Russians are doing a good job of doing it themselves. It's ordinary Russians who are doing the murder, the rape, the torture. And they do have agency, they can frag their officers, they can desert, t… (View Post)

So how come farm land is so valuable when it appears you can't actually make any money out of farming it? (View Post)

Is he? I have seen other suggestions that initial use is likely to be in Kursk, not that it is limited to Kursk. Maybe it's just ratcheting up the "escalation". Today Kursk, next week Voron… (View Post)

I agree with you: circular runs can feel pointless. Although I have the Basingstoke Canal and can run along the towpath to Woking, and back by train, that's a 20-miler though so only happens when I'm… (View Post)

According to Wikipedia (and the article is not very clear) he seems to have been convicted for the massacre despite using "following orders" as a defence. He appealed, at appeal it was note… (View Post)