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| | :This is how naive User:Conservative is: one legislator submits a bill in Congress and User:Conservative thinks it's a policy of the administration. User:Conservative's susceptibility to propaganda is off the charts. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:45, November 14, 2024 (EST) | | :This is how naive User:Conservative is: one legislator submits a bill in Congress and User:Conservative thinks it's a policy of the administration. User:Conservative's susceptibility to propaganda is off the charts. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''The Truth. Just Putin It Out There'']]</sup> 12:45, November 14, 2024 (EST) |
| − | ::MayGodbless, "In a bold move to address Russia's ongoing population decline, authorities are reportedly considering establishing a 'Ministry of Sex.' The proposal, backed by Nina Ostanina, head of the Russian parliament’s Family Protection, Paternity, Maternity, and Childhood Committee, aims to encourage family growth and tackle the nation’s lowest birth rate in 25 years."[https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/russia-considers-ministry-of-sex-to.html]
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| − | ::Is a Ministry of Rural Indoor Toilets next?[https://in.mashable.com/culture/85162/russia-to-establish-ministry-of-sex-as-birth-rate-plummets-couples-will-get-paid-for-dates]
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| − | ::“The lack of urban-style toilets is the main reason why people leave their villages for the cities. First and foremost it's the young people, for whom living in the 21st century means at least enjoying the most basic comforts. Yes, things are improving, but not very fast. ... In some regions of Siberia and the far east the situation is appalling. It is said that as many as a million people leave the region every year. Hence the eternal question: where is our country headed? Will it continue to live without urban-style toilets while repeating the mantra 'We build missiles'? The bottom line is that it's hard to build a stable political system without sewers and warm toilets.” - [https://www.eurotopics.net/en/217691/what-do-outdoor-toilets-tell-us-about-russia You can't run a state without warm toilets]
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| − | ::By the way, check out: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/russias-sewage-system-crisis.html Russia's sewage system crisis]. And watch the video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQEP5IHNkY&t=75s Massive Sewage Geyser Erupts in Moscow, Soaring 180 Feet Above City]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:01, November 14, 2024 (EST)
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| − | == Sooner or later everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences ==
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| − | [https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Russias-War-Economy-Shows-Signs-of-Strain.html Russia's War Economy Shows Signs of Strain], Oilprice.com, November 23, 2024
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| − | "Though the mills of God grind slowly; Yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all." - [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 16:58, November 24, 2024 (EST)
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| − | == Indian YouTube News channel coverage of the failed state of Russia ==
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| − | I don't watch it often, but I like some of the material produced by the Indian YouTube channel CRUX such as this one: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1rPyNxRLiQ How Ukrainians’ Guerilla Warfare Strategy Blindsided Putin’s Mighty Russian Army Amid War].
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| − | Kursk is a region of Russia. "Despite bolstered Russian defenses, Ukrainian troops maintain a foothold in Kursk, leveraging strategic mobility and avoiding direct engagements. Ukrainian forces are employing guerrilla tactic in Kursk Oblast, which enables them to resist the Russians who outnumber them tenfold and maintain control over significant territory, says Ukrainian-Russian war veteran and Reserve Major Oleksii Hetman, according to Kyiv24."[https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/11/25/ukrainian-forces-adopt-guerrilla-tactics-in-kursk-oblast-as-number-of-russian-troops-grows/]
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| − | And there are other signs that Russia has an inability to protect its borders which is a sign that it is a failed state (See: [https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/05/03/russia-has-failed-as-a-state/ Russia has failed as a state], Modern Diplomacy, 2023).
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| − | [https://archive.ph/Jqu2p#selection-637.0-637.99 Almost half of global strategists think Russia could become a failed state within the next 10 years], Fortune magazine, January 23, 2023. See also: [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/will-russia-become-failed-state-is.html Will Russia become a failed state within 10 years? Is Russia currently a failed state? Will Russia eventually become a failed state?].
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| − | Little Ukraine's guerilla warfare tactics remind of this humorous video of a little Japanese girl throwing Vladimir Putin to the ground using a judo throw: [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eiTKI9jclmg Little Japanese girl throwing Vladimir Putin using a judo throw].
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| − | Given the high casualties of the Russians in the war which is [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/russias-demographic-crisis.html making its demographic crisis worse], the [https://decline-of-russia.blogspot.com/2024/11/russias-economy-is-that-of-shrinking.html brain drain Russia suffered] when 900,000+ Russian techs/millionaires/educated people fled Russia, [https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/11/21/russias-economy-is-spoiling-as-putin-struggles-to-balance-guns-and-butter-a86958 its sky-high inflation] and the fact that Russia blew through half its Russian Sovereign Fund, any "victory" Russia has in the war in Ukraine will be a [[pyrrhic victory]]. And in 2025, if the war continues long into 2025, the Russians may blow through their stockpile of Soviet tanks so they would have to build brand new tanks which would be expensive and could cause Russia's sky-high inflation to grow even worse (See: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Vtck34kRs The Limits of Russia's War Machine]). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:17, December 2, 2024 (EST)
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