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Yes, Russia is gaining territory. As I have shown in past posts, the daily amount is miniscule in terms of Ukraine's area. Yes, Russia has a bigger pool from which to recruit soldiers. Gas sales to the West IIRC are down a lot. I won't check the number just now. However, Gazprom's 2024...

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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/russia-moves-to-curb-soaring-potato-prices-amid-scarcity/ar-AA1C8g67?ocid=BingNewsSerp Russian commentator Konstantin - I think he is an economist - thinks the potato harvest reduced due to the end of import of quality seed potatoes from their normal source...

Russia conducts extremely risky attacks with infantry in which large numbers are killed. Remember the attacks by Wagner a couple of years ago now in which many, many thousands died taking a town in Donbass? Remember this winter when Russian daily casualties were reported to have reached 2000+...

Turkish industry attends the 2025 LAAD Brazilian defence trade show in force... https://turdef.com/article/brazil-opens-laad-2025-with-turkish-presence-in-defence

Russia was pushing hard to gain territory before Trump gained power, with increased daily losses (reported as 1,500+ a day). As you say, a lot of Russian forces must have been falling on territory later controlled by Russia.

A politicised judiciary is a serious problem. Bye bye to objective judgement according to the law! Unless the judiciary is independent, it is fatally flawed IMO.

When a democratic country elects a head of state who does not observe the constitution, how do you force him out of power without having to wait for the people to vote him out at the next election?

You can be elected, govern badly and lose popularity. You can be unlucky with factors beyond your control creating problems (2008 WFC, covid pandemic, natural disaster hits your country). Those things cost popularity. Inflation in Turkey? IIRC Erdogan wanted low interest rates. Inflation...

I am not quite sure who 'We' are but if you refer to Muslims intent on destroying all society that is not Muslim and imposing Islam on the world, a lot of people decry that. I have not counted how many they have killed in my country but it is quite a few. What was the crime of the victims...

So what does Erdogan do to suppress it being reported - stop access to internet feeds from outside Turkiye? Make it illegal to listen to the BBC World Service? PS https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250329-turkey-opposition-calls-mass-rally-in-istanbul Right now I'm listening to a BBC...

If Turkiye needs a fighter until KAAN arrives, that would be why it is a little bit interested/interested/so interested in Eurofighter. The EU may need Turkiye more than Turkiye needs the EU as far as military and security goes. What has that got to do with how locking up your opponents, locking...

Interesting to read but evidence to support your allegation is absent. Sorry, giving the methods you used to reach conclusions is not the same as presenting the evidence on which you reached conclusions. You say 'Trump won in low-population counties but lost in a handful of high population...

It was Turkiye that wanted a more advanced fighter than F-16. F-35 became unavailable. The 2 western fighters with a minimum of US content were Eurofighter and Rafale. Rafale was not worth suggesting. Eurofighter was available fairly quickly, so I suggested it when problems with supply of F-16...

I have lived in Britain for most of my life. I have seen dozens of anti-Israel demonstrations. I have not seen any pro-Israel demonstrations. You mention earlier that the 2020 election was fixed. If you are referring to the US presidential elections, not one allegation was upheld when heard in...

Gazprom is the largest employer in Russia with nearly half a million employees. Its financial results show a dramatic turnaround. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/gazprom-swings-net-loss-129-billion-under-russian-standards-2024-ifx-reports-2025-03-17/ I don't think that the Russian...

I think that democracy gives you the right to express your discontent with the incumbent government. If that government bans public expression of discontent and attempts to enforce that anti-democratic behaviour, it is creating problems. Should demonstrators beat police? No. Should police beat...

No, I don't think that Ukraine can fight forever. I don't think that Russia can fight forever either. I think that Ukraine should conduct a fighting retreat with a view to conserving manpower. Ukraine lost about 4,000sq km in 2024. Even if that rose to 20,000 sq km in 2025, it would take Russia...

Unfortunately for Ukraine, the European countries have been slow to ramp up weapons production. About Russian territorial gains, some context is needed. Ukraine holds about 480,000 sq km of its territory. If Russia gained 48 sq km of territory a day it would take it 10,000 days to occupy all...

Is the purchase price that important? Over 6000 hours of use, how much does $5 million more or $5 million less in the purchase price matter? Not being political here, but in my opinion the US and Turkish leaders both display autocratic, anti-democratic behaviour. Does this similarity improve...