (female, https://t.me/ulianaStrizh) have published the video from youth camp with children thinging the rap song that is sort of unofficial anthem of Wagner PMC https://t.me/MoskalkovSB/7893

2) One of Soloviev's gang, Boris Yakemenko, blogger and TV anchor, unleashed his rage on her and this children, saying in particular "quadrobists are better then this youth"; 

3) Within hours, it wascondemned on all pro-Russian channels and even some moderate "guardian" ones, with thousands of comments written by angry subscribers;

4) After few awkward attempts to defend his position, Yakemenko have removed his post;

5) But it was too late and only poured fuel into the flame - as it is not the first case of Soloviev's gang members publically attacking pro-Russian community - for example, just few weeks ago another member of the same gang, Julia Vityazeva, have accused pro-Rus war reporters of failure to understand Putin's cuning plan to lure UkrArmy into Kursk".

       Below is one of the opinions explaining why "collective Putin" and their media servants are so affraid of pro-Russian movement and, in this particular case, of popularity of Wagner PMC 

"And what exactly did Mr. Yakemenko say (https://t.me/MoskalkovSB/7895 ) is it wrong?

Here the younger generation sings Wagnerian songs — and tomorrow, God forbid, of course, they will go and "ask" the authorities "where is the fairness ammunition?".

Therefore, quadrobists are undoubtedly better. What do they want? Food, a bowl and a kennel are mortgaged at 30%. Quadrobists must be protected — we wrote about this (https://t.me/regnum_na/64117 ).

Well, in general, this is already a trademark of the Solovyovs — to blurt out first, and then delete (https://t.me/regnum_na/65123 ). The Internet remembers everything." ( https://t.me/regnum_na/65491 )

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[JWB]

5 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

easy to see the price paid for "Western-style democracy and free market reforms".

No! It is called affluenza. When female population gets more educated the fewer children they have. It is the same in China.

[JWB]

For those who didn't see it the first time:

Hilarious moment prankster convinces Russian teachers to wear tinfoil hats dubbed 'Helmets of the Fatherland' to 'protect them from radiation by NATO satellites'

https://x.com/MailOnline/status/1855746303528964218

[Pavel Novak]

On 11/9/2024 at 11:02 PM, Roman Alymov said:

I have nothing against goodwill, but goodwill of our Gov, at least until very recently, is very selective: it is always directed to West and is always at expence of ordinary Russians. There are plenty of places on the globe where help is really needed (and appriciated) and where our bureaucrats would be able to demonstrate their work skills, not high art of shopping.

But isn't this exactly what russki mir means for its own people? This system is afterall what you are fighting for.

[Roman Alymov]

7 hours ago, JWB said:

No! It is called affluenza. When female population gets more educated the fewer children they have. It is the same in China.

   I'm sorry but even if you, as foreigner, know nothing about situation in Russia in 1990th-early 2000th, common sence unavoidably will tell you that it is not possible to educate masses of population within just ~5 years to the extent of twofold drop in number of birth, and then in another 10-15 years deeducate them to create ~2 times increase in birth.....

[Roman Alymov]

5 hours ago, Pavel Novak said:

But isn't this exactly what russki mir means for its own people? This system is afterall what you are fighting for.

    Another typical mistake bases on Western media reports (and, to some degree, on "official" Russian media controlled by pro-Western elites of Russia). "Russki mir" ("Russian world" or "Russian community") is the concept developed by pundits in service of above mentioned comprador pro-Western elites of Russia to allow them to avoid addressing the fact Russians are the nation separated by artificial borders. They were not able to admit it as it must be harmful for their relations with their Western masters externally, and internally would have caused people asking questions about how it became possible (with unavoidable political consequences for the rulling class of Russia who were instrumental in allowing this to happen). But not addressing it also impossible, as situation when tens of millions of Russians became foreigners without leaving own houses was so obvious that at least some imitation of political action was needed. As always in such cases, the concept was immediately surrounded by people profiting from it by consuming taxpayers money, and promoted by media servants like Soloviev & Co. No surprise it became sort of legally allowed slogan, in the times when even innocent slogans like "Russian means sober" was considered "Russian Fashists slogan".

    Nobody is fighting for "Russki mir" (as nobody actually knows what it is, even if still using this "politically correct" slogan to avoid direct clash with Gov ideology). People are fighting for Russia.

Edited November 11, 2024 by Roman Alymov

[JWB]

20 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

"Western-style democracy and free market reforms".

Exactly how does this force Russian women to stop producing children?

[Roman Alymov]

1 minute ago, JWB said:

Exactly how does this force Russian women to stop producing children?

Have you ever heard about unemployment, collapse of all society and state institutions, and often outright hunger?

[urbanoid]

3 minutes ago, JWB said:

Exactly how does this force Russian women to stop producing children?

There are less women of childbearing age due to the 1990s/early 2000s slump in births, resulting in less births today?

Edited November 11, 2024 by urbanoid

[Roman Alymov]

3 minutes ago, urbanoid said:

There are less women of childbearing age due to the 1990s/early 2000s slump in births, resulting in less births today?

I think JWB is asking about the initial drop in birth rate in 1990/2000s, as the reasons for following drop ~20 years later are obvious for any person who knows where children are coming from.....