J.C.MacSwell

...and now, just 3 days after the election, and after clear evidence of the atrocities in Bucha, agreeing to prop up the ruble. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungary-working-solution-pay-russian-gas-may-foreign-minister-2022-04-06/ Kind of begs the question...if they are demonstrably supporting Putin's aggression "Why are they in NATO?"

Not Indian but I've watched enough WION to vouch for it as reasonably fair and balanced given a definite Indian bias. I've subjected myself to much worse.

No ifs, ands or butts about it.

Looks like the Viktator has won yet again, thanks at least in part to the degree he has control of the media. I wonder if he'd won if the essence of his victory speech was forefront on his campaign trail? (maybe it was, I don't really know, but this seems more like leaning toward Putin than Europe...the very thing claimed by his opponents) “We have such a victory it can be seen from the moon, but it’s sure that it can be seen from Brussels,” Orban said in his speech on Sunday night, making light of his government’s long-running tensions with EU leaders. “We will remember this victory until the end of our lives because we had to fight against a huge amount of opponents,” Orban said, citing a number of his political enemies including the Hungarian left, “bureaucrats” in Brussels, the international media, “and the Ukrainian president too – we never had so many opponents at the same time.” https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungarians-vote-orbans-12-year-rule-tight-ballot-overshadowed-by-ukraine-war-2022-04-03/ I guess he wants Russian gas.

UK doesn't have much dependence on Russian gas or oil. You'd probably feel the effects of the World market from a broader boycott than the effect of stopping imports yourself.

Let's not be anti-dentites!

How well have they managed to supply their much closer troops from those locations? Maybe this will help: I realize I'm being an ass, but also consider how much easier it would be to supply the Ukrainians directly to where their war supplies are most needed from Poland if the Russians don't win control of that border (while risking Nato intervention with any "mistakes")

It's always the 90% of politicians that give the rest a bad name.

It will be interesting to see how PM Viktor "Viktator" Orban does in the Hungarian Election tomorrow against a coalition of parties trying to oust him. He is considered the closest to Putin of all Nato and European Union leaders, and Hungary has done the least to support Ukraine's war efforts. (They have taken in a lot of refugees) "Orbán has said Hungary will not send weapons to Ukraine, or allow shipments from other countries to transit through its territory. While analysts say his stance has left him more isolated from Western leaders, including some of the country's strongest allies like Poland and the Czech Republic, the war has allowed him to craft a campaign message for his domestic audience. " https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-orban-election-putin-1.6405998 He claims he's the only one that will keep them out of the war and his opposition says he's the choice for Russia and they for Europe.

+1 for the badge joke!

If there are any badges, I nominate myself to be rewarded the first one.

Ukraine denies attacking fuel depot in Russia Ukraine attack on Russian soil? Seems pretty unacceptable, given that some of that fuel going to fuel Russian tanks and armoured vehicles might also have been used for peaceful Russian purposes. (not to imply that Russia is on anything but a peace mission in Ukraine) "Certainly, this is not something that can be perceived as creating comfortable conditions for the continuation of the talks," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, five weeks after Moscow began sending upwards of 150,000 of its own troops across Ukraine's border. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-april1-2022-1.6404889 Russia's stance. It would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic.

Ahh...I always suspected it was all fresh...😊

Not asking for the sake of personal information, but who was the POTUS when you were born? The worst WH administration, IMO, since I was born (Eisenhower was in his second term as POTUS) was G. W Bush's, and they voted him in for a second term after an unprovoked attack on Iraq in the first term based on "weapons of mass destruction" that did not exist.

Trump is just doing his best to support the current POTUS. As we all know Biden is fairly prone to gaffs...but here we can at least be comforted by the fact "at least it's not Trump".

Some Russians seem to be getting around government blocked internet sources. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/12/tech/russia-internet-censorship-circumvention/index.html

Makes cents to me!

I just wish we could get those guys to bee hive.

He does subvert our minds with everything else...

That definition would include Russian state media. In fact their "accountability" has become even more stringent recently.

Perhaps Abraham Lincoln said it best:

Who would you like to decide what information you, yourself, are allowed to be exposed to?

Apparently Youtube decided to block WION for seven days for reporting statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's claim that Russia did not invade Ukraine...which is laughable if you watch any Wion videos as they clearly have and are covering the invasion...but sad that Youtube would even consider doing this... (CBC reported the same and felt no need to point out that Lavrov's claims were preposterous either) The block did not last very long but platforms like Youtube are in dangerous territory doing this. Their blocks on Russian state controlled content continue, though in that case they at least have the argument that Russia has eliminated any dissenting views including factual information. Wion's report was factual in that Lavrov actually said it, and they didn't endorse it or claim it was true. and they ran Ukrainian Foreign Minister's comments also, I think in the same video.

Agree. Let them have their "victory", and hopefully they can sit back and enjoy their peace and lack of prosperity. Congratulations Russia on having successfully completed all your planned atrocities.

I'm already trying to bike more to stores, at least on the weekend for small items (and planning vehicle routes more carefully otherwise. I now see myself dieting with added incentive. All, in part at least, feeling guilty having Ukrainians fighting my/our war for me, considering how they fight alone. I know Canada doesn't import Russian oil or gas, but it's a global market. Also a good time to implement much needed carbon taxes...(which proves why I'm not a politician and would never get any votes) But as I said earlier (before Elon Musk tweeted it) I'm also for temporary increases in fossil fuel production. Agree with that, as much as it might be deserved in some respects. Zelensky has done an absolutely incredible job of taking the highest road possible. He's relentlessly challenged everyone he thinks can possibly make a difference while defiantly appealing for peace...including the citizens of Russia. One of his key points has been that Ukraine has never been a threat to Russia and that the invasion is totally unwarranted. Of course that's in currency value and not mass or food calories. But it emphasizes what the self serving and corrupt Putin et gang has done for their economy, which despite being by over double the largest country in the World, and almost 4 times Canada's population, it has a lwer GDP (and dropping faster than ever) Some of the last public thoughts (just last month) of Madeleine Albright on Putin, first US female Secretary of State and refugee from Soviet controlled Czechoslovakia: “Instead of paving Russia’s path to greatness, invading Ukraine would ensure Mr. Putin’s infamy by leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically crippled and strategically vulnerable in the face of a stronger, more united Western alliance,” Albright wrote in an essay in The New York Times on the eve of the war last month. “Ukraine is entitled to its sovereignty, no matter who its neighbors happen to be. In the modern era, great countries accept that, and so must Mr. Putin,” Albright wrote. “That is the message undergirding recent Western diplomacy. It defines the difference between a world governed by the rule of law and one answerable to no rules at all.” https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/albright-putin-russia-ukraine-analysis/index.html