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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 14 FEBRUARY 2022 by Patrick Armstrong

Short and early because I will be taking a break in Victoria BC for a month UKRAINE. I see no reason to change what I wrote in 2014: “Why Russia Hasn’t and Won’t Invade Ukraine” except to add that Ukraine … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 3 FEBRUARY 2022 by Patrick Armstrong

MY LATEST WRITINGS. THE WEST LEAVES MUMMY’S BASEMENT THE ANSWERS. Here they are. Not good enough; not serious; no grasp of reality. NATO says it’s not to blame for anything and Washington’s willing to talk but only about a few … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 20 JANUARY 2022 by Patrick Armstrong

ULTIMATUM. The EU is not in the picture – too weak and the US won’t fight for it; NATO ditto. Do Berlin and Paris start to see reality? London has invited Shoygu but is shipping PAWs to Ukraine. Russia keeps … Continue reading

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RUSSIA, UKRAINE ET AL: WHAT NEXT? by Patrick Armstrong

To Moscow, Ukraine is not the problem, Washington is. Or, as Putin might put it: Tabaqui does what Shere Khan tells him to and there is no point in dealing with him, go straight to Shere Khan. That is what … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 6 JANUARY 2022 by Patrick Armstrong

MY LATEST WRITINGS. SOMETHING HOPEFUL FOR THE NEW YEAR – SORT OF KAZAKHSTAN. Major trouble. Started, they say, with the doubling of the price of LPG but now clearly another “colour revolution”, complete with a “leader” who is out of … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 23 DECEMBER 2021 by Patrick Armstrong

Happy Christmas, so to speak, as it were, sort of. Let’s hope. ULTIMATUM. Moscow has had enough. “Do they really think we do not see these threats [угроз]? Or do they think that we will just stand idly watching threats … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 9 DECEMBER 2021 by Patrick Armstrong

RED LINES. Eng. Rus. Putin lays them down: “we will insist on the elaboration of concrete agreements that would rule out any further eastward expansion of NATO and the deployment of weapons systems posing a threat to us in close … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 25 NOVEMBER 2021 by Patrick Armstrong

UKRAINE. Lots of bogus hysteria about how Russia is about to invade Ukraine – for example. Here’s my view – Russia Inc has no desire to pay for “Country 404” – the US/EU/NATO broke it, they own it. But, eventually, … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 11 NOVEMBER 2021 by Patrick Armstrong

REMEMBRANCE DAY. I remind Russians that, while D-Day was not the decisive battle of the war, it was not hastily thrown together when it was clear that Germany was defeated either. STEELE DOSSIER. It’s good to be able to tell … Continue reading

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 28 OCTOBER 2021 by Patrick Armstrong

PUTIN VALDAI SPEECH. Eng, Rus. I would say that the principal theme – but read it yourself, it’s an important speech (I’m almost tempted to say valedictory) – is that the West is going down. Russia, thanks to its historical … Continue reading

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