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Natalya Volkova's avatar

A special envoy Kellogg appointed by Trump will come to Russia and talk about ending the conflict.

There are almost 50 statements given to media by this general. Some about NATO membership, long range attacks on our territory, stealing Russian assets to fund more weapons. Very boring to put all here, and so here are some of the best.

I hope everyone will laugh a lot like I did.

«The United States and its allies would pledge to only fully lift sanctions against Russia and normalize relations after it signs a peace agreement acceptable to Ukraine»

«The United States would continue to arm Ukraine and strengthen its defenses to ensure Russia will make no further advances and will not attack again after a cease-fire or peace agreement»

Finally, my favorite of all his delusional nonsense.

«You have to give more arms to them [Ukrainians] because you can't trust the Russians»

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Martyanov has dissed Kellogg to the moon and Georga Galloway has called Kellogg a Cereal Killer (Kellogg is a cereal brand here known for its corn flakes). He's clearly no diplomat and probably didn't merit the rank he obtained. Since whatever proposal Trump has devised will be made at the upcoming Munich Security Conference, I came across this article by RBC, RosBiznesConsulting, whose history as cited by Wikipedia is rather hard to decipher. Anyway, I found its report about the upcoming Conference to be quite interesting and will publish the translation, https://www.rbc.ru/politics/10/02/2025/67aa127d9a79472ad4c90f82?ysclid=m6zhe8k8ah113190153

Given what's transpired over the first 3 weeks of Trump 2.0, Kellogg's an obvious choice if you want nothing to happen and the was to continue.

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dornoch altbinhax's avatar

It was easy to see the association with a breakfast cereal and his flakey mouthings, heck, I called him that from hearing his name and "rank". It's clear that these credentialed morons are in office because there's no diplomacy, and a completely incompetent formulation of "strategy". And why? I've concluded that the real power is elsewhere and these people are no more than stage actors.

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Natalya Volkova's avatar

Thank you very much. I did read that article and I think it is useful, as you imply, to see the direction of the agenda. I commented under it with a short history of RBC owners.

It is not difficult to be wrong about Kellogg, breakfast cereal is tasty, this general not much. Another embarrassment, American exceptionalist, and this is the failure. Without the necessary qualifications and the correct intelligence there can be only failure. He has neither and is doomed to fail, although his media will invent some type of victory.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

The USAID fiasco has revealed just how much “independent” media was funded by the Empire. Even US-based publications were funded so the Narrative could be fed to our public, something suspected for years but unproven until now. I’m sure the next major poll asking about trust in media will show a further decline.

Supposedly, two calls have occurred between Putin and Trump but no official readout published, the evidence being the US position has changed to match some of Russia’s prerequisites, like Ukraine elections. One report says Putin told Trump Russia will go all the way to Poland. It was stated in a video I saw at Martyanov’s but isn’t there now.

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Natalya Volkova's avatar

Trump never tells the truth, if this is an illness I cannot say, but pathological liars do not always use fantasy, immature people do. Well what does it mean, and why should we care? The theater continues with different actors. The world is clearly a zionist project. Ukraine, Palestine, mass immigration and everything else has brought us to this point. Traveling back to the seventh century is the only way to truly know who, what and why.

Phone calls? There was probably many in trumps imagination, but not one in reality. Again, he is a liar and we have nothing to gain negotiating with him or them. The battlefield and actions there say enough.

I would like to see the video. I cannot say what the plan is, Poland, nobody can know. But demilitarization, and they will not, Trump will not. Anything without demilitarization is a defeat for us. President Putin will be replaced, naturally. He struggles with the general staff, liberals do, but to win without their unconditional surrender means Kyiv must be captured. To get there Ukraine will lose seven more regions and Odessa.

A larger conflict is a real possibility now trump is president. I will not write about Palestine, I should, but you already know.

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Lavrov during his presser today said some very strong remarks about the West in relation to sanctions, while not directly mentioning Vance's hubristic utterings at the AI Conference. MoA has a good article about it today.

As for the SMO, I agree with your assessment but also add that denazification is just as important as that goes beyond Ukraine. NATO's Baltic Sea gambit will fail if it's attempted and will further involve NATO in the war.

IMO, Trump's hubristic bluster has entrapped him foreign policy-wise, while what's being exposed domestically causes distractions. As for Putin, he needs to let his generals run the SMO and concentrate on Russian development and its inflation.

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Natalya Volkova's avatar

https://kpravda.ru/2025/02/11/v-kurskoj-oblasti-ustanovyat-byust-stalina/?ysclid=m72e65u81564743845

I wanted to share this with you. But I did not know where. Of course liberals do not like such things and howl, although I cannot see how we can celebrate the 80 year anniversary of our victory over fascism and keep silent about the Supreme Commander who led us to that victory. It is inevitable he will return and everywhere, only I wish that it already happened.

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Natalya Volkova's avatar

I agree with everything. Now the call is confirmed there will be a lot of excitement. Demilitarization, denazification and Ukrainian neutrality updated to its own constitution. It is not impossible, but I am not confident of a peaceful settlement. There is a lot more fighting to do, in fact I very much can see a NATO member being annihilated by us before we complete the tasks.

The general staff will, this is undeniable, and yes the Supreme Commander must allow them when it is necessary. Mr Hegseth has clearly indicated that America will not now or ever enter a conflict with us. Look through his unsurprising arrogance and the only wise words came from the youngest and least experienced.

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Acco Hengst's avatar

Just amazing. A nation full of normal people.

Jealous.

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Don Midwest's avatar

Since there has been over 14 million views of this since 2020, it may be old news to readers here.

These are the only known tapes of Hitler speaking in normal voice. There are maybe thousands of hours of him speaking loudly and often mesmerizing the audience. Now that Trump is back in the White House there are times when his speech is almost normal.

Hitler was astonished, thought it was impossible, that Russia produced so many thousands of tanks And the German army was not prepared for winter war. US/NATO also underestimated Russia by preparing Ukraine to enter Donbas with a massive army in 2022. You probably heard about Ukraine's increased shelling of Donbas in 2022 and Russia's Responsibility to Protect response.

"The Only Secret Recording of Hitler's Normal Voice | The Hitler-Mannerheim Recording

House of History"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE6mnPmztoQ&t=222s

Note there are closed captions from the video and optional. I turned the off optional CC when the historian was speaking.

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Ronald Portier's avatar

Alexander Kollontai must be Aleksandra Kollontai, one of the most famous socialist feminists, participant in the Russian Revolution and later indeed an important diplomat for the Soviet Union. Here a list of some of her writings: https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Thanks for that correction. Her bio at the MFA is quite extensive and begins thusly, https://mid.ru/ru/about/professional_holiday/history/1713680/

Legends were made about her during her lifetime, myths were created sometimes at the everyday level. The theory of free love, which she preached, was especially often mentioned. Being an outstanding politician, she remained just a woman all her life at the same time. Loving and suffering, happy and unhappy at the same time. Alexandra Mikhailovna Kollontai.

A diplomat by the grace of God, she sometimes achieved what men at an exorbitant price and often unsuccessfully tried to achieve on the battlefields. She was an excellent conversationalist, easily, on an equal footing, entered into a professional dialogue with the most brilliant intellectuals of her time.

She shattered the popular opinion that a beautiful woman cannot be smart, and a smart woman cannot be beautiful. She miraculously combined natural grace, aristocratic manners and erudition.

At the end of her life, Kollontai asked herself the question in her diary: "What do I hate the most?" and immediately answered it: "1) hypocrisy and rudeness, 2) cruelty and all kinds of injustice, 3) humiliation of human dignity."

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Garry Gerskwotiz's avatar

In Russia diplomats do diplomacy, in Amerika diplomats do bullying

as day number 1 I'll stop the war continues to linger on and on and the

ME again on the verge of exploding into all out war.

I'm finding that in todays world those pundits are becoming more and

more meaningless in what they share. IOW's the pundits are like "I know

nothing" Sgt Schultz from Hogans Heroes

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Karl Sanchez's avatar

Yeah, I made some comments on the Palestine thread at MoA.

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jo6pac's avatar

"in Amerika diplomats do bullying as day number 1"

Nailed it my friend.

Thanks Kof1

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Don Firineach's avatar

"We remain open to dialogue. We stand for a truly just, comprehensive and final settlement of the crisis, which can only be achieved by eradicating its root causes. The two main reasons are the expansion of NATO and the violation of the rights of ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine. Without their elimination, we will get a temporary truce or a freeze of the conflict with its inevitable renewal. This is unacceptable for Russia."

Let's see what Munich Conf. [which RF has not been invited to] comes up with.

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