Exactly

I didn't pick up on that. What was your argument again?

The lack of arguments in this community is amusing

Media outlets confirmed that Saddam Hussein was definitely building nuclear missiles? I'm not sure that's what actually happend. But regardless: There's no reason to believe in anything without conclusive evidence or proof.

I'm just not very interested in partaking in you gish gallop about what Russia does, knows and thinks, Polish farmers, or screenshots with red boxes that when you read the actual thing refute your argument in the first paragraph.

You're so damn sure about your narrative and you don't have any reason to be, except a statement from the Russian govt.

Instead of applying a tiny bit of logic, try some critical thinking.

You should research where the plane was shot down and in which direction it was flying.

Basically all I'm saying is there's no proof (nor evidence) that POWs were on board as the plane got shot down. Therefore RT shouldn't claim that "The plane, a Russian Il-76, was shot down over Belgorod Region last Wednesday while carrying 65 captured Ukrainian servicemen".

Also Ukraine called Russia’s narrative into question and demanded an international investigation, which Moscow refused.

I'm serious.

Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne analyzed the list and confirmed that most of the names were previously mentioned as being POWs or missing persons, and that some had appeared in captivity in Russian propaganda videos.

“We found Ukrainian citizens in the list who have already been previously exchanged," Lubinets said.

source

Supposedly carrying POWs.

While "[The II-76] was developed to deliver heavy machinery to remote, poorly served areas".

There's no other explanation?

No clue 🤷

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AOC

https://mesamatrix.net/

See Vulkan driver details for ARM (I assume). Seems like very early support is present.

Is being bothered the same as being tormented? Breaking news: Scholz visably close to tears multiple times

Thanks for the edit.

I'd be willing to say:
mostly due to late stage capitalism

But I'm not sold on the imperialism aspect when both parties are doing it. Although I'd distinguish if they're doing it with the pen or with the sword. It'd be better without, but I sure do prefer the pen.

You realize that in the article you sent me it said that the Russian economy is shrinking, right? The only thing they export is petroleum products, coal and iron while they import everything else basically. https://oec.world/en/profile/country/rus

The thing you might forget is we don't export population, we export actual manufactured goods, medicine, advanced electronics, aviation equipment, automotive, airbag sensors etc.

I'd argue the problems The West (TM) is facing are mostly due to late stage capitalism rather than the sanctions against Russia. We can get our dinosaur products elsewhere.

I'm looking forward to what the future might bring for all of us. Don't forget we live on the same planet. And keep an open mind.

Regierungsboulevardblatt

Ist der Springer Verlag seit neusten Teil der öffentlich rechtlichen Medien?

gejammert hat, dass die Sanktionen gegen Russland für Europa Selbstmord waren, Russland sich hingegen erfolgreich neu aufgestellt hat

Nicht wirklich. Er hat festgestellt dass Putin die Sanktionen nicht erwähnt hat. That's it. Bei dem ganzen zwischen den Zeilen lesen muss man aufpassen dass Bild.de nicht zur Belletristik wird

So you're sticking with the narrative that everything is fine in Russia while The West(TM) is already in shambles? Russia's oligarchs (definitely not the people of russia) can get richer while being at war and being heavily sanctioned. And you don't feel the need to question that? You need to actively cheer them on?

Russia doesn’t do pretty much any direct trade with the west at this point

This is complete bullshit.

I think our concept of reality might not even be comparable.

Actually no. It is not "pretty much accepted in mainstream media now" that "sanctions are not having the desired effect on Russia while being devastating to Europe". When the Ruble is worth shit any more when compared to the Euro there might be a flaw in your perception. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/eurofxref-graph-rub.en.html

What amount Russia traded with China. How much of that is just crude oil that they have to sell for extremely low prices. If that's even significant at all, I have no clue. Economics are definitely way over my head. But given that there's a war in Europe right after years of pandemic, things seem to be fine. Not great, not terrible. https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/german-economy-stagnates-q2-after-winter-recession-2023-08-25/

And most of the time I wonder if you even read the articles you post.

And here’s how things are going in Russia right now

Russia's wealth gains came despite its invasion of Ukraine in February, which has led to the West imposing sanctions on the Kremlin that led to its economy shrinking and triggered a slump for Moscow-listed stocks.
UBS acknowledges that "wealth trends in Russia are difficult to determine at this time," but did highlight it as one of a handful of countries that had gotten richer in 2022.
Rising oil prices could be one factor behind the wealth increase, with exports of the commodity a key economic engine for Russia. The cost of a barrel of benchmark Urals crude jumped by about $7 last year, data from Refinitiv indicated.

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https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ruble-decline-growing-budget-deficit-funding-ukraine-war-by-sergei-guriev-2023-08
https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/gdp-growth
https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/gdp-growth