Yeah but we are assuming we all know what is in the deal. I suspect it would be an improvement on what the Johnson deal was. But until we can see it, we don't know. (View Post)
I'm not wholly pessimistic on Russia's future. Samuel Huntington's Clash Of Civilisations posited an Orthodox christian civilisation centred on Russia in the 21st century. I think it is safe to say t… (View Post)
Leon- the war is not existential for Russia in any meaningful sense. That's just what people are being told right now. The amount of territory Ukraine is looking to seize back is equivalent to 0.6% o… (View Post)
If that is the Chinese plan it sounds terrible. Essentially freezing the conflict at the point when Ukraine has the best chance of making a breakthrough and remove ALL the sanctions against Russia ju… (View Post)
At 12:45 or 00:45 this morning if you prefer we had the following extraordinary comment from Dura Ace: 'So you've got millions of people who identified as Russian, Hungarian, Moldovan and Romanian be… (View Post)