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The cold war had been over for decades, and NATO was not particularly a threat to Russia. There are good indicators of this absence of threat from NATO, prior to the invasion of Ukraine; - the decrease of military budgets across Europe (I.e. measured as a % of GDP), since the collapse of the Soviet Union, - the decrease of U.S. military presence in Europe, - the fact that nuclear weapons have remained where they were during the cold war, and have not followed the extension of NATO 'borders'. No nukes have been moved to countries such as Poland or Romania.

And appointments to the EC must be approved by the Senate! 😉

Another lame attempt at blaming Biden for something which has been caused by the Covid crisis and is not specific to the U.S. Too bad you included 2020 under Trump's mandate in the comparison! Quote from the article: "According to research from Americans for TaxFairness and the Institute for Policy Studies, between 18 March 2020 and 19 February 2021, the combined wealth of US billionaires increased by $1.3trn, a 44.6% increase in the space of just 48 weeks. The concentration of wealth is staggering. There are now 661 billionaires in the US, with a total wealth of $4.26trn as of 19 February 2021, up from $2.9trn on 18 March 2020, nearly a year earlier." https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/covid-19-has-made-the-super-rich-richer-its-time-for-a-billionaire-wealth-tax/ BTW, who gave them tax cuts allowing them to become even richer, and still wants to give them even more tax cuts? This is not specific to the U.S., the same phenomenon occured in the whole world "The total wealth of billionaires worldwide rose by $5tn to $13tn in 12 months, the most dramatic surge ever registered on the annual billionaire list compiled by Forbes magazine." https://www.ft.com/content/747a76dd-f018-4d0d-a9f3-4069bf2f5a93 Not only did the rich increase their wealth during the pandemic, but they also have been able to buy assets for cheap, assets which value naturally increased post-pandemic.

Thank you, Vlad.

In nice from China to come to help Belarus, facing an imminent invasion by NATO. (Sacasm alert, as it looks so much like some real post we've seen on AN)

It seems that Modi is raking down out of every pot. India is also part of a U.S. led military alliance targeting China, and the U.S and the EU are its two main export markets.

Step 1: Send messages supporting Trump or denigrating his opponents via bot farms Step 2: Send messages claiming It's just a "Russian hoax" Step 3: Rinse and repeat 4 years later 😃

There are only 9 members of the Communist Party seating in the new Parliament. 😆

They know he's a liar. They don't care when he lies to others. Actually, they even don't care when he lies to them! 😅

In particular as, thanks to Putin's incompetence, Russia's GDP didn't grow at all between 2012 and 2022, and its population also decreased by 1m pop. during the Covid pandemic. More resources were acutely needed, including human resources. It was also a good way to distract attention from real problems before the election. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/RUS/russia/gdp-gross-domestic-product

They forgot to mention ladyboy shows. It's included i nearly every Chinese tour. When I show a picture of a lady Thai dancer dressed with the traditional costume to Chinese people, they usually say: ladyboy? 😀

It's nice from Russia to destroy so much Ukrainian assets, in order to allow U.S. companies to rebuild Ukraine. 😀

And Russia's declaration of independence before that has been the main cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

And your numbers probably don't include UK, which is also part of nato.

It doesn't make any sense. Why wait for Ukraine? NATO has already several borders with Russia, or very close to Russia. If distance is so important, why not start by putting them closer, in Poland and Romania? And, as I wrote before, they already have nuclear subs near Russia and they don't really need to put nukes at Russia's border.

In which textbook or report is it written that the effect of an economic crisis stops that early?

If they want that, why haven't they done it yet? And is the location so important? Actually, they already are (I guess It's the same for UK and France), thanks to nuclear subs, which are much more dangerous as their location is not known.

Which party has been denied to rule. Where have you seen that before?

At which date do you consider the effect of the Covid crisis stopped. On which economic analysis is it based?

More B.S. Russian propaganda from you! The U.S. did not put any nukes near the Russian border. Nukes are in the same places as during the cold war. https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/nuclear-weapons-europe-mapping-us-and-russian-deployments

Sure! It's not Putin who is morally bankrupt, but the U.S.! 🤣

Is it better to let China dominate the EV market, et let U.S. manufacturers stuck with an old technology? To the point that, one day, Chinese manufacturers will have reached such a level of economies of scale that it will be impossible to compete against them?

I don't think he was believing the electorate would turn to him. It was more about limiting damage.

The Communist party has 9 seats in the new house.

Narcissism likely played a role in this decision. However, it is also based on the assessment that it would have been worse to wait more. He may be right or wrong about it. The current government is also a minority government and could have been censored as soon as next fall.