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How lucky are the Russians to have a president like Putin! His figure grows bigger and bigger every time I read or hear him. Unfortunately, the opposite happens when I listen to the NATO leaders, who are more and more like cockroaches. Eating good bread is not the same as looking at his beautiful photograph (if you know what I mean...). If Muslims are to visit Mecca at least once in their life, everyone should go to Russia at least once in their life and meet the extraordinary Russian people. Long live Russia!

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Thanks, this is very well developed, and as usual President Putin is masterful in marshaling and understanding details and relating everything to the desired goals. He is like an master watch maker understanding all the components and how energy flows through the various gears attaining harmonious balance and smooth output.

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Karl, The programs for Russian citizen investment in Russia’s development were explained in detail on several previous occasions and present an excellent opportunity.

He acknowledged some of the disparities and hopefully he will make this injustice less painful. It was such a skilled and artful delivery, extremely clever, as expected. Like I said, he acknowledged it and let's see if he is sincere. If I was Russian fluent, I'd love to float ideas about how to make that happen. I'd make sure a big dose of dignity to all those people would accompany it, not just unnecessary or wasteful handouts (which is what we do here in babylon)

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Here's where I value the input of my Russian subscribers. I'd like to participate, but I'm blocked by unconstitutional crap.

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thanks karl.. i agree with your conclusion at the very end..

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I would have thought the Russians would have had as a precondition of any negotiation on Ukraine,

the removal of all sanctions.

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How to negotiate with an adversary that's not agreement capable? You make them capitulate. That must occur for Russia to get the security arrangement it and Eurasia desires. The Tucker Carlson interview of Lavrov is very good, very long--80 minutes--and very detailed. I'll translate it, but it's already all over the place in English.

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I must admit that I am overwhelmed by the content of these statements. Not a single leader of a Western country is capable of discussing such topics in such detail and with such competence as the Russian president. As a Westerner, one can only be envious of this representative of a giant country. ... Maybe I'm a little off topic now. Maybe I am. But I am very interested in the following question and I can't find any information on it anywhere. How far are Russia and China in the development of fusion technology. A recent brief report claimed that China was on the verge of a breakthrough. But there is too much fake news these days. Who knows anything about it?

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Prepare to be overwhelmed again with today's event.

On fusion, both are pursuing their own tokamak construction, and I've reported on both projects. They trade output records but still have more work to do. Given Russia's seeming ability to harness plasma and materials science abilities, they might have the advantage.

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Thank you. I will keep an eye out for new information.

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