But we'll have to wait and see if NATzO can effectively sanction the global south.
Some of the idiots in the west that are not as dumb as pig shit have realised that pushing Russia closer to China was a strategic mistake and the US taking on Russia or taking on China would be tough but taking on both of them together would be a losing proposition.
They understand that was a mistake and I suspect they will not actually do anything to India because pushing India to Russia and China will assure the failure of the west.
Remember it was not just about trying to damage Russia and damage China to stem their growth and development... it was also cutting ties with them from the west as part of the punishment that was going to damage them.
The west really can't afford to damage its ties with India too much because India is buying Russian energy and selling it to the west... if they can't buy Russian energy from India then they are screwed because I doubt anyone else could do what China and India are doing unless they buy from India and China and that means even more expensive Russian energy for the west...
If the west is stupid enough to screw India for not playing ball that would be the same gift the west gave Russia.... they can learn to man up and stop relying on the west to help them and lead them and go their own way and when they do they will find how much the west was screwing them every way they could and doing it on their own they make more money and can make better decisions that suit them better about how to move forward.
Wonder what took them so long to catch him tho
I suspect the giveaway was when he said the defensive layers are in place and all that metal has been used to make them impenetrable... and then the Russians walked through there... literally like it wasn't there... hahaha... that is when they start asking questions about what exactly was supposed to stop them.
I am sure his excuse will be... why waste money on such defences when Zelensky said we would be in Crimea by now... because of our great offensive...
Corruption always involves more than one person. The first rule of corruption is to protect the racket. My guess is that he has long been suspected but finding the evidence took time
You can't do it on your own... the right people need to be paid off and the people who check and give receipts need to be paid out too... but how do you check that things have been done without going there and looking? And even then how can you tell how much metal or concrete has been used.
Look at the dragons baby teeth... lets make a million dragons teeth... OK... make them half size and safe money on concrete... anyone asks... just say they are a new design that can be positioned by two soldiers instead of requiring a crane for being put into position.
Of course ignoring the fact that they are supposed to be big and heavy so tanks and APCs can't move them too.
Maybe you live in the west and aren't aware of how real investigations work but compiling evidence of corruption
Corruption is so well spread in the west it is rather easier to get someone in on the game into a position where they can limit the investigation so that only problem people can be eliminated from the game. Or limit its ability to question some people because it is a state secret and can't be released to the public for national security reasons.
I remember reading a book in the 1980s by a western expert on missiles and he talked about a British design... that ended up being cancelled. They all had to sign the official secrets act... not because any actual secrets were at risk of being revealed. But because they were afraid the public might find out how much money was being wasted. He said they had half a dozen tests where the missile got off the launcher and just detonated like a bomb. All the onboard telemetry equipment was destroyed along with the entirety of these multimillion pound missiles. After losing half a dozen and still having no idea what the problem was they cancelled the programme and swore everyone to secrecy because of the cost.
Corruption in America is institutionalized.
Yes, terms like lobbying, and of course the tradition of military men in the Pentagon ending up with consultancy jobs at the companies bidding for contracts... imagine you are at the pentagon and your job is to decide who to give a multibillion dollar contract to and your former boss gives you a call and asks to meet for lunch... his shout. Takes you to the most expensive place in the city and lets you order anything you want and he says... I work for Boeing as a consultant... I get all expenses paid I earn 3 million a year and my job is to use my knowledge of how the Pentagon works and the people who are there to get contracts for Boeing. I trained you and got you the job you have now. If you play ball and give me hints or tips on upcoming programmes and how to win them when I retire in five or ten years time you can retire from the military and have my job. If you don't cooperate I will have you blackballed as someone who does not play ball and your career is over in this town... you might work in Alaska or Iraq. The pay from the military wont be amazing and for the private companies getting the inside scoop on a project worth billions is well worth the cost of such jobs.
India is a major liability for Russia. It will single handedly destroy Russia's relation with China.
I don't think so... I think the west is going to keep bullying India to be on their side with so many limitations and restrictions on what they can or can't do... it would be like being married to the "ex wife"... all the nagging and rules but no sex... so why would you?
Eventually India is going to realise what Russia realised... the west needs Russia and China and India way more than Russia or China or India need the west... in fac they don't need the west at all... Russia has worked that out I think and China has too... but India and the west still haven't worked it out yet...
When they do I suspect the west will change its tune but that is not certain.
The Valdai Club and Sergey Karaganov's Council on Foreign and Defense Policy think tank are important organizations. Valdai club has now bracketed India with Pakistan as a "rising power" ( Page 25 link below) but China is a superpower according to them. No need for Russia to engage with India.
India has enormous potential and deserves being saved from the west like the rest of the world does.
The west wont believe it yet or for some time but the West needs to be saved from the west too...
India has, on occasion sucked up to America/Europe at the expense of Russia.
India can't expect Russia to be it's bitch.
The fact of the matter is that Russia has sucked up to the west and europe occasionally too... but now I don't think they will.
I think Russia is not going to make any moves to befriend the west and the west will have to make that move and be sincere... and I don't think Russia will put much trust in them for quite some time... and neither they should to be honest. The west have been total bastards.
The fact is, Russia has kept India free and independent in the World. No one else has the strength and inclination to do that. Nobody.
That is true too, but sometimes friend forget the favours you do for them in the past and are just interested in what you can do for them now and in the future.
Russia trades and works with China but it is not China's bitch.
And also vice versa.... China trades with Russia but is not Russias bitch. There is mutual respect with no attempts at control or manipulation like the US and west do.
India's economy is rather closed to Russia.
The one sided oil trade is leading to Russia getting a lot of surplus Indian money... if they want to invest it in production in India for products Russia needs then this will help to balance the trade and of course as relations and trade improves then Indian companies can also start exploring export and import options with Russia.
Even those hindu soldiers fighting against Ukros are a useless lot. Many surrendered, many got killed. Better they get killed than surrender, else they'll divulge all Russian strategies to NATO.
You sound like Zelensky... wanting to use Indians as cannon fodder? BTW cannon fodder rarely is privy to strategies and military secrets...
Many seem to have been told they will be fine and operating safe in Russian territory only to get to Russia and find they are in support units that western special forces and drones attack...
The lure of easy money... exploited by some everywhere.
Things change
and Russia needs to keep options open instead of puckering its anus with supremacist BS.
X2... there is more money to be made in a poor under developed country building it up and growing and developing it than stealing its assets and keeping it poor.
Russia can make more money working with poor countries and helping the grow and develop and work out their own independent path than the leaving them to the wolves (the west) to tear to bits. India is a better ally if it grows and develops and there is money to be made growing and developing... if you don't believe me then ask yourself why the thousands of western companies who wont leave Russia remain behind... for many of those western companies they are earning their best money in Russia and would rather face western sanctions than leave voluntarily... and it is not charity to help Russia or Russians... it is because there is good legal money to be made... Russia can have that in India and other countries too.
I am just saying that peoples hopes towards India is rather unnecessary. I am saying Russia should concentrate on trying to get their goods (military and non) to nations that require rebuilding and building up - Iran, Algeria, Niger, Sudan, etc. While these nations are also poor and or not as "civilized" as Tolstoy says, at least there is opportunity for Russian industries and cooperation that can benefit Russian economy much more than India can at current political state.
Russia can't bully any country to be their friend when the west tells them it is us or them.
Regarding civilised... I would say it is the rich bankrupt west that is the least civilised block on the planet...
Russia is friends with India and the current Indian leader understands that, but down the track some CIA plant might get into power like they managed in Argentina and take them down a different road. That is fine... there is no rush and no hurry but delaying is not good for the Argentinian people and would not be good for the people of India, but Russia cannot order a horse to drink after leading it to water... and it doesn't want that sort of relationship anyway. India is a country with a rich history and it is not the place of Russia to tell them who they can or cannot play with.
Ironically it is the west saying if you want to play with us you have to stop playing with the countries we don't approve of today... this list is subject to change of course.
What Russia must do is somehow giving "better offer" than those in West or somehow get the BRICS to work as China and India despite being in same organization, they're almost literal sworn enemies.
Sworn enemies... like the UK and France or the UK and the US or we add Germany in there and Japan and lots of other country combinations that have been fighting for centuries...
If the people at the top had something to lose by making China or Russia an enemy you would be surprised how quickly this would all be sorted out as a bit misunderstanding...
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A destroyed M1A1SA Abrams tank near the village Berdychi.