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This substack started in July. I scanned the thumbnail of the substacks some of which I had missed at the time.

I don't know how anybody reading these could not know that Russia is going to win in Ukraine, Russia is a major power in the world rapidly improving both internally and with the world and the longer that the West continues to deny that a new world order has been born, the West's behavior continues to accelerate the change. They didn't learn from the sanctions nor the battlefield.

Your substack has become an important resource. Thank you.

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Thanks Don!!

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Though it may not be a literal translation of the agenda, it struck me that the first item listed was "the dangers of nuclear war". I think this might highlight where attention lies just now? Or could be co-incidence.

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As I recall previous meetings, this topic has always been present since it's always been possible.

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"Those who read Martyanov’s blog will recognize some of the names above and recall his usual denunciations of them as 'useless academics.''"

I recognize Sergey Karaganov, at least. Martyanov had good reason for his criticism.

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there're more and yes, I've also taken some of them down a notch. None of course has any real military background, which is where Martyanov's gripes focus. I don't comment there much anymore because his content's become stale.

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I agree about Martyanov, but then, he has to post something to keep the blog going and when you've pretty much nailed the problem down, there's not too many more ways you can say it. His best posts are when he's discussing new Russian military technology which, sadly, are fairly rare.

He has a video up today at the PolitWera Youtube channel where he, Larry Johnson, and his war correspondent friend Marat Khairullin discuss the situation in Russian and English, with Andrei doing the translation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vcuIfUqEnI&t=1210s

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