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Think there is EU sanctions... Not aware of any UK sanctions
He tried to frighten her with a black lab?Nah - but I think that he knew he would not have it as easy with her than with the others as Merkel knew Russia and Russians since early childhood and grew up near a Russian military garnison...
There is much talked about that "relationship" in the recent days. You all know the story with the dog - Merkel was bitten by a dog sometimes early and her fear of dogs is legendary - so her assistant phoned Russia before a meeting and begged that Putin's big dog should be kept away. That meeting Putin did but put up a stuffed dog near her chair... But in later meetings he had the dog with him and tried to frighten her with it... (That probably tells you a lot about Putin...)
It's the norm.
Thanks a lot.
If you are scared of dogs every big dog will scare you. And normal people respect that - and do not try to intimidate you. But that was Putin's tactic - he enjoyed that scene...
Edit: BBC leaving Russia to protect staff
And Labradors apparently represent a large amount of all bites. So if you are afraid of being bitten a labrador is as much of a worry than any other breed.
Didn't know this what a twatNah - but I think that he knew he would not have it as easy with her than with the others as Merkel knew Russia and Russians since early childhood and grew up near a Russian military garnison...
There is much talked about that "relationship" in the recent days. You all know the story with the dog - Merkel was bitten by a dog sometimes early and her fear of dogs is legendary - so her assistant phoned Russia before a meeting and begged that Putin's big dog should be kept away. That meeting Putin did but put up a stuffed dog near her chair... But in later meetings he had the dog with him and tried to frighten her with it... (That probably tells you a lot about Putin...)
Nah - but I think that he knew he would not have it as easy with her than with the others as Merkel knew Russia and Russians since early childhood and grew up near a Russian military garnison...
There is much talked about that "relationship" in the recent days. You all know the story with the dog - Merkel was bitten by a dog sometimes early and her fear of dogs is legendary - so her assistant phoned Russia before a meeting and begged that Putin's big dog should be kept away. That meeting Putin did but put up a stuffed dog near her chair... But in later meetings he had the dog with him and tried to frighten her with it... (That probably tells you a lot about Putin...)
What i don't understand is, why did Merkel just sit there and take sh1t from him?
If someone bought a dog into work i'd tell them to take it home. If she didn't like dogs, she should have demanded either the dog goes or she does.
Fascinating considering chechen wars. How did that come to be? Is it purely Kadryov influence? Meaning if Kadryov would turn on Putin, would most chechens do it too?
100. I'd be like "well, you obviously don't respect peoples requests so this meeting is over"
I see the Home Secretary has gone to the Polish Boarder.
No doubt to ensure no one is allowed on a plane to UK, or looking for fruit pickers perhaps.
No doubt to ensure no one is allowed on a plane to UK, or looking for fruit pickers perhaps.
It would be a show of weakness. Honestly, if I were Merkel I'd try to overcome fear and pet and cuddle the dog. If someone is obviously trying to play mind games, just show him you are not affected.
Nordstream!! ...plus Putin realised if Merkel would take his crap, then so would the rest of the Wests leaders, as she was the toughest cookie... and hes been right (so far!!)
It depends if they are using ms subscription based products such as office 365 or Azure
Kadyrov's father switched over to the Russians, offering to help Russia. He was also killed later. I don't quite know why he switched sides though.
This is what Wiki says:
A huge amount of Microsoft's revenue comes from cloud services and plenty of companies depend on Microsoft products.
I'm not sure what suspending services means in this context, Microsoft would have to clarify that. Their statement says they're suspending new sales of products and services so presumably they aren't planning to, say, make GitHub unavailable in Russia. Now that would be something.
Scholz chat an hour with Putin today. Not much they agreed on, but it seems that there will be a third round of negotiations during the weekend.
I had a mate ask an ice cream man for a 69 many years ago. Got a right odd look off him.
Yeah, I know that. I understand the popularity of Kadryov as a relgious leader, but I don't understand popularity of Putin. Is it just popularity by proxy (because Kadryov says so). I mean if Kadryov would turn on Putin, would Putin still be so much popular? Or would his populary plummet to 5%.
NATO began with onlooker status (since Ukraine is not part of NATO) - it hasn't been reduced to this. Moreover, in funnelling weapons into Ukraine and providing real-time intelligence to Ukrainian forces, NATO has moved beyond simply looking on. As for the West, sanctions have been applied that will reduce the Russian economy to ruins over the next few weeks and months - again, this is far from merely looking on.
How will it end? Most likely with the Russian military suffering daily losses for months to come, tied up in fruitlessly attempting to pacify a country that is bigger than France (and so not available for deployment elsewhere), a collapsed Russian economy, rising unrest inside Russia, rising repression inside Russia, Ukraine semi-occupied but not defeated, the West slowly weaning itself off from reliance on Russian energy supplies, NATO stronger than ever (with additional countries joining and defence spending beefed up considerably), Russia weaker than ever, with little that is sustainable that Putin will be able to point to as a "victory".
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Yeah, Chechnya is basically an independent state with Kadyrov having unlimited power (and after decades of continuous “clearing out” the opposition had either left the country or was killed, or both). And Kadyrov answers directly to Putin and no one else.
I thought the US had to withdraw all troops after the Iraqi government decided to ask them to leave?
Agree with your assessment.
Nah - but I think that he knew he would not have it as easy with her than with the others as Merkel knew Russia and Russians since early childhood and grew up near a Russian military garnison...
There is much talked about that "relationship" in the recent days. You all know the story with the dog - Merkel was bitten by a dog sometimes early and her fear of dogs is legendary - so her assistant phoned Russia before a meeting and begged that Putin's big dog should be kept away. That meeting Putin did but put up a stuffed dog near her chair... But in later meetings he had the dog with him and tried to frighten her with it... (That probably tells you a lot about Putin...)
This is absolutely bizarre…
…we’re in a simulation aren’t we?
That's the wrong kind of slip of the tongue.
He's not a religious leader bro, don't give him any undue credibility.
She’s been surprisingly outspoken over the course of this war. Her late husband was Putin’s boss in Leningrad’s administration and Putin owed a lot to him, so she’s in a bit of a privileged position, although it still takes some guts to openly criticize what’s going on from the inside.
Plenty of companies use Microsoft for convenience but no one actually depend on them, at worst this decision is a temporary hindrance but not something that can't be worked around pretty quickly.
How do you make Github not available in Russia? I kind of hope that the people using Github know how to work around geo-blocking.
I’d expect that in an unlikely scenario where Kadyrov abandons Putin, his whole region would follow him without a question.
Sadly he kinda occupies this role as well, often commenting on religious practices etc. with the church (not sure if it’s the right word; the religious institution) leaders answering to him directly.
Sorry for offtopic, but I thought his father was one of the religious authorities in the country during wars and assumed that Ramzan inherited that too. I'm not that informed on chechen wars. I just remember the news of shelling Grozny in the 94/95, but afterwards completely forgot about it.
Somewhat absurd to see Putin reject proof of Russia bombing Ukraine cities
AMD and Intel Halt Processor Sales to Russia and Belarus (Updated)
https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/intel-amd-nvidia-tsmc-russia-stop-chip-sales-ukraine-sanction
https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/intel-amd-nvidia-tsmc-russia-stop-chip-sales-ukraine-sanction
Ukrainian MP just said on BBC all the planes promised from various countries have been postponed and that countries are buying more oil and gas from Russia now than before the attack.
Also he said that only 7 of Russias smallest banks have been banned on Swift, the rest are still functioning.
This is the problem with Nato and the other countries in general, 80% all hype and only 20% of actual action.
Money is everything, lives are worthless.
Also he said that only 7 of Russias smallest banks have been banned on Swift, the rest are still functioning.
This is the problem with Nato and the other countries in general, 80% all hype and only 20% of actual action.
Money is everything, lives are worthless.