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US Foreign Policy 3.0: We're The Mets of International Diplomacy

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Another one.

Alexander Subbotin is at least the seventh Russian oligarch to die under strange circumstances this year.

Subbotin, the billionaire former top manager of Russian oil producer Lukoil, was found dead on Sunday in a shaman's home in Mytishchi, a city just northeast of Moscow, Russian news agency TASS reported.
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From the link:

He was found dead in the basement of the home of a shaman in Mytishchi, a city just northeast of the capital city Moscow, on Sunday after suffering an apparent heart attack, Russian media outlet TASS reported. A criminal case into his death has been opened.

The billionaire allegedly went to the shaman's home "in a state of severe alcoholic and drug intoxication the day before" his death, a source told TASS. His body was discovered in a room of the basement reportedly used for "Jamaican voodoo rituals."

Local news outlets reported that Subbotin went to the shaman in search of a hangover cure, which allegedly involved toad poison.
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Holy balls, this is airing on Russia's equivalent of Fox (I know; joke is obvious).

For the last 2 months these guys have been screaming it's only a matter of days until the UA collapses.

Ivan might be waking up.
 
EL-OH-EL at Olga Skabeyeva tried her damndest to get him to crack.

I still cant believe this is Putin's version of every blonde on FOX News.

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I'll be in my bunk.

Per ISW, Putin continues to make friends:

Russian military bloggers continued to post analysis that is skeptical of Russian efforts and increasingly in-line with Western assessments of Russian military failures in Ukraine. One such blogger, Igor Strelkov, claimed that the Russian offensive to take Donbas has ultimately failed and that “not a single large settlement “has been liberated.[1] Strelkov even noted that the capture of Rubizhne is relatively insignificant because it happened before the new offensive in Donbas had begun. Strelkov stated that Russian forces are unlikely to liberate Donbas by the summer and that Ukrainian troops will hold their positions around Donetsk City. Strelkov notably claimed that Russian failures thus far have not surprised him because the intent of Russian command has been so evident throughout the operation that Ukrainian troops are aware of exactly how to best respond and warns that Russian troops are fighting to the point of exhaustion under “rules proposed by the enemy.” The continued disenchantment of pro-Russian milbloggers with the Russian war effort may fuel dissatisfaction in Russia itself, especially if Moscow continues to press recruitment and conscription efforts that send poorly-trained cannon-fodder to the front lines.

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Frictions between Russian occupation administrations and pro-Russian collaborators is growing in occupied areas of Ukraine. The Zaporizhia Oblast Military Administration reported that Russian forces are having serious conflicts with collaborators due to interpersonal power conflicts.[4] A well-known collaborator in Zaporizhia accused the Russian-installed governor of the area of stealing his 10,000 ruble compensation. Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryshchenko additionally claimed that relatives of those mobilized into the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) are holding a mass protest against mobilization in Donetsk City. While ISW cannot independently verify these claims, such discontent amongst occupation elements suggests a general lack of planning by Russian authorities in occupied areas, now compounded by increasingly evident Russian losses.
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Note: 10,000 rubles is $155.
 
From ISW:

Unknown Russian perpetrators conducted a series of Molotov cocktail attacks on Russian military commissariats throughout the country in May, likely in protest of covert mobilization. Russian media and local Telegram channels reported deliberate acts of arson against military commissariats in three Moscow Oblast settlements—Omsk, Volgograd, Ryazan Oblast, and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District—between May 4 and May 18.[5] Ukrainian General Staff Main Operations Deputy Chief Oleksiy Gromov said that there were at least 12 cases of deliberate arson against military commissariats in total and five last week.[6] Russian officials caught two 16-year-olds in the act in one Moscow Oblast settlement, which suggests that Russian citizens are likely responsible for the attacks on military commissariats.
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I'll admit I was wrong at the start of the Ukraine war. I was initially on board with some form of conceding the disputed territory at the far east of Ukraine.

But I quickly realized that no, I wouldn't want my bully neighbor moving the fence along my property line closer to my house just because he wants a bigger backyard. That my backyard dammit, not his. I'd be just as upset if said neighbor was encroaching on another neighbor instead of me. And no, I wouldn't be friendly with said neighbor if he was moving fences.

This editorial is lazy and dangerous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/o...r-support.html
 
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I'll admit I was wrong at the start of the Ukraine war. I was initially on board with some form of conceding the disputed territory at the far east of Ukraine.

But I quickly realized that no, I wouldn't want my bully neighbor moving the fence along my property line closer to my house just because he wants a bigger backyard. That my backyard dammit, not his. I'd be just as upset if said neighbor was encroaching on another neighbor instead of me. And no, I wouldn't be friendly with said neighbor if he was moving fences.

This editorial is lazy and dangerous.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/o...r-support.html
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Although.....if Mexico wanted Texas and Oklahoma back at this point, I'd be willing to make a deal!
 
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