Alex comments

The corruption is so politically poisonous and toxic, the retched stink has reached into every vein of Russian government.

Good thing there is no corruption in western governments and institutions, an example to live by!

The Gulf Kingdoms have done a better job of looking after their respective citizens

Like stoning people and giving no rights to women?

@wtfjapan,

What do you think they use to generate electricity?

then leave the stocks untouched and wait for recovery.

That's the time to buy more!

Why couldn't that money have been spent on the Russian people; on crumbling infrastructure, on COVID, on increasing quality of life?

Same for the US, why wouldn't the government focus on rising problems at home? Average citizens are more concerned with galloping inflation, skyrocketing rent, poor COVID response and the immigration problems.

Problems are piling up, not a good sign. What is this administration planning to do to curb the inflation?

Norway, a country whose total population of 5 million is less than one half of one percent of the host country's, led the medal count, as it often does.

Norway is a winter sports powerhouse, great job!

@The Avenger, they have invaded like 15 times already, based on this so-called intelligence

Norway 37, Deutschland 27, Canada 26, U.S. 25, and China 15 totals medals each.

You missed a country between Norway and Germany

The guy on the main photo must've had to fight a mummy to get that rifle. Why does he have a German flag on his uniform, I wonder..

So I declare a reason for why I believe something, and you offer no evidence for believing Putin.

"Believe something" means you don't clearly understand what the issue is.

Nope. But Ukraine aren't threatening Russia. Russia is threatening Ukraine. So it's pretty easy to see the aggressor here.

It's your right to blindly believe whatever you choose to.

Are you just blindly defending Putin?

Are you just blindly defending the Ukrainian government? Or believing anything they say, for that matter?

Biden has been laying Putin like a fiddle... saying what he anticipates Putin's actions to be...

What an optimistic view on the situation. I'm not sure he actually remembers what he said a day before, let alone predicting anything.

If they do nothing you criticise them for inaction

Inaction over what, a made up accusation? Nah, I'd rather have them focus on domestic matters.

More important question: and evidence provided by this administration is?

in order to server their own interests and keeping the oil and gas prices at record highs

Precisely. All at the expense of the country's reputation.

No. Ukraine was solidly part of the Ottoman Empire until late in the 18th Century

No, only a small part of southern Ukraine was. Don't mislead people.

What to know: The Neo-Nazis training Ukrainian woman, 79, to fight off Putin

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10515451/amp/Babushka-battalion-training-Ukraine-organised-neo-NAZIS.html

"It is obvious that he is more and more alone," independent political analyst Konstantin Kalachev told AFP.

It's obvious only to this Kalachev guy

As far as I'm concerned the US should embargo trade and travel with Russia and make it illegal to use the US Dollar and any aspect of the US banking system to conduct business with Russia

You will then need to buy Russian rubles to pay them for oil, for example. Because the US will still need to buy that. No need to be so bitter, though.

US/UK intelligence agencies have so much mud on their faces now.

Indeed. Russians rubbed it all over their faces, again. Some intelligence..

Mr. Putin is looking for a graceful exit.

He hasn't even made an entrance yet and the western media is already freaking out.

wow, stating the obvious is unpopular today

Posting own views and opinions not supported by facts is never popular, not only today.

All the best to the Ukrainians. The free world has your back.

Diplomatic staff pulled out, embassies closed, flights into the country cancelled.

Someone hasn't read the article, I see

A fresh view on the situation:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/02/11/sally-jenkins-valieva-anti-doping/

Putin owns three yachts

Make it eight, why not? Better yet, let's say he has a yacht in every major port in the world.

£73million superyacht

Only 73 mil? You call that a super yacht? Not very impressive for a guy who supposedly is filthy rich.

4 million Ukrainians starved to death in the 1930s because of Stalin who has never been investigated by the Russians

Apparently it was not only Ukraine that was impacted, southern Russia and Kazakhstan too. Look it up on wiki, pretty well investigated.