People counting the number of entities sanctioned are literally as stupid as the people who didn't and still don't understand the UK's vaccine strategy, and in most cases they are the … (View Post)

The problem with nuclear power plants is that even if the reactor hall is safe, you do still need control systems, and cooling systems, and staff, and emergency equipment. There isn't a lot of u… (View Post)

My current pet theory — I don't claim it's particularly good one because the number of things that no longer make any sense to me rises daily — is that Putin has deluded himself. Putin seem… (View Post)

If you didn't know about the Ukrainian side of the story and were simply judging things on what is happening in Moscow; special operation in Ukraine, stock market closed, interest rates doubled,… (View Post)

Well yes, because even governments that are broadly sympathetic to Russia still want either to be independent states or to be able to choose their own non-puppet government. There must be a lot of Ru… (View Post)