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Slaughterhouse 404

Slaughterhouse 404

The question of casualties is one of the most vexing, and by far the most morbid, of the many oddities in the Banderastan War. The Ukrainians, and their mindless Western shills, insist that the Russians are losing unbelievable numbers of soldiers as casualties, and...
When MBAs play soldier

When MBAs play soldier

Alexus Grynkewich is not exactly a household name for most people. Nor should he be. He is the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, effectively the second highest-ranking military officer in the entire NATO structure. That is a post once held by no less a person than...
White elephant vs carrier crusher

White elephant vs carrier crusher

The following is adapted from a poast on my Telegram channel, in which I analysed a recent article looking at the particular choices facing the Russian Navy. The article made the argument for mothballing Russia’s sole remaining Kirov-class nuclear-powered cruiser, and...
Dispatches from Mordor: A game of drones

Dispatches from Mordor: A game of drones

The picture that you see up top, is one that I took myself, while walking along the beachfront area of Sochi, not far away from the city centre and the marina building. You are looking at a radar station mounted above the heads of the beachgoers, on the hillside...
Dispatches from Mordor: My kingdom for a fill-up!

Dispatches from Mordor: My kingdom for a fill-up!

Longtime Readers will recall that I went on vacation back in mid-June for a couple of weeks, and I travelled specifically to Mordor, aka Russia, for that purpose. While I was there, I had the chance to observe Russia’s society, culture, and economy, in some detail,...
Rumours of Russia’s death are greatly exaggerated

Rumours of Russia’s death are greatly exaggerated

The St. Petersburg Economic Forum, or SPIEF, as it is known in the West, closed out a couple of days ago, and it proved yet again to be a very interesting insight into modern Russia. As always, President Putin got up on-stage at the closing Q&A session and...
The Russians are learning to hate

The Russians are learning to hate

Last week, Ukraine attacked the dormitory of a pedagogical college in a place called Starobelsk, in the formerly Ukrainian and now Russian territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic. The Russians immediately called the strike what it was – a terrorist attack. The...
The Doom of Banderastan

The Doom of Banderastan

The picture you see at the top there is of a headline that appears in the Russian version of what appears to be a Ukrainian-language media site. It says, “In Kharkov they expand the Alley of Glory on the graveyard – there is not enough space for...
There will be no “pissdill”

There will be no “pissdill”

There has been much commentary across the Western world on the latest rounds of negotiations happening between the Russians, the Ukrainians, and the Americans over the past month or so. The first set of talks took place in Abu Dhabi, between high-ranking...