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2024-05-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Minister of Economic Defense. Why did Putin change Shoigu to Belousov?

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Posted by badanov 2024-05-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [97 views ] Top

#1 It's like baseball. If the team doesn't win, you can't fire the team, so you fire the manager.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-05-15 08:44|| 2024-05-15 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 But Dale assures me that the two week Special Operation is proceeding as planned. He talks to people.

Posted by Frank G 2024-05-15 08:53|| 2024-05-15 08:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Massive delegation is being sent to China. Counterparts being introduced. This is huge. Putin's new team with all his major players meet and greet. Belousov, Shoigu indicates long range plans and all the west offers is more sanctions. They attack India with sanctions. Counterparts meet and plan coordination for future interactions that will be quite extensive.

Posted by Dale 2024-05-15 15:57|| 2024-05-15 15:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Blinken is out of his element. Admonishing Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Playing his guitar in Kyiv with power outages like Nero fiddling as Rome burns.

Posted by Dale 2024-05-15 16:08|| 2024-05-15 16:08|| Front Page Top

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