Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Putin visits crimea or does he, it looks like a latex mask, his walk is wrong as well.
Putin visits crimea or does he, it looks like a latex mask, his walk is wrong as well.
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1637092477025890304
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1637092477025890304
Putin visits crimea or does he, it looks like a latex mask, his walk is wrong as well.
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1637092477025890304
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1637092477025890304
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Found the article:
A team of European neurologists says in a new study that Russian president Vladimir Putin walks with a peculiar “gunslinger’s gait”.
The study, published on Tuesday by the British Medical Journal, notes that Putin has shown a “clearly reduced right-sided arm swing”, possibly related to weapons training he received when he was part of the Soviet KGB.Citing a KGB training manual they obtained, the researchers suggest that his style of walking is linked to training he underwent in the feared security agency, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring at the twilight of the Soviet Union.
“According to this manual, KGB operatives were instructed to keep their weapon in their right hand close to their chest and to move forward with one side, usually the left, presumably allowing subjects to draw the gun as quickly as possible when confronted with a foe,” the researchers, based in Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands, wrote.
To test their hypothesis, the neurologists studied YouTube videos of other Russian officials.
Bastiaan Bloem, a professor of movement disorder neurology at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, who led the study, said his team was “stunned” by what they saw.
They found the same characteristic walk in Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in former Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Sergei Ivanov, and in senior Russian military commander Anatoly Sidorov.
Like Putin, Ivanov is a former KGB officer who served in Europe during the Cold War. Serdyukov and Sidorov both received military training, the researchers claim.
The outlier in this group is Medvedev, a lawyer by training who has no clear ties to the KGB and did not serve in the military, though he is thought to have undergone brief reservist training during his university years.
Since Putin handpicked him to serve as president from 2008-12 – between Putin’s second and third terms – Medvedev’s body language has often resembled that of his mentor, as has the cadence of his speech.
Citing western media reports, the researchers write that “substantial evidence suggests that Medvedev is being coached to sound, look, and importantly, walk like the president.”
The study asserts that Putin’s asymmetrical arm swing is likely “a behavioural adaptation resulting from military or intelligence training.”
Bloem conceded that his researchers do not have access to Putin’s medical records or his doctors. But he said Putin’s unusual walk is the subject of a small but growing debate among medical specialists.
“It is an unusual study, but there is a very serious message to it” about neurological observation, he told AFP in a telephone interview.
Bloem added that Putin’s “abnormal gait has been noted before.”
“What we are putting forward, but very cautiously, is a new hypothesis,” he said.
The study, published on Tuesday by the British Medical Journal, notes that Putin has shown a “clearly reduced right-sided arm swing”, possibly related to weapons training he received when he was part of the Soviet KGB.Citing a KGB training manual they obtained, the researchers suggest that his style of walking is linked to training he underwent in the feared security agency, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel before retiring at the twilight of the Soviet Union.
“According to this manual, KGB operatives were instructed to keep their weapon in their right hand close to their chest and to move forward with one side, usually the left, presumably allowing subjects to draw the gun as quickly as possible when confronted with a foe,” the researchers, based in Portugal, Italy, and the Netherlands, wrote.
To test their hypothesis, the neurologists studied YouTube videos of other Russian officials.
Bastiaan Bloem, a professor of movement disorder neurology at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, who led the study, said his team was “stunned” by what they saw.
They found the same characteristic walk in Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, in former Russian defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov and Sergei Ivanov, and in senior Russian military commander Anatoly Sidorov.
Like Putin, Ivanov is a former KGB officer who served in Europe during the Cold War. Serdyukov and Sidorov both received military training, the researchers claim.
The outlier in this group is Medvedev, a lawyer by training who has no clear ties to the KGB and did not serve in the military, though he is thought to have undergone brief reservist training during his university years.
Since Putin handpicked him to serve as president from 2008-12 – between Putin’s second and third terms – Medvedev’s body language has often resembled that of his mentor, as has the cadence of his speech.
Citing western media reports, the researchers write that “substantial evidence suggests that Medvedev is being coached to sound, look, and importantly, walk like the president.”
The study asserts that Putin’s asymmetrical arm swing is likely “a behavioural adaptation resulting from military or intelligence training.”
Bloem conceded that his researchers do not have access to Putin’s medical records or his doctors. But he said Putin’s unusual walk is the subject of a small but growing debate among medical specialists.
“It is an unusual study, but there is a very serious message to it” about neurological observation, he told AFP in a telephone interview.
Bloem added that Putin’s “abnormal gait has been noted before.”
“What we are putting forward, but very cautiously, is a new hypothesis,” he said.
Interesting read about two old Ukrainian Tanker gits ...still alive and giving...
https://archive.is/20230323221846/ht...ms-russia.html
https://archive.is/20230323221846/ht...ms-russia.html
To answer that, you'd have to ask how much of your own stuff you believe. In your case perhaps westerns, in my case perhaps books about the "glorious" British Empire. Hopefully as we've aged we've both been able to see the many sides of those stories, but for those living in a society that punishes any thinking that doesn't toe the party line that chance probably doesn't exist
Is Wagner going to pull out? From the DT
The Wagner Group is preparing to refocus its efforts in Africa and away from Ukraine amid a long-running dispute with Moscow, it has been reported.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the mercenary group, has repeatedly accused Russia’s defence ministry of stymying his supply of ammunition and manpower. Western analysts believe Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defence minister, is trying to stifle Prigozhin's growing political influence.
Wagner mercenaries have spearheaded Moscow's eight-month attempt to capture the besieged city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Prigozhin's private military has lost tens of thousands of men, mostly former convicts recruited out of Russian prisons, during the assault – the longest and costliest battle of the war.
Marred by the failure to capture Bakhmut, Prigozhin is planning to shift focus back to Africa, the Bloomberg news agency reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The suggestion will likely prompt concerns in Moscow after a top Ukrainian general said Kyiv's armed forces were ready to launch a counter-offensive on Bakhmut.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the mercenary group, has repeatedly accused Russia’s defence ministry of stymying his supply of ammunition and manpower. Western analysts believe Sergei Shoigu, Russia's defence minister, is trying to stifle Prigozhin's growing political influence.
Wagner mercenaries have spearheaded Moscow's eight-month attempt to capture the besieged city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Prigozhin's private military has lost tens of thousands of men, mostly former convicts recruited out of Russian prisons, during the assault – the longest and costliest battle of the war.
Marred by the failure to capture Bakhmut, Prigozhin is planning to shift focus back to Africa, the Bloomberg news agency reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The suggestion will likely prompt concerns in Moscow after a top Ukrainian general said Kyiv's armed forces were ready to launch a counter-offensive on Bakhmut.
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Sevastopol maybe the target again tonight.
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In all fairness T28B he did bring it onto himself. Furthermore, as was mentioned by one poster, his name was rather crude to say the least. I'm surprised that PPRuNe even allowed it. the last part, "minj" was a deliberate misspelling of minge. I'm not sure if that word is understood in the USA.
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Perhaps a reminder of what a democracy is. It is the will of the people, the greater majority, usually in the order of a 2/3rd majority is a mandate.
The minority are free to express their opinion, lobby for support and protest. They are not entitled to act criminally against the will of the greater majority.
To put that into perspective in a country the size of the US, that is still half the population of Russia who may be vehemently opposed.
The minority are free to express their opinion, lobby for support and protest. They are not entitled to act criminally against the will of the greater majority.
To put that into perspective in a country the size of the US, that is still half the population of Russia who may be vehemently opposed.
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Because of the war no one has fished this pond for 9 years !
Fineline, a classic example, what a world to live in.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65015289
For those that may not have access to the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65015289
For those that may not have access to the BBC
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Members of the Russian elite have been criticised by many Russians for enabling their sons to evade mobilisation or war service. They have reportedly found an ingenious solution – a special unit for the elite, which serves at a safe distance from the front. ⬇️
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Thank God for precise artillery work and UAV spotting.
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