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According to General Patton "The Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of a bitch, a barbarian, and a chronic drunk."
In response I wrote "the Russians single-handedly defeated Nazi Germany massively and decisively. On the Eastern Front - In operation Bagration, in the summer of 1944 - and in support of the Normandy Invasion, Russia wiped out 34 German divisions and the German Army Group Center ceased to exist."
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"Yes, using 360 divisions and over 105,000 T-34 tanks..."
Irrelevant and the fact remains: - In operation Bagration, in the summer of 1944 Russia wiped out 34 German divisions and the German Army Group Center ceased to exist.
Operation Bagration contradicts General Patton. Period.
"Wasn't that done by Stalin using Impressed Ethnics that were basically murdered?"
"Why did T-34's have a machine gun pointing backward in the turret? So they could kill any conscripts that tried to run from the fight."
German General Heinz Guderian - father of the blitzkrieg - saw the T-34 in action in 1941 at the Battle of Moscow and sent a report to German Headqurters suggesting the adoption of the T-34 by the German army. His suggestion basically said 'copy this tank and do not change anything. We need this at the front ASAP.' His suggestion was rejected.
Compared to Stalin, Hitler was a piker. Hitler only managed to kill 6 million - Stalin's numbers are estimated between 20-30 million killed during his "purges."
"German General Heinz Guderian - father of the blitzkrieg - saw the T-34 in action in 1941 at the Battle of Moscow and sent a report to German Headqurters suggesting the adoption of the T-34 by the German army. His suggestion basically said 'copy this tank and do not change anything. We need this at the front ASAP.' His suggestion was rejected."
"I wonder if that story was true. Russians are Slavs, which were officially untermensch in the Third Reich at that time. If he had sent that, he would have probably been arrested at least by the SS. Most likely shot or offered the Rommel Option after that."
Where did it go? It never left: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzaeeynpo1s
Does Russia still exist? Wasn't it overrun by NATO and the ukies with their new F-16s and also bankrupted by US sanctions?
The Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) has published an investigation into the hiring of escorts at the Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft. According to the obtained data, dozens of young women without relevant experience or qualifications have been confirmed as holding administrative positions with high salaries.-- The Insider, 30 January 2025 13:38
By analyzing Rosneft’s employee records and other documents, ACF’s investigators found that many of these women had previously worked in escort services. Their contact details were discovered on specialized websites and in escort agency databases.
Among the identified cases is the hiring of 21-year-old Anastasia I. as a chief specialist in the Corporate Property Department with an annual salary exceeding 2.4 million rubles (over $24,300). Another woman, 27-year-old Alexandra A., was appointed as an advisor to the company’s business manager, while 21-year-old Alina B. became a second-category specialist in the travel organization department.
A key focus of the investigation is Albina Ivanova, who was hired by Rosneft at the age of 21 with a monthly salary exceeding 300,000 rubles (over $3,000). Over the course of nine years, she received a total of 33 million rubles from the company — more than $335,000 based on the present exchange rate, though the dollar value of her compensation would have been much higher before the start of the war.
For comparison, the average salary in Moscow, Russia’s capital and its largest and most economically developed city, comes in at 140-160,000 rubles ($1,400 to 1,600), according to a recent claim by mayor Sergei Sobyanin. Vladimir Putin was visibly surprised when he heard the statistic.
Additionally, Ivanova was paid approximately 300 million rubles (just over $3 million) by the Independent Petroleum Company (NNK). NKK is owned by Eduard Khudainatov, Rosneft’s former CEO, who was identified in 2022 as the proxy owner of two megayachts — the 459-foot Scheherazade, which has been linked to Vladimir Putin, and the 348-foot Amadea, which the U.S. Department of Justice found is ultimately owned by sanctioned Russian gold mogul Suleiman Kerimov.
According to the investigation, Ivanova took 58 private jet trips with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin — a close ally of Vladimir Putin’s going back to his days in St. Petersburg. Ivanova owns a collection of luxury cars, including two Rolls-Royces, a Mercedes-Benz G-Class, and a Porsche Taycan, with a total value exceeding 200 million rubles.
Investigators also uncovered Ivanova’s extensive Hermès handbag collection, estimated at around 104 million rubles, including a crocodile leather model worth approximately 20 million rubles. Last year, she purchased a 205 m² apartment in the elite Kutuzovsky 12 residential complex in central Moscow for over 300 million rubles.
Documents obtained by the ACF indicate that such hiring practices are not isolated incidents. Rosneft has employed dozens of young women without proper qualifications in well-paid administrative roles.
The ACF report notes that Rosneft’s board of directors includes high-ranking government officials such as Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin, who have access to information about the company’s hiring policies.
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How come it's not Russia 24/7 anymore on NPR, CNN, and in the NY Times?
Have they run out of lame tenuous connections that no one is buying and which break no laws? Seemed like they could make up a new story every week for the last 8 months.
Or have they realized that investigating further looks more likely to incriminate Hillary than Trump?