Vladimir Putin backs foreign policy doctrine to 'protect ideals of Russian World'

Sky News ^ | September 5, 2022 | Sky News Staff Reporter

[Timber Rattler]

Vladimir Putin has approved a 31-page "humanitarian policy" which says Russia should "protect, safeguard and advance the traditions and ideals of the Russian World".

The foreign policy concept of a "Russian World" is a notion that hardliners have used to justify intervening abroad to support Russian speakers, such as in parts of Ukraine.

It means that the idea is now enshrined in official policy, though it was presented as a soft power strategy.

The new policy stated that Moscow should further deepen its ties with the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic - two breakaway entities in eastern Ukraine, where the war continues to rage.

It also said it should strengthen its links more with Abkhazia and Ossetia, two Georgian regions recognised as independent by Moscow after its war against Georgia in 2008.

And the policy stated Russia should increase cooperation with Slavic nations, China and India, and further push its ties to the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

West Slavs are in Poland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, East Slavs are in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, while South Slavs are in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovenia.

[Timber Rattler]

Putin's blue print for rebuilding a "Russian World"...

[cranked]

Is this going to be before or after Ukraine is wrecked beyond repair?

[BobL]

I’m old enough to remember when the US looked out for American interests, rather than starting wars around the world.

[WMarshal]

Biden's plan for a "liberal world"

[Renfrew]

You were around before 1917?

[Timber Rattler]

You were around for the Spanish-American War, Comrade Bob?

[BobL]

No but I was around for Reagan...when US interests drove foreign policy, not Hunter Biden’s income sources.

[WMarshal]

How goes the Uke offensive Snake? Get ready for more unknown casualties. Where are the breathless triumphalist stories about Kherson today?

[Travis McGee]

Sean Davis [Federalist editor]
Retweeted Mollie Hemingway:
> Sept. 5
“Really interesting study about how influential bots are in driving conversations related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. More than 90% of the bots are Pro-Ukrainian, with fewer than 7% pro-Russian. Wonder who’s running and financing the bot activity.”

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1566891232403591169

Link to study:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2208.07038.pdf

[cranked]

Yeah, I saw that mentioned and linked a few times on a few threads yesterday. Opted to not respond or get involved and let people/posters take it as they will.

[Timber Rattler]

It's going quite well, Comrade Marshal.

Ukraine’s Kherson offensive may have already been a success

Map Shows 'Verifiable Progress' in Ukraine Counteroffensive: ISW

"The pace of the counteroffensive will likely change dramatically from day to day as Ukrainian forces work to starve the Russians of necessary supplies, disrupt their command and control, and weaken their morale even as counteroffensive ground assaults continue," an ISW report released with the map said.

So how're the Russians doing?

Putin's troops face wipe out as Ukraine's army makes 'significant' breakthrough in south

Russian Soldiers Riot, Refuse To Fight Over Lack of Supplies—Kyiv

[Timber Rattler]

No but I was around for Reagan...when US interests drove foreign policy, not Hunter Biden’s income sources.

Like Beirut in 1983, Comrade Bob?

No Way to Defend U.S. Beirut Base, Panel Told

The commander of the Marine unit in Beirut hit by a suicide bombing in 1983 that killed 241 U.S. servicemen told congressional investigators in a closed-door session after the tragedy that his base had been “virtually impossible” to defend against a terrorist attack, newly declassified testimony disclosed Wednesday. Col. Timothy J. Geraghty, who commanded the 1,800 Marines in the war-torn Lebanese capital, told the House Armed Services Committee that adequate defenses could not be built around the Marine barracks at the Beirut airport because his troops’ peacekeeping mission was more political and diplomatic than military.

(snip)

Geraghty’s immediate superior, Navy Capt. Morgan France, testified that he, like his Marine subordinate, believed that security at the barracks was adequate in the face of known threats. But he said that although there were hundreds of intelligence reports on potential terrorist threats, no warning had been issued that a truck bomb might be used instead of the less deadly car bombs that are Lebanese terrorists’ usual weapon.

Because the size of the threat was “new and unique,” Geraghty agreed, “trying to provide any kind of protection in that environment is virtually impossible.”

He told committee members that he decided to forbid most of the Marine sentries to carry ammunition in their rifles because of the danger of an accidental shooting amid the heavy civilian traffic at the airport.

For the same reason, he said, anti-tank rockets, which might have prevented the terrorist’s truck from reaching the barracks, were not kept ready at the gates to the compound.

[BobL]

No, sorry, I don’t hate Reagan.

[FreshPrince]

Heres a funny blast from the past...

“Whatcha gonna do three weeks from now when Ukraine surrenders and even mapmakers start calling the place by its rightful name (малороссия) and nonbody even uses the word “ukraine” any more??7 posted on 7/12/2022, 10:18:11 AM by ganeemead “

In my best spongebob square pants:

“8 weeks later......”

[WMarshal]

Get ready to dry your eyes Snake ;)

“While the Ukrainian General Staff (UGS) has been quiet following its August 29 reports on breaking through Russian defenses at several points in the Kherson region, it is now clear that no such break-outs occurred. And this, of course, is clear to NATO observers who frequently follow the action (or lack thereof) in real-time.
Source https://asiatimes.com/2022/09/ukraine-the-situation-september-6-2022/

There is nothing as stupid as a true believer Bidenista.

Do you know what I find interesting? I have called all the leftist and neocons in this forum Bidenistas and they have never once refute it. They never say they don't like Biden, they just ignore the insult and keep on lying. Another indication that they are nothing but Marxist propagandists for the despotic Biden Regime.

[MinorityRepublican]

Putin's not going to have cannon fodder to repopulate his army at this rate. Russia will go down to 120 million by 2050. Possibly to 83 million by 2100.

So Putin is going have to fix the demographics before he can do anything else.

[KOZ.]

Seems like the Russian bullshit machine is up early this morning. You woke them all up LOL

[WMarshal]

Welcome back to FR after nearly 5 years KOZ! Were you stuck in a hole all that time? Just another zombie account run by a clown that just got a government check.

[KOZ.]

You are a fucking moron.

[WMarshal]

You called me a name but yet don't deny that your account was silent since 2017 and that those comments in 2017 all concerned Russia and Ukraine. Here we go with your comments as proof!

• Mike Pence on Russia in Ukraine: 'We're Watching and Very Troubled'

  2/6/2017, 8:41:20 PM · by KOZ. · 35 replies

  ABC News ^ | 2/5/2017 | CONOR FINNEGAN

  In an interview on “This Week,” Vice President Mike Pence responded to new Russian aggression in Ukraine, saying, “We’re watching and very troubled by the increased hostilities.” Asked by ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos if President Donald Trump talked about that concern with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their phone call last weekend, Pence would not say. But he revealed that the two leaders did discuss the crisis in Ukraine, which the White House had not mentioned in its official readout of the call. “Those conversations are going to be ongoing,” the vice president said on “This Week” Sunday....

• UN ambassador Nikki Haley condemns Russian aggression in Ukraine

  2/4/2017, 7:57:26 AM · by KOZ. · 40 replies

  ny post ^ | 2/2/2017 | Daniel Halper

  The new US ambassador to the United Nations used her inaugural statement to the international body to condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine. “I consider it unfortunate that the occasion of my first appearance is one in which I must condemn the aggressive actions of Russia,” Haley said. “It is unfortunate because it is a replay of too many instances over many years in which United States representatives have had to do that.” She singled out Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. The remarks may help silence critics of President Trump who have feared he’s too in sync with Russian President Vladimir Putin....

• Gingrich jabs at Russia over UN Israel vote

  12/26/2016, 5:13:18 PM · by KOZ. · 72 replies

  www.washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 12/24/16

  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich jabbed Russia for its vote Friday in the United Nations Security Council — a move that could reflect badly on President-elect Trump. "So Russia having illegally occupied Crimea and eastern Ukraine votes to condemn Israel for 'occupied lands.' We are supposed to be impressed," the Trump adviser tweeted Saturday morning. In a 14-0 vote on Friday, the U.N. Security Council condemned Israel for settlements in areas of the West Bank and East Jerusalem that Israel occupied during the Six-Day War of 1967. The Security Council is often critiqued for being anti-Israel.

You have been busted Kozzy.