I have just been in the Occupation Museum in Riga. Hard to shake off the sense of disgust, and yes it's mostly about the Soviet occupation. Good news from the Kharkiv front tempers it slightly. Now f… (View Post)

We never had one. The common hangman of London (and Middlesex) usually did the job. (View Post)

This is what the people talking about "culmination" meant. The Russian "victory" in Donbas broke them. And then they moved half the troops to the right bank in Khersonska. (View Post)

Lyman and Izyum seem to have been surrendered without a fight. The Ukrainians are on the pursuit. Within about 7 miles of the border apparently. Having a beer in Riga Central Market, has made up for … (View Post)

Obvs, heads of state should be super-important, but not pizdy. (View Post)