Actually, if you follow this logic, Russia belongs to Ukraine

Ummmm, Russia was kicked out of G8 because it invaded Ukraine and illegally annexed Crimea. It was Russia’s choice not to be in G8

Are we now all in agreement that this war was never about NATO, or any legitimate Russian security concerns but from the very get go, a colonialist expansionist invasion based on the idea Russia “owns” Ukraine?

Happy two year anniversary of the Prigozhin mutiny to those celebrating

This is amazing but what makes it even more impressive is that in 1991, Poland’s GDP per capita was significantly less than that of Russia (not quite half but thereabouts). Today it’s $10k larger than that of Russia. Good governance matters.

The Ottoman empire was a multiethnic nation. The dynasty itself was obviously rooted in the western Turkic Oghuz tribes but over centuries, it likely became as much Anatolian, Balkan and Eastern European (through marriages) as it was Turkic x.com/Rainmaker1973/…

IMF projecting Kazakhstan has overtaken Russia in GDP per capita. It’s not unprecedented or a blip either.

Lavrov thinks he is being extra clever by trolling everyone with his USSR shirt; well, the joke is on him for stanning a country that barely survived 70 years and literally collapsed under its own corruption and incompetence

The Russian presidential limo is styled after a Soviet limo from the 50s, has a German engine, Chinese hybrid powertrain parts and is partially assembled in Abu Dhabi. Everything you need to know about Russia’s industrial prowess.

Man, it’s almost like the earth is like a globe or something

I mean we all know what happened to that Polish government plane

There may be a handful of Tajiks (or other labor migrants) that may have signed up voluntarily but the vast majority are migrants detained in the brutal and ever-increasing police raids and forced to choose between prison or joining the Russian army

And to the geniuses in the back, to be absolutely clear, Russians, whether ethnic Russians or Russian-speaking Ukrainians (as the Kremlin seemingly defines the term), never were under any threat in Ukraine. The only threat they are facing come from Putin, Lavrov and their cabal

Do you guys ever think about how an entire cohort of world dominating superpower companies (including the very first joint-stock company) were created just to be able trade the spices that you can buy for no money at any Central Asian bazaar

Navoiy is one of the greatest sons of Afghanistan. Not only was he a genius and a prolific writer and poet but also he did for the Chagatai language, which was spoken in Crimea, the Volga region, Central Asia and East China, what Shakespeare did for English. Shameful to no end