re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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When an Austrian chancellor tells you to make deals with the Kremlin it’s time for Poland to activate its reserves.

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DarthPutin has to be one of the best parody accounts on X.

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Mate, you could easily write for the AP, NYT, or WP with the way you pepper bias in every other sentence

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No just factual. Russian terrorism and targeting civilians are documented. They are recognized as state sponsors of terrorism.

Following the atrocities carried out by Vladimir Putin’s regime against Ukrainian civilians, MEPs have recognised Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.

On Wednesday, Parliament adopted a resolution on the latest developments in Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. MEPs highlight that the deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes. In light of this, they recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and as a state that “uses means of terrorism”.

European Parliament declares Russia to be a state sponsor of terrorism

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They are recognized as state sponsors of terrorism.

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By whom??

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best part of this screenshot is the zerohedge header is left in it to bait people into making fun of that

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Have to admit, I almost bit.

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They are recognized as state sponsors of terrorism.

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By whom??

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None of this indicates some evidence of a Putin grand scheme to invade Europe and defeat the West through arms.

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Not all of Europe... reclaiming the pre-1989 Satellite states... he thinks they belong to him and never should've been lost. Who knows if East Germany fits into that... Poland certainly seems to.

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If Trinidad is anything like St. Maarten and the other Caribbean islands that I have been too then nobody living there has a problem with corruption.

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or soaring crime. For the last year many are moving out of Trinidad for Guyana, better jobs and less crime.

Truthful, all the oil and gas jobs moving to Guyana.

Guyana LOVES biden. Every time he screws the US O&G industry, more capital, in the billions, flows in.

Back on point, anyone denying ole cargo pants became a billionaire of the blood of ukranians?

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anyone denying ole cargo pants became a billionaire of the blood of ukranians?

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Can anyone deny Putin became a multi-billionaire (or more... all money in Russia and everything else there belongs to him, solely, really) off the blood of Russians and anybody else he felt like having murdered?

But yes, I will deny it and back it up. If you want to insist he is give us an actual source that isn't an X post from Russia Today

Zelensky never was a billionaire. He’s currently worth roughly $20 million, based on reporting by Forbes Ukraine. Additional reporting by Forbes US puts that number at less than $30 million.

His main asset: an estimated 25% stake in Kvartal 95, a group of companies that produce humorous shows, which he transferred to his partners after being elected president, though he’ll likely regain his shares after leaving office. Kvartal 95 produced and owns the Servant of the People series, a popular political comedy starring Zelensky as a Ukrainian high school teacher who is elected president. Netflix, which previously streamed the show between 2017 and 2021, snapped up the rights again in March. With estimated revenues of $30 million annually, Forbes Ukraine values Zelensky’s stake at $11 million.

While he does own a flat in one of Ukraine’s most expensive apartment buildings in the center of Kyiv, it’s relatively modest by Western standards. Forbes estimates Zelensky’s entire real estate portfolio is worth $4 million, including two more wholly owned apartments, two that he co-owns, a single commercial property and five parking spaces. Zelensky did own a $4.6 million villa in Forte dei Marmi, Italy as of December 2019, according to the most recent filing by his holding company. He apparently sold it during 2020 (it had shown up in his declarations for 2018 and 2019 but not 2020) along with a small plot of land and 5 hotel rooms in Georgia (popular upper-middle-class investments in Ukraine). The cash from these sales was declared and is included in Forbes’ estimate, but because the sum is less than the estimated value of the real estate, it is possible Zelensky remains a de facto beneficiary or the cash is invested elsewhere.

Internet sleuths, or more likely Russian propagandists, have credited Zelensky with owning as many as five luxury yachts and three private jets, in addition to $60 million of shares in companies like Saudi Aramco, Meta and Tesla.

Forbes found no evidence of such a fleet, and if Zelensky does own stock in those companies it’s hard to believe those shares would be worth anywhere close to $60 million. We estimate he and his wife Olena Zelenska share a bank account that holds roughly $2 million in cash and government bonds. Their other assets, consisting of two cars and some jewelry, are worth no more than $1 million.

FORBES: President Zelensky is not a Billionaire, so how much is he worth