two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
You have got the huge money laundering by people and corporations we're not allowed to know the name of that is the London expensive property market. That surely takes us up a few places in the rankings.
Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Interesting article which provides an anecdotal insight into Ukrainian civic society in the midst of the war . Recalls how useful the Mass Observation stuff was decades ago .
responsiblestatecraft.org
Lieven inside Ukraine: some real breaks, and insights - Responsible Statecraft
Our intrepid colleague on Russian missiles, message management, and public opinion on the eve of an expected counter-offensive.
responsiblestatecraft.org
teqniq
DisMembered
I'll just leave this here:
A mafia expert has named 'the most corrupt country in the world'
'It’s not the bureaucracy, it’s not the police, it’s not the politics but what is corrupt is the financial capital'
www.independent.co.uk
It’s appallingly easy to set up a plc holding company in the UK, with some random sap named as the director, and there’s no ability to look through that corporate structure. So if you do want to create a big corrupt network of corporate activity, the UK is definitely one of the best places to do it.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
And that's from 2016 - must be much more money involved now. I read some international report saying there's so much that the London property market is measurably overvalued because of it. LLPs isn't it - Limited Liability Partnerships - Private Eye used to bang on about them a lot because owners don't have to declare themselves.I'll just leave this here:
A mafia expert has named 'the most corrupt country in the world'
'It’s not the bureaucracy, it’s not the police, it’s not the politics but what is corrupt is the financial capital'
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Perhaps you could start a thread. If only there were a forum on here for UK, politics, current affairs and news…
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Yes fair enough, goes for me too. Finished now anyway but I think it's tangentially relevant for a comparison if we're talking about corruption in Ukraine and Russia. As you say, though ...
teqniq
DisMembered
My intention was not to derail the thread but rather to point out that you appear to be somewhat misinformed. There are already a couple of threads in UK Politics, Establishment networking and sleaze and Russian oligarchs, but someone could easily start another.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
You are right. I was misinformed. It is now obvious to all that the UK is the most corrupt country in the world bar none. I bow to you superior knowledge and surgical levels of economic, historic and political analysis.
Any chance we could go back to discussing the war in Ukrain now?
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
The banker to the mob has to be seen to be honest so we could be worse we just tacitly profit from crime rather than doing anything big - we have a reputation for asking no questions and telling no lies
teqniq
DisMembered
This is interesting. It's not just microelectronics the Russia is short of. Ball bearings and optics but mainly the former.
www.forbes.com
What’s Perfectly Round, Made Of Metal, And Keeping Russia From Replacing the 2,000 Tanks It’s Lost In Ukraine?
Given a choice between building fewer tanks or freezing rail transport across Russia, Moscow did the smart thing—and chose the former.
www.forbes.com
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Filing issue?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
There was talk of ball bearing shortages quite early on - presumably a solution has not been found.This is interesting. It's not just microelectronics the Russia is short of. Ball bearings and optics but mainly the former.
What’s Perfectly Round, Made Of Metal, And Keeping Russia From Replacing the 2,000 Tanks It’s Lost In Ukraine?
Given a choice between building fewer tanks or freezing rail transport across Russia, Moscow did the smart thing—and chose the former.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Richard Desmond managed to achieve that one quite well with his little housing development. Plus a few foreign billionaires managed to expedite their immigration paperwork in New Labour days. It’s not something the little people can do so well though.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I found this, by Volodymyr Ishchenko, to be a very useful discussion point Behind Russia’s War Is Thirty Years of Post-Soviet Class Conflict
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Allegedly from the Discord leaks
On Feb. 22, two days before the anniversary, the CIA circulated a new classified report: The HUR “had agreed, at Washington’s request, to postpone strikes” on Moscow.
On Feb. 22, two days before the anniversary, the CIA circulated a new classified report: The HUR “had agreed, at Washington’s request, to postpone strikes” on Moscow.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
from that link
because the russians have been so pacific in their actions until now
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Fairly significant loss for Russia today:
www.cnbc.com
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion defamation settlement
Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the network said.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Going to RT?Fairly significant loss for Russia today:
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion defamation settlement
Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the network said.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Did I hear a rumour he's intending to run for Pres?
The turncoat.
The turncoat.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
Tucker? No idea but would be time for the pop corn if he did run against trump
(sorry wrong thread for this)
Yossarian
⏭️
Lavrov laments Carlson's firing, blames the US government
www.mediaite.com
Russian Foreign Minister Insinuates Tucker Carlson Was Fired on Orders From the U.S. Government
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov implied that Tucker Carlson's firing by Fox News was done at the behest of the U.S. government.
www.mediaite.com
dylanredefined
Not a house elf a tiger
Genuinely worked how? As far as I recall we were still all fearing nuclear apocalypse till the wall came down.As a coincidence, another Member of Spies For Peace has recently revealed himself
Spies For Peace
Sixty years after breaking into a government bunker to expose secret state planning for nuclear conflict, Nic Ralph speaks for the first time about an extraordinary piece of direct action that genuinely worked.www.historyworkshop.org.uk
Yossarian
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'Russians don't care if you're Russian, Italian or Ukrainian, they just shoot'
Ukraine war: Sniper kills fixer and wounds Italian reporter in Ukraine
Bogdan Bitik is killed and Corrado Zunino hit by suspected Russian fire in the Kherson region.
www.bbc.com
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
'Russians don't care if you're Russian, Italian or Ukrainian, they just shoot'
Ukraine war: Sniper kills fixer and wounds Italian reporter in Ukraine
Bogdan Bitik is killed and Corrado Zunino hit by suspected Russian fire in the Kherson region.www.bbc.com
Isn't that generally what soldiers do to people on the other side of the line if they get into range?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
If you've read dispatches by Michael Herr you'll know it's not really the safest place for a journo, wars. And as we've seen in Iraq more recently the Americans target journalists, sure you remember them taking out a place they knew al-jazeera journalists were. It's a lot of faith to put in lettering on a flak jacket that it'll give snipers pause to think. Especially when they're from an army which hasn't entirely been known for its' careful avoidance of civilian casualties
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
He said after a post which didn't in fact contrast an incident to other incidents
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Should we expect the Russians to behave better than NATO did when they bombed the Yugoslav TV centre?
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