Lurch is probably here only for a holiday.

5 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

Nice one Thailand ....you sure pick your friends. One great democracy greets another.

Anything for an odd Baht. Just keep those Russkies coming and to heck with your butchery in Ukraine. 

Thailand generally does what is good for thailand and stays out of stuff that is not their business.

Should the USA and their allies have been banned during their attacks during the 17 year war in Afghanistan. Or Iraq?

Or is that "different"?

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

He is probably scouting out a place for Putin's excile, for when the long knives come out at Kremlin.

Lavrov's bridge building skills probably aren't great, so nothing for him to do in Crimea.

Thailand would never offer asylum to Putin.

4 minutes ago, Goat said:

Thailand generally does what is good for thailand and stays out of stuff that is not their business.

Should the USA and their allies have been banned during their attacks during the 17 year war in Afghanistan. Or Iraq?

Or is that "different"?

Every war is different.

i'm not going to defend U.S. foreign policy in those places (which I was against anyway).

A completely different topic. 

Just an attempt to shut down this topic. 

1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

He is probably scouting out a place for Putin's excile, for when the long knives come out at Kremlin.

Lavrov's bridge building skills probably aren't great, so nothing for him to do in Crimea.

Speaking of the Crimea bridge. Breaking news. There were explosions.

Crimea Bridge: Emergency incident reported on bridge linking peninsula with Russia | CNN

17 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Thailand would never offer asylum to Putin.

Some funny guy gave me a laugh so I guess I need to explain.

Thailand acts in self interest. 

To give asylum to war criminal Putin would mean sanctions from all of the west  as severe as the current sanctions on Russia. 

Does anyone really think Thailand would be that suicidal? 

Of course they wouldn't.

Arrest him for warcrimes, then trade him for Evan Gershkovich. Thailand would make a good gesture towards the civilised Western world ...

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Well he blends perfectly into the Thai politicians who are disgusting corrupt liars like him.

 

Supposedly Thailand was neutral , but inviting now this scumbag is nothing else than a big OK for what’s going on in Ukraine. 

4 minutes ago, SpanishExpat said:

Well he blends perfectly into the Thai politicians who are disgusting corrupt liars like him.

 

Supposedly Thailand was neutral , but inviting now this scumbag is nothing else than a big OK for what’s going on in Ukraine. 

I get what you're saying but I'm not so sure. Western officials can come too. He's supposedly (believe it or not) coming because of the large Russian colony in Phuket. Thailand should be careful though -- look what Russia thinks it's OK to do in foreign places with lots of Russians. Obviously they don't want to even come close to risking getting secondary sanctions. 

33 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Thailand would never offer asylum to Putin.

you think not? i think for enough money they would 

1 minute ago, ChipButty said:

you think not? i think for enough money they would 

That's just silly. No amount of money would compensate than being cut off from western trade. Thailand is not on any kind of list, short or long, for Putin's escape plan. 

5 hours ago, DjSilver said:

I really want to see Thailand with the same global ban as Russia

Which "global ban" is that, then?

Opening full scale consulate, not honorary section. While flying from Jakarta. Makes perfect sense. Also to meet with group of Russian diaspora / community to discuss forms of support and cooperation with MFA.

What's so sinister about routine visit?

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

“Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are."

Other than China, no other country in world wants anything to do with Russia, dose Thailand has an ulterior motive to red carpet a representative of a country who bombs and kills dozen of people on a daily bases and actually want to take their country from them?

 

Myanmar's Tamadaw are one I can think off the top of my head.

The COWARDS out to shake anyone's hand again. " Let's see which side is winning maybe we join " ????????????

They come. They go 

Thailand has no shame. It's all about money with the Thais, nothing else matters to them. They would invite the devil if they could make money off of him.

Probably a reconnaissance mission so as to plan another campaign to invade Phuket and claim it is actually Russian territory as the majority population of Phuket are it seems transient Russians, the rest of the static mob are it seems indeed a majority of Russians... 

All Russian draft dodgers should probably avoid balconies.

 

6 hours ago, Bim Smith said:

Wow you really have been red pilled mopping up that western propaganda like a sponge. 

yeah amazing how many peeps are absolutely clueless about whats going on..propagandised AF ..black and white world view russia bad ukraine good..just idiotic and ignorant

19 minutes ago, NativeBob said:

Opening full scale consulate, not honorary section. While flying from Jakarta. Makes perfect sense. Also to meet with group of Russian diaspora / community to discuss forms of support and cooperation with MFA.

What's so sinister about routine visit?

The government that he shills for. 

6 minutes ago, Toby1947 said:

Dim Smith 

he is correct about that! seems u are the dim one..

7 minutes ago, Zapitapi said:

yeah amazing how many peeps are absolutely clueless about whats going on..propagandised AF ..black and white world view russia bad ukraine good..just idiotic and ignorant

Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin is on record as wanting to erase the Ukrainian nation. the Ukrainian culture, the Ukrainian language (he doesn't even recognize that a separate Ukraine ever existed!) and one can understand from that all the Ukrainian (and Russian) people that it takes to make that happen. I'll agree nothing in human affairs is totally black and white but in some cases, it's close enough for jazz. Nobody is saying that Ukrainians are saints, but what they do or don't do in their own sovereign nation is their business. 

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Russian foreign minister arrives in Phuket

 

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Hope he enjoys his holiday ????

 

Welcome Comrade Lavrov

 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

His tenure as Foreign Minister

IMO (excluding the ears), he has a face resembling that of a Bloodhound:

Definition of a Bloodhound (Wikipedia):

 

The bloodhound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting deer, wild boar and, since the Middle Ages, for tracking people

 

 

8 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Hope he enjoys his holiday ????

 

Welcome Comrade Lavrov

 

I don't. 

Well done Thailand, this scumbag should be castrated and left to bleed to death. Thailand you should hang your head in shame but you wont because you might miss out on a few Baht!!!!

4 pages of 'useful' comments, any wonder why the world is in the state it is.