Collapsing is a proud Russian tradition. And now the US gets to do it with them!

As soon as it became clear how much russia botched the invasion initially, I've thought of vovka as Tsar Nicolas III

It's especially impressive that he mananged to do that with his hands tied behind his back. Some people are just determined I guess.

Cause of death: ricin poisoning

Wouldn't it be great if all the empires collapsed and everybody just like, learned their lesson?

I'm sorry, I think they have a lead. You (?) can come up from behind and get ahead afterwards, though, like in the space race!

Seriously. Russia was supposed to collapse in 2023. Then in 2024. Then in 2025. Putin was sick and he was about to die. Endless supply of hopium. At this point I consider it all fake news until proven otherwise. Also there was the recent Money & Macro economic analysis that contradicts a lot of the hopium theories. And there's the whole contradiction between impending economic collapse and lauching war on NATO countries. The two are mutually exclusive.

Yep. History curves to justice my ass.

We didn't start the fire, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it. And fucking failed the open book test each time.

Yeah, with Putin's approval at 80% it's hard to see a civil war happening any time soon.

Love Vlad Vexler, he nailed almost everything since the war started. Russia is actually not that complex, it's just a very big gang really.

Sometimes I reminisce how real the internet was before the propaganda machines took over :(

poligonal ursae in shambles

And stay away from tea too. And silenced handguns aimed at the back of the head. Just so many accidental ways people are dying nowadays

Russian technology is so advance that high rise balconies exist everywhere, including basements and submarines.

Defenestrated

Every once in a while a story like this gets published and it occupies the news cycle for a little bit. They always end up being nothing.

A few years ago Putin was reportedly on his death bed. Prior to that he had aggressive Parkinson's and would resign in 6 months.

I suspect this is just a smoke screen for something else.

Indeed. If this happened it seems unwise - even if it was part of an essay suggesting doubling down on Putinist "family values". I don't recognise the source, though, and not much else comes up that I trust more on a search.

Edit: I found this. Maybe it's time to get my Russian practice in. The title does indeed read as described, at least.

Update, it was a journal article/paper, I don't have access, and I didn't find a copy anywhere.

Yes. But trump isn't sending thousands of soldiers every week to die in the meat grinder... yet.

It won't be great news after the civil war ends up being between fascist and fascister.

I really wish there was a setting to hide images automatically.

Yeeaaaahhh, no, that won't stop unless indeed a civil war breaks out in Russia.

it was, and remains, a real consequential threat of Putin's course of action. but these things are rarely quick, until they begin.