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Richard V's avatar

Excellent and fascinating rundown. Thank you.

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james's avatar

karl! your notes at the end are very good.. thanks for sharing your thoughts on these questions and remarks putin has responded to... i agree putin seemed more fatigued and that would have contributed to a thinner skin on questions over the smo when he was expecting more questions on china-russia dynamics.. but as you note, it is not possible for him to give their hand away either as the west will examine all he has said here...

i believe lavrov is a better person at addressing many of these topics as well, but it is clear to see both putin and lavrov are on the same page... i liked how he laid the problems with regard to ukraine-russia at the doorstep of the coup de etat in 2014.. that is so true, and yet it is completely ignored by the west.. as far as they and their msm is concerned, it all started with russias invasion of ukraine feb 2022...

of course lying and manipulating people into ignoring the larger framework and history here is a specialty of the west for obvious purposes.. and of course the west is happy to fight ukraine down to the last ukrainian too... i wish it will all stop... the additional deception of having a group get together in switzerland to help sort out a way of negotiation without russia makes as much sense as everything else the west is behind at this point.. and the west is indeed 'behind', although they remain oblivious to it!

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