Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

I watched/listened to the interview. What stood out to me, in the discussion about how the west and Russia came to be in the situation they're now in. When speaking about the turn around, from speaking about Russian integration into the EU maybe, or into Nato, around the 2008 time frame, he really came off as sincerely disappointed and looking back on it with incredulity and regret, regret not about it not working it out between the West and Russia, but regret about it just being impossible despite trying everything in their power to be peaceful and friendly with their western neighbors. At the same time he can be lighthearted and come up with this gem when Tucker asks him in a back and forth about Lavrov meeting Blinken: "Have you spoken to any officials in the Biden administration since then?" to which he replied "I wouldn't want to ruin their careers." :lol: (at 1:03:30)

Although very well versed on all the topics discussed, and it was a good interview I think, Lavrov seemed tired to me.

Well worth the watch in full.
 
Before the New Year, people traditionally turn to the "host" of this holiday with their wishes. In Russia, he is called Grandfather Frost.
Russian soldiers read out a New Year's address to Grandfather Frost. It turned out, in my opinion, funny and touching, I'll translate it.
"Give me, Grandpa, this New Year's Eve
A night without howling "Himars" and a reliable pillbox.
Give me, grandfather, a connection with artillerists,
Warm boots, dirt under the enemies.
You know, Grandpa, I was good.,
I listened to the commanders and hardly drank,
I went on stormtroopers, I shot at the enemy,
If I could, I wrote to my mother.
Give it to me, Grandfather, and to the whole country
Something that is needed in the war:
The experience for a Vanya-commander platoon, a sharp-eye for shooter,
Battery for the copter, shame for the storekeeper.
Give us letters from children, Grandfather!
Pour tactics into the generals' heads.
Give our wifes and mothers the gift of falling asleep without tears
But the victory... Oh well! We'll take it ourself somehow ..."
The letter to Santa Claus was written by the soldiers of the 331 parachute regiment, directed by Hussar. Be Kind!
New Year's poems are already being created! Well done

There are very few "witnesses" like this man left alive. He tells how he was tortured by the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They beat him and burned the word "СЕПАР" (short for separatist) on his back with a red-hot poker. They only tried to find out which of the villagers sympathize with Russia.
To a resident of the village of Shakhterskoye, AFU soldiers burned the word "СЕПАР"(separatist) with a poker in 2022. The man lay on the floor for a day, taking his T-shirt of his body and moving away from the pain.

My "beloved" Estonians do not leave me alone in any way. I understand that this can happen to anyone in the learning process, but why do I come across Estonians?
"F..k you!" Estonian soldier learns to throw a grenade, recent Lightning exercises

Перед Новым Годом люди традиционно обращаются к "хозяину" этого праздника со своими пожеланиями. В России его называют Дедом Морозом.
Российские солдаты зачитывают новогоднее обращение к Деду Морозу. Получилось, по моему, забавно и трогательно, я переведу.
"Подари мне, дедушка, в этот Новый год
Ночь без воя "Хаймерсов" и надежный ДОТ.
Подари мне, дедушка, с пушкарями связь,
Тёплые ботиночки, под врагами-грязь.
Ты же знаешь, дедушка, я хорошим был,
Командиров слушал я и почти не пил,
На штурмовки хаживал, по врагу стрелял,
Если удавалось, то матери писал.
Подари мне, дедушка, да и всей стране
Что-нибудь такое, что нужно на войне:
Опыт Ваньке- взводному, зоркий глаз- стрелку,
Батарею- коптеру, стыд- кладовщику.
Подари нам, дедушка, письма от детей!
Генералам в голову тактику залей.
Дай жене и матери дар без слёз уснуть
А победа... Ладно уж! Сами как-нибудь..."
Письмо Деду Морозу писали бойцы 331 парашютно-десантного полка, режиссер Гусар. Быть Добру!
Таких "свидетелей", как этот мужчина в живых осталось очень не много. Он рассказывает, как его пытали солдаты ВСУ. Они его били и выжгли раскаленной в печи кочергой на спине слово "СЕПАР" (сокращение от сепаратист). Пытались узнать только, кто из жителей села сочувствует России.
Мои "любимые" эстонцы никак не оставляют меня в покое. Я понимаю, что в процессе обучения такое может произойти с каждым, но почему мне попадаются эстонцы?
 
ScioAgapeOmnis said:
It's up!


And youtube:
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Experts says that most of the communication comes from non-verbal communication.I think that is true in many cases.Very often when im observing two people talking to each other i found big misunderstanding between them.And i found,it comes from their lack of understandings how to communicate.I often tell people when they have conversation,that is not that much important of what is that they talk about,but how they talk about.This "how"is crucial.You see,if two people have conversation and one of them or both are unfriendly,then conversation doesnt make sense.Likewise if one is neurotic or hysterical they cant make conversation even if they share same idea,have same views,,they completely agree with each other,but they will fight because they dont know how to communicate.
We must be very open,silent with full attention when we listening others,its cultural above all,and then communication takes on a completely different meaning,its much more deeper and takes greater understandings.
And that is the case here.When we watching Mr.Lavrov speaking,his voice,his gestures..you can see there is nothing offending,nothing intrusive.Actually his speaking is pleasant,not "heavy".He just make statements,the facts and what we gonna do with this statements its up to us.He do not impose on us.It is the same with President Putin.In every moment they know exactly what they talking about.Many times we can see that they thinking while they talking.
Unlike west leaders,their movements,gestures,body posture,waving their arms..it send us message that they are always right and we must follow them without questioning.They impoese themselves on us with their non-verbal communication.

"If people spoke only what they know,there would be a great silence in the world"
 
From the thread Russia Begins Operations in Syria: End Game for the US Empire?
lilies said:
Also note: U.S. Has Stopped Ukrainian ATACMS Strikes On Russia:
We'll see.
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Resumed today and with another loan of which 20 billion were stolen (frozen assets) from Russia. They were just waiting for the work in Syria to be completed/advanced, I guess.

From RT Russian Telegram Channel
The strike on Taganrog on the morning of December 11 was carried out by six ATACMS missiles; the Ukrainian Armed Forces' target was a military airfield, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Two missiles were shot down by the combat crew of the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system, the rest were deflected by electronic warfare systems.

As a result of falling missile fragments, there are casualties among the personnel. There is no destruction.
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Attack with Western long-range weapons The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the situation in Taganrog will not go unanswered.
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Crossing over several topics (including the outgoing? regime in the US leaving a legacy for Trump)

Russia tells its citizens: avoid travel to the West​

By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge
December 11, 20242:31 PM GMT Updated a day ago
  • Summary
  • Russia says avoid US, Canada, EU countries
  • Russia says US hunting down Russians
  • Kremlin: Biden is dialling up tensions ahead of Trump
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that relations with Washington were so confrontational that Russian citizens should not visit the United States, Canada and some EU countries in coming weeks because they risked being "hunted" down by U.S. authorities.
Russian and U.S. diplomats say the relationship is worse than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the two Cold War superpowers came closest to intentional nuclear war, due to a confrontation over the Ukraine war.

"In the context of the increasing confrontation in Russian-American relations, which are teetering on the verge of rupture due to the fault of Washington, trips to the United States of America privately or out of official necessity are fraught with serious risks," Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, told a news briefing.
"We urge you to continue to refrain from trips to the United States of America and its allied satellite states, including, first of all, Canada and, with a few exceptions, European Union countries, during these holidays," she said.

Both Moscow and Washington say their citizens have been wrongfully imprisoned and their diplomats harassed increasingly as relations soured, though they both defend convictions by their own justice systems.
Some Russians are in jail in the United States and dozens of U.S. citizens are in jail in Russia, convicted of a range of crimes ranging from espionage to hooliganism - even after the biggest Russian-U.S. prisoner swap since the Cold War.

"Our citizens have become the subject of hunting by American authorities and U.S. special services," Zakharova said, without elaborating.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told NBC News on Tuesday that Russia would "definitely be prepared to consider" another prisoner swap, similar to the August exchange that involved Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.

The Kremlin said the outgoing administration of U.S. President Joe Biden was dialling up the tension with Russia ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration - and has warned of the risks of a wider war.
"It is obvious that the current administration will follow this path and will try to leave this legacy. How and in what way - we will see together," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The United States and its Western allies have supported Ukraine with hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons and aid, and have promised to defeat Russian forces and what Western leaders cast as an imperial-style land grab by Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin says an arrogant West led by the United States ignored Russia's post-Soviet interests, tried to pull Ukraine into its orbit since 2014 and then used Ukraine to fight a proxy war aimed at weakening - and ultimately destroying - Russia.
The White House has said it is merely defending U.S. interests in supplying weapons to Ukraine. Trump has vowed to swiftly end the war and has said he has good relations with Putin, who argues that parts of Ukraine are rightfully Russian, a position which Kyiv rejects.
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