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Ukraine War Day #395: Prigozhin On Wagnerite Recidivism Rates

Posted on March 25, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Enough time has passed that some sociological analysis can be done on criminal recidivism rates among the Wagner forces. Although, to be sure, it is probably not a scientific study when the Wagner chief Evgeny Prigozhin does it … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #394: Salting The Earth Of Donbass

Posted on March 24, 2023 by yalensis

“And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.” (Judges 9:45) Dear Readers: Thus doth Biblical mythology record the story … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #393: Ukrainian Role In Khatyn

Posted on March 23, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: On March 22, 1943, exactly 80 years ago from yesterday, the German Nazis committed the infamous Khatyn massacre in Belorussia. The Nazi Schutzmannschaft (Police) Battalion 118 destroyed most of the population of the village of Khatyn, as a … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #392: End Discrimination Against Russian Athletes!

Posted on March 22, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Even before this war started, in fact going back even years and decades, the Western world has launched a racist crusade against Russian athletes. Branding them as cheaters and dopers, and eventually managing to exclude them from international … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #391: Russia Re-Discovers Africa

Posted on March 21, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Yesterday (March 20), fresh from his Crimean trip, President Putin met with a bunch of African leaders in Moscow. I love this photo: I am too ignorant to know who any of these people are (except for Putin), … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #390: Crimea Shows The Way (continued)

Posted on March 20, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Today continuing (and concluding) my review of this piece by reporter Yury Zainashev. We left off in the middle of an interesting interview with Sergei Tsekov, a veteran parliamentarian who represents Crimean interests in the upper ranks of … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #389: Crimea Shows The Way

Posted on March 19, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers Yesterday (March 18) was the 9th Anniversary of the Reunification of Crimea with Russia. To celebrate the occasion, President Putin made a surprise visit to the peninsula. As the RT piece describes it, Putin’s focus was on inspecting … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #388: Russian Mavericks Rewarded

Posted on March 18, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: We all remember a few days back, that thrilling dogfight over the Black Sea, involving an American Reaper Drone MQ-9 versus a Russian Sukhoi-27 jet. The jet won. We recall that the Americans were really p*ssed off, and … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #387: Ukrainian Military Oblomovism?

Posted on March 17, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Today I have this piece by reporter Vera Basilaya. Which is a response to this article in the American magazine Politico. The gist is that the Americans, as embodied by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, are getting really impatient … Continue reading →

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Ukraine War Day #386: True Crime + Ice Dancing

Posted on March 16, 2023 by yalensis

Dear Readers: Today I have this rather odd story from Gazeta.ru, the reporter is Stefan Braun, who covers the Figure Skating beat. Readers who are not familiar with this particular subculture may be surprised to learn that, when it comes … Continue reading →

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