Recent content by contricusc

What Pashinyan managed to do is amazing, from a political perspective. To be able to normalize relations so fast with a country after it defeated you in conflict, instead of choosing a stupid revanchist mindset, is something very few would have thought possible. Armenia has two options going...

Ukraine needs to sue Russia at the Hague for crimes against humanity, and demand reparations for the crimes commited in the first year of war, equal to the frozen Russian assets. If the court orders Russia to pay, Belgium should be complied to abide by the court order. And Russia would still be...

Europe’s military problem is not solved by only pouring more money into conventional forces. European countries need to make nuclear weapons, and ICBMs. Unless they do that, the only European countries that matter will remain France, and to a lesser degree the UK (which is dependent on US tech...

Through ”reparations” paid by Russia, from the frozen money. This translates into the money never being given back to Russia, and being considered reparations for war. It’s like an accounting trick. Ukraine borrows money guaranteeing it with the frozen Russian assets, which in turn are used to...

The Netherlands have been one of the greatest supporters in terms of money. Their help is huge considering their size.

While Trump is a businessman and sees everything through a transactional point of view, he has a weak spot for Putin. He is simply too soft whenever he speaks to Putin. I do’t believe in conspiracy theories that Putin has something on Trump, but I do believe that Trump is a very frustrated beta...

All economic figures released by Russia are fake. Lying it’s ingrained in their culture.

At this point, after all the military buildup, Trump must remove Maduro from power or he will lose face. If Maduro was smart enough, he would accept the offer and leave, but he is not very smart, so he would probably end like Gaddafi or Saddam.

Ukraine is finally starting to impose sanctions on Russia’s shadow tanker fleet: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37479357/russian-tankers-sink-drones-hit-crew-evacuated/

Can you name the 6-8 cities they are about to sweep in the next six months? I ask this because in order to justify some progress, Russia’s supporters are claiming every small town to be a city. So far, the only meaningful cities controlled by Ukraine in the Donetsk region are safe (Kramatorsk...

While the question was not directed at me, I would like to add that I share your opinion about Russia’s economy, and I think Trump’s current attempt at ending the war is a desperate attempt to save Russia from total economic collapse. Trump is trying to save Putin from bankruptcy, in the same...

You see, you did the math and it’s not something that can’t be done. And if the annual average salary would be lower, let’s say $36,000 USD per year (considering that not all service members will be frontline troops or drone operators), the cost would be around $22 billion, which is less than 20...

That would be a possibility. Ukraine doesn’t have the money to properly pay its soldiers, but Europe has. Since Ukrainians are defending the whole continent, Europe should pay the fighters a proper wage that would encourage voluntary enrollment. It’s pathetic that the righteous Europeans, who...

Yes, Ukraine’s budget is already stretched to the limit, but with the few resources they have, they must prioritize paying those who risk their lives to defend the country. And they could also punish the political thieves who stole millions from the war effort to enrich themsleves, by executing...

Yes, this is true. Ukraine is in a very difficult situation. Those being forced to fight have no freedom anyway, so there is nothing for them to lose. The other Ukrainians will indeed lose more freedoms, but those being forced to fight are already at a minimum.