I think it is probably right, unfortunately. It is indisputably the case that, from a personal point of view, Putin absolutely has to win this war, or at least have something he can portray as a win.… (View Post)

Both. Their vaccination program has been a complete shambles. They tried to do the 'zero-Covid' thing, with draconian restrictions and quarantines, which worked for a while, but they utterl… (View Post)

Why did Putin spend 90 minutes on a call with Macron? Sounds like he's very rattled. (View Post)

And those planes won't be able to fly outside Russia and a few client states, without being impounded and returned to their owners. (View Post)

They'd all gone by the time I got there. (View Post)