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Old 4th Jul 2022, 05:41
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Rockie_Rapier
 
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
I'll take that video clip with a small grain of salt.
Not sure if that wasn't a speech prepared by someone else; his delivery seemed a little stilted.
Don't disagree with the assessment of the artillery war. That clip is three weeks old. How well has it aged? Russia was still contesting Snake Island as that video was released.
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Indeed, he's certainly promoting the lines that we typically get from trolls and other useful idiots - NATO BAD, EU BAD. He even threw in a bit of scepticism re the effecacity of renewable energy. Again, straight out off the Kremlin wish list. (Putin has stated that Climate change would be no bad thing for Russia and of course their economy is largely dependent of fossil fuel sales.)

Last edited by Rockie_Rapier; 4th Jul 2022 at 05:42. Reason: This clip posted on the Schiller Institute YT platform.
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