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I believe you when you say you're from the UK beacuse you have no idea how the EU works

I believe you when you say you're from the UK beacuse you have no idea how the EU works

I believe you when you say you're from the UK beacuse you have no idea how the EU works

All the power to you for doing what you thought was right but it doesn't change the fact that some people profited from it very handsomely

I wouldn't fight for my country if it was a  military dictatorship for example and at war with a democratic country.  In fact, I'd more likely fight against my country in order to return it to a democracy.

Easy if you are property developer with the right contacts and lobby power in Washington

Interview with Caesar, the commander of the Freedom of Russia Legion.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/08/anti-putin-forces-plan-fresh-attacks-inside-russia
interesting version on the P affair, which sounds quite plausible to me:
"He said the Wagner mercenary leader had originally intended to capture and remove Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and commander in chief, Valery Gerasimov, last month, when he began an armed uprising.
The FSB learned of Prigozhin’s intention and moved the pair from Rostov-on-Don, Russia’s southern district military command. After taking over the southern city without meeting resistance, Prigozhin “improvised” and sent an armoured column towards Moscow, Caesar said.
Caesar speculated that Prigozhin had so far escaped punishment after turning his armoured column back because he held kompromat or compromising material on Putin. “I don’t respect Prigozhin. He and Putin have the same values. Prigozhin is more charismatic and appeals to ultra-patriots who want to fight to the end. They think harsher methods will bring them victory. It’s not realistic.”
Another interesting point about the state of the army:
Sitting in a Kyiv cafe, he predicted the Putin regime would collapse by the end of 2024. It was now “cracking and unstable”. He said there was unhappiness within the Russian military, driven by the fact that many “conscienceless” soldiers from the provinces who joined up because they were broke had not been paid. “There’s a huge problem with money,” he said.
And finally, the very definition of a bully:
Caesar was predictably scathing about Putin, whom he described as a small and cowardly “criminal boy”, who tried to terrorise his adversaries into submission, but retreated whenever he was confronted by force.

If that's the case could not Ukraine hire them to fight against the Russians? Plenty of historical examples of that

The simple explanation for what happened yesterday is that Putin paid up.  Wagner is a mercenary group after all.

remember the maxim: don't interrupt the enemy when it's making a mistake

remember the maxim: don't interrupt the enemy when it's making a mistake