UKRAINIAN GLORY

Chris Snow: The rise and fall of the Soviet Empire: How the Ukraine war will accelerate Russia’s economic and political collapse (part I)

Understanding why Putin invaded Ukraine can help accelerate Russia’s ending of hostilities. Chris Snow, at Medium, on the rise and fall of the Soviet Empire (Part 1), provides enough revelations for more than one blog of which this is the first.  Excerpt: A...

Russia’s Critically Fragile Economy Can End Putin’s Ability to Conduct Hostilities

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace shows how dangerously fragile the Russian Republic economy now is: Russia’s economic future beyond 2025 looks troubling. On the surface, economic growth and low unemployment create an illusion of stability for the country’s...

Zelenskyy: New Depths of Brutality, Russia burning the faces off dead North Korean troops….

Radio Free Asia reports: Russian forces are burning the faces of North Korean soldiers killed in assaults on Ukrainian positions to conceal their identities and keep secret their deployment to help Russia in its war, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy....

Looks Like Putin is Cooling his Nuclear Threats

UnderstandingWar.com reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s continued fixation on the Russian “Oreshnik” ballistic missile and Russia’s non-nuclear deterrents suggests that the Kremlin may be searching for off-ramps from its continued...

Ruble roulette: as the ruble plummets to under penny, will the Russian economy collapse under wartime economic pressures?

Per virtuoso blogger Chris Snow at Medium, Russia Plays Ruble Roulettenas their currency slides into the trash bin of history: Putin’s Russia will collapse, and only very few manage to see beyond the veil. Russia lies, but when you know where to look, then their...