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Looks like we now have a full scale cold war. :?



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Experts agreed that the response would be nonlinear, asymmetrical & dirty: from underhanded tactics to undermine US vaccines, to impeding US businessmen operating in Russia, to stopping cooperation in space & interfering in US relations with Iran & China.

Russia Threatens Blackmail & Spy Boost After Biden Calls Putin a ‘Killer’:

“Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
“They crossed the red line.”
“The world will never be the same.”

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It is normal for Russia to piss and moan about things.

The fact that they didn't for the past 4 years is pretty telling.
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Putin says he wishes Biden health. "Be healthy!" he says, smirking at the camera. "I am not joking or being ironic."

Seems like the unironic translation is either "Sucks you're so old and I'll outlive you," or "Nice health you have there. Shame if anything happened to it..."

UPDATE: My father, who is more fluent in this particular flavor of Russian, contends that this more like the Southern "bless his heart."
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Well Putin got Trump elected and caused hundreds of thousands of Americans to die from COVID-19 over what should have happened. I would call him a mas murderer.
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The Russians are obsessed—OBSESSED—with the idea of Biden debating Putin. They argue that the whole world should be involved in electing the U.S. president.
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Fox News has been talking about Putin challenging Biden to a debate for a day -- and they're rooting for Putin
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Fox News has been parroting Russian propaganda for the better part of 2 days now
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I want somebody to ask Biden what he thinks of Putin’s demand they debate, and have Biden reply with, “oh, isn’t that cute. “
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Russian state media keeps airing clips from Fox News, both of them pushing the ridiculous idea of Biden "debating" with Putin. But it makes perfect sense. The Kremlin and the GOP are equally peeved about losing the last election.
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Kremlin-controlled Russian state media keeps demanding that President Biden debate Putin, except now they're describing it as a "duel."

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Slim Cognito wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:36 pm I want somebody to ask Biden what he thinks of Putin’s demand they debate, and have Biden reply with, “oh, isn’t that cute. “
or "Bless his heart."
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Volkonski wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:49 pm

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The Russians are obsessed—OBSESSED—with the idea of Biden debating Putin. They argue that the whole world should be involved in electing the U.S. president.
Huh... when arguably not even the Russians are involved in electing the Russian President.
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tek wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:51 pm
Volkonski wrote: Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:49 pm

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The Russians are obsessed—OBSESSED—with the idea of Biden debating Putin. They argue that the whole world should be involved in electing the U.S. president.
Huh... when arguably not even the Russians are involved in electing the Russian President.
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Biden already debated and whipped a lying, anti-American, POS twice. Why would he want to do it a third time? :shrug:
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Wow. Instead of being visited by a Dr,
@navalny
was visited by a team from RT, led by MARIA BUTINA (yes, the same woman convicted in the US of being a Russian agent). She shouted this was the best prison. Navalny then called her a parasite and a servant of the power of thieves.
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Satellite images show huge Russian military buildup in the Arctic

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/05/euro ... index.html
Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe.

Weapons experts and Western officials have expressed particular concern about one Russian 'super-weapon,' the Poseidon 2M39 torpedo. Development of the torpedo is moving fast with Russian President Vladimir Putin requesting an update on a "key stage" of the tests in February from his defense minister Sergei Shoigu, with further tests planned this year, according to multiple reports in state media.

This unmanned stealth torpedo is powered by a nuclear reactor and intended by Russian designers to sneak past coastal defenses -- like those of the US -- on the sea floor.

The device is intended to deliver a warhead of multiple megatons, according to Russian officials, causing radioactive waves that would render swathes of the target coastline uninhabitable for decades.
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Volkonski wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:11 pm Satellite images show huge Russian military buildup in the Arctic

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/05/euro ... index.html
Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe.

Weapons experts and Western officials have expressed particular concern about one Russian 'super-weapon,' the Poseidon 2M39 torpedo. Development of the torpedo is moving fast with Russian President Vladimir Putin requesting an update on a "key stage" of the tests in February from his defense minister Sergei Shoigu, with further tests planned this year, according to multiple reports in state media.

This unmanned stealth torpedo is powered by a nuclear reactor and intended by Russian designers to sneak past coastal defenses -- like those of the US -- on the sea floor.

The device is intended to deliver a warhead of multiple megatons, according to Russian officials, causing radioactive waves that would render swathes of the target coastline uninhabitable for decades.
I’m sure Sarah Palin is on this one.
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Russia calls U.S. an adversary, warns its warships to avoid Crimea

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Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and two U.S. warships are due to arrive in the Black Sea this week amid an escalation in fighting in eastern Ukraine, where government forces have battled Russian-backed separatists in a conflict Kyiv says has killed 14,000 people.

“The United States is our adversary and does everything it can to undermine Russia’s position on the world stage,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was cited as saying by Russian news agencies.

“We do not see any other elements in their approach. Those are our conclusions,” the agencies quoted him as saying.

The comment suggests that the veneer of diplomatic niceties that the former Cold War enemies have generally sought to observe in recent decades is wearing thin.
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"Secretary Blinken affirmed the United States’ unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s ongoing aggression. The Secretary expressed concern about Russia’s deliberate actions to escalate tensions with Ukraine..."
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Margarita Simonyan argued that once Russia minimizes its vulnerabilities and renders Putin’s opposition powerless—which she argued could happen in a matter of months—the Kremlin will finally be ready to annex Ukraine’s eastern region.

Top Kremlin Mouthpiece Warns of ‘Inevitable’ War With U.S. Over Another Ukraine Land Grab.

Head of RT predicts an all-out cyberwar, with forced disruption of internet access, power blackouts, and an all-out offensive on U.S. infrastructure.

https://thedailybeast.com/top-kremlin-m ... -land-grab
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It's so nice to have a leader whose loyalty is NOT to Putin. I wonder why Putin didn't take these actions while Trump was in office. Did he think Trump would be re-elected?
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Russian propagandists on state TV are EXTREMELY rattled by this phone call.
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Blinken affirms 'unwavering support' for Ukraine in meeting with foreign minister: State Department

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... ce=twitter
Secretary of State Antony Blinken affirmed the United States’ “unwavering support” for Ukraine’s territorial integrity as it faces aggression from Russia in a meeting on Tuesday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

“The secretary expressed concern about Russia’s deliberate actions to escalate tensions with Ukraine, including through its aggressive rhetoric and disinformation, increasing ceasefire violations, and movement of troops in occupied Crimea and near Ukraine’s borders,” the State Department said in a statement.

Blinken is visiting Brussels this week for NATO talks.
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