Not only that, but he was political opponent of Putin, basically one of the very few that are not in jail / killed. Being chess player is the last reason he is getting airtime now.
Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
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The BBC says:
"Ukrainian military are reporting that a company that produces and repairs Russian tanks has suspended work at its plant in the central Russian region of Chelyabinsk due to a shortage of imported parts.
In a statement posted to Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that manufacturer Uralvagonzavod has had to pause production at the facility "due to the lack of receipts of foreign-made components".
Ukrainian military information and consultancy company Defense Express reports that Uralvagonzavod provides the only plant that carries out the assembly of tanks.
It goes on to report that the manufacturer routinely uses Western components.
There are no reports referring to the Uralvagonzavod facility in Russian media and the BBC has not been able to confirm the information in the Ukrainian statement."
"Ukrainian military are reporting that a company that produces and repairs Russian tanks has suspended work at its plant in the central Russian region of Chelyabinsk due to a shortage of imported parts.
In a statement posted to Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that manufacturer Uralvagonzavod has had to pause production at the facility "due to the lack of receipts of foreign-made components".
Ukrainian military information and consultancy company Defense Express reports that Uralvagonzavod provides the only plant that carries out the assembly of tanks.
It goes on to report that the manufacturer routinely uses Western components.
There are no reports referring to the Uralvagonzavod facility in Russian media and the BBC has not been able to confirm the information in the Ukrainian statement."
The BBC reports that the "UK's Ministry of Defence says Russian forces appear to be "stalled in place", with Ukraine "continuing to repulse" attempts to occupy the besieged southern city of Mariupol"
I wouldn't trust the source blindly without any additional evidence — Ukrainians are getting very good at the information war, pushing out the feel-good sentiments that are not always factually correct to inspire their own & to demotivate Russian forces. Not that this scenario is completely unbelievable (this whole war was and yet it's here), but I would be wary of such claims when they're not backed up by anything factual.
That's highly unlikely, otherwise there wouldn't be any internal repressions against high-placed FSB officers that were responsible for keeping tabs on Ukraine (and those repressions are already happening). And even if we imagine that he doesn't know that the operation is going badly, how would they explain that they haven't conquered any major city, let alone Kyiv, in almost a month?
It's a bit of a disservice to think of Kasparov as just a chess player, to say the least. He has been a political activist for 30+ years campaigning against oppression in Russia. He is one of, if not Putin's most vocal critic and has been for a long time, which means risking his life and putting his family in danger.
He's a brave man and although I might disagree with his wish for NATO to intervene and put an end to this, he's pretty much been right all along.
To be fair, and not to reduce the resilience of the men who had to hold on in Bastogne surrounded for days, but they did have a significant strategic advantage on a theater level and could therefore reasonably expect to be relieved eventually. Not sure it is the case right now for the Ukranians in Mariupol, although I wish it were.
Who's letting Putin win, and how? Some people seem to have a real boner for getting NATO involved in this war.
Apparently “De-Nazifying” Ukraine means killing Holocaust survivors.
Navalny gets another 9 years. Bastards.
Russia Navalny: Putin critic jailed for nine more years trial branded 'sham'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60832310
Russia Navalny: Putin critic jailed for nine more years trial branded 'sham'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60832310
The real Russian encirclement...
The length of the term is pretty relative given that Putin can release him whenever he wants to modulate public opinion. He released the likes of Pussy Riot and Khodorkovsky early back in 2013/14. Not that we're dealing with "that" Putin anymore at this point, so it may require a change in government for an early Navalny release.
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I said I find it tedious that chess players try to extrapolate chess strategies and tactics into the real world. I know Kasparov is more than just a chess player. Yet, he is often pictured in front of a chess board while commenting on Russia, and he is always referred to as former "grandmaster" or "world chess champion", as if that adds weight to his opinion.
"'The threat from Russia is tactical and the threat from China is strategic,' according to Kasparov." Blah blah blah
Edit: It's not as if Rio starts drawing football parallels when he comments on Russia. "Putin is trying to score with a quick throw-in, but Ukraine's defenders won't be caught offside." Blah.
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Plus chess is 2D. Global geo-politics is 3D if not 4D game
A damn fec-D game, with almost no rules
More poker than chess.
Apparently someone posted the photo of the tanks at the mall on social media like 3 weeks ago, at the start of the war. The tanks weren't there anymore when the mall was bombed.
This according to a Ukrainian MP on France24.
Yeah, they should get Russian Poker champion, Alex Kravchenko, to comment on what Putin is thinking.
To be fair…
Poker, Bayesian game theory, and geopolitical decision making are linked.
One of the bizarre outcomes in all of this will be the decimation of the Russian military (WMDs excepted of course).
I dont think Putya has yet realised how fecked they are even if they pull out right now. With the defence industry crippled due to sanctions since they rely on foreign components, it would take them decade to rebuild to the state they were pre war. And that is if China are willing to source the inferior analogues of said components.
Yes. I think he's still trying to get his head around the reality that irrespective of what happens in Ukraine, the sanctions will remain in place until he's gone. There is no plausible scenario anywhere in this where he could come out a winner.
Unfortunately the tweet is missing a negative, but the picture on humanitarian aid getting into large parts of Ukraine is grim at this point. Starting to wonder how I and others can really help. Aid donations being made in the UK feel somewhat pointless, and even money isn’t necessarily unlocking the obstacles in the way.
I don't think they can actually sufficiently service their nukes over the long stretch without money/external components. Their maintenance is very expensive and has to be very consistent or they become useless.
My friends family had been pulled out of Kyiv area recently, it was a complete nightmare logistically and took them 4 days with basically no supplies to get through Ukraine.
Russia has been moving natives from Ukraine and replacing them with Russians for hundreds of years, in order to get political control. They seem to become Ukranian and end up hating Russia anyway, because of Russian expansionist policy.
F%ck yeah! Go sanctions!!!
That is scandalous! We will just lock up anyone that speaks against Putin. That is called a dictatorship
It has been for two decades now, I’m not sure why people find that surprising.
That's what I find the only surprising part, makes you wonder what idea most people had about Russia before this kicked off.
It has, but it appears to be in transition from authoritarian to totalitarian at the moment. Its less Russia and more North Korea these days.
Good video... Humanises the war.
Bereaved relatives in Russia 'ordered to stay silent'
Ever since the start of the Russian invasion, information on Russian casualties has been scarce.
While the Ukrainian government now claims over 15,000 Russian servicemen have been killed, the Russian authorities admitted to just under 500 deaths on 2 March.
BBC Russian has conducted a detailed investigation, confirming the names and ranks of 557 Russian soldiers and officers killed in Ukraine by sifting through social media and local announcements as well as speaking to the relatives.
The investigation found that 15 of Russia’s 85 regions had not published any information about local servicemen killed in Ukraine.
But in one such area - the Kemerovo region in Siberia – BBC Russian (with the help of local residents who asked not to be identified) established identities and burial places of seven soldiers and officers.
A few hours after the BBC investigation was published, the Kemerovo authorities announced that 13 servicemen had been buried in the region since the start of the war.
But there is evidence of growing pressure on local journalists - some earlier reports about soldiers killed in action have been deleted.
One Siberian journalist told the BBC: "At the level of the regional government, all local media outlets were instructed not to publish any data on losses in Ukraine. There are cases when local officials put pressure on the relatives of the victims, ordering them to stay silent.
"They say: 'There is no need to make a fuss now, we will find a way to commemorate your boys later.'"
Going full on North Korea! Such a shame. All the work of the last 30 years to globalise, completely undone in a couple of months.
Ever since the start of the Russian invasion, information on Russian casualties has been scarce.
While the Ukrainian government now claims over 15,000 Russian servicemen have been killed, the Russian authorities admitted to just under 500 deaths on 2 March.
BBC Russian has conducted a detailed investigation, confirming the names and ranks of 557 Russian soldiers and officers killed in Ukraine by sifting through social media and local announcements as well as speaking to the relatives.
The investigation found that 15 of Russia’s 85 regions had not published any information about local servicemen killed in Ukraine.
But in one such area - the Kemerovo region in Siberia – BBC Russian (with the help of local residents who asked not to be identified) established identities and burial places of seven soldiers and officers.
A few hours after the BBC investigation was published, the Kemerovo authorities announced that 13 servicemen had been buried in the region since the start of the war.
But there is evidence of growing pressure on local journalists - some earlier reports about soldiers killed in action have been deleted.
One Siberian journalist told the BBC: "At the level of the regional government, all local media outlets were instructed not to publish any data on losses in Ukraine. There are cases when local officials put pressure on the relatives of the victims, ordering them to stay silent.
"They say: 'There is no need to make a fuss now, we will find a way to commemorate your boys later.'"
Going full on North Korea! Such a shame. All the work of the last 30 years to globalise, completely undone in a couple of months.