Trump vs CNN. Zaluzhny skips NATO meeting. Poland renames Kaliningrad. Klitschko shows Kinzhal. U/1

Beautiful choice of venue as ever, Alex. Such a shame we couldn’t meet up when I was in Cyprus last year. Congratulations on the birth of your child, too. God bless.

The level of stupidity of the west is without parallel, I can see them buying just about anything. They’ve come to the point where they are buying their own BS. Mind you, the level of integrity of the Russians is also unparalleled.

I get the impression that the US is overrating the importance of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. China and Russia are only around a decade behind in semiconductor technology (there was mention that the minimum size of the circuits is 14 nm). I’m still using my laptop from 10 years ago with no issues. It’s not like I was using the Commadore 64 back then. The chips required for their military tech, by the way, are not cutting edge as the older chips with the larger circuits are more reliable.

Trump killed Suleimani, an innocent man. Trump was and will be again, if elected, the neocon whore.

Look, Alex, look!! There’s a balloon. Quick, look at the balloon.

Prigozhin: Using convicted criminals in Wagner does three things. It provides soldiers, it reduces the expenses of uselessly keeping criminals in prison and as the criminals die in the war, it reduces the inevitable recidivism of those criminals and future public expense to keep them in prison for future offenses. There are Russian criminal gangs who have many members in prison. I suspect Pergozhin is connected with criminal gangs ( he is an ex-con) and can recruit from prisons with the aid of gangland leadership, hence his utility.