Wasn't it Heathener who insisted that Russia would not invade Ukraine even when the US government was giving a likely date for the invasion? Roger has a rival. (View Post)

Explain what exactly? That you don't have to be in the EU to trade with it? That scientific cooperation does not require EU membership? I'd turn it around, if NZ can work with the EU from outside it,… (View Post)

I watched The Duellists recently and thought it was very good. (View Post)

I'm fairly sure that if Putin wanted to have Wagner in Belarus to threaten Kyiv he could do so without Wagner threatening to kill his military chiefs and depose Putin himself. (View Post)

There are a surprisingly large number of people who can not give up the idea that Putin is some sort of Machiavellian genius, rather than a paranoid mid-rank spook who rose to the top of a criminal c… (View Post)