Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Iphie]

He'll get shipped off to Hague if he dares to exist Russia. If I was Putin, I'd start looking for a handgun.

I mean if prigozhin really wants to make a grand gesture and get sanctions lifted then he hands putin over...if he wins which is not a certainty *quite* yet.

[diller]

if Putin is ousted from Russia, would he be hunted down abroad?

Awww poor Putin, didn't go the way you hoped for your idol it seems.

And yes, if he shows his face in any civilized country he will be arrested.

[Gabriel]

I mean if prigozhin really wants to make a grand gesture and get sanctions lifted then he hands putin over...if he wins which is not a certainty *quite* yet.

Yeah I doubt we have to worry about it just yet.

[Gorsameth]

if Putin is ousted from Russia, would he be hunted down abroad?

I can't imagine any country would be willing to burn themselves on offering refuge to an ousted Putin.

[Iphie]

I can't imagine any country would be willing to burn themselves on offering refuge to an ousted Putin.

Argentina is a popular resort for his ilk...Maybe he can rub elbows with Zorreguieta

[YUPPIE]

I can't imagine any country would be willing to burn themselves on offering refuge to an ousted Putin.

Iran, North Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Cuba, Syria

[Kreuger]

Iran, North Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Cuba, Syria

Thing is, what do they gain by doing it? What can Putin offer more then some money perhaps, but why would they risk alienating the new power in Russia for money

[Joszef Kiprich]

Iran, North Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Cuba, Syria

At least half of those countries wouldn't want him. NK is probably the only real option.

[YUPPIE]

Thing is, what do they gain by doing it? What can Putin offer more then some money perhaps, but why would they risk alienating the new power in Russia for money

money, classified information on enemy nations, classified information on Russian WMDs, dirt on his usurper.

[Kreuger]

money, classified information on enemy nations, classified information on Russian WMDs, dirt on his usurper.

Might be enough, who knows. Would guess not but will be interessting to follow for sure

[YUPPIE]

Might be enough, who knows. Would guess not but will be interesting to follow for sure

no one alive is more knowledgeable than Putin on geopolitics and espionage from how much he's meddled in and ruined countries all over the world in his 70 years of life. More than his cove of trillions, people that would want to house him will want to pry him open like a pinata for all he knows, especially the likes of Saudi Arabia. Remember Saudi Arabia is where Idi Amin lived in comfortable exile until naturally passing.

[Corvus]

Not sure what kadyrovs tiktok brigade thinks they can do. They are at best militia for the suppression of civilians equipped with little more than APCs going up against soldiers with tanks and artillery.

[Kreuger]

no one alive is more knowledgeable than Putin on geopolitics and espionage from how much he's meddled in and ruined countries all over the world in his 70 years of life. More than his cove of trillions, people that would want to house him will want to pry him open like a pinata for all he knows, especially the likes of Saudi Arabia. Remember Saudi Arabia is where Idi Amin lived in comfortable exile until naturally passing.

Thats assuming he actually is that mastermind the world has made him out to be and that he can provide this intelligence.

Still, hes gotta have something huge for anyone to touch him if he tries to run to exile, he is as toxic as can be and you can be pretty sure any country that accepts him in will face some troubles

[Corvus]

Russian media is reporting pootie is preparing to declare martial law.

[Forogil]

Thing is, what do they gain by doing it? What can Putin offer more then some money perhaps, but why would they risk alienating the new power in Russia for money

Well, hear me out.

How about accepting the money and then after Putin has a window-accident handing over him?

[Northern Goblin]

Kyiv in 3 days has become Moscow in 3 days.

[Elegiac]

no one alive is more knowledgeable than Putin on geopolitics and espionage

Which is clearly demonstrated in the way we're now on day 485 of the Special 3-Day Operation in Ukraine. /s

Maybe stop uncritically deep-throating Russian propaganda for once in your natural life, yeah?

[Vonazak]

Wagnerites are getting closer and closer to Moscow, thing is, you cannot hold a 11m city with 20k soldiers, while fighting the government, while holding Rostov.

The defense of the city will be done by the police and other lightly armed forces. Russian institutional incompetence will make them take days to prepare a force to deal with Wagner. So the defense of Moscow can delay the advancement of the Mercs for a few days. Maybe.

I don't see the mercs taking Moscow or deposing Putin, at most the can negotiate the early retirement of Shoigu and the other clowns on the ministry of defense. But who knows, the leader of Wagner is a well known criminal, and criminals are unpredictable

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Which is clearly demonstrated in the way we're now on day 486 of the Special 3-Day Operation in Ukraine. /s

The US has the best military on the world. Still failed to defeat the Taliban. You can be the best and still fail

[Elegiac]

The US has the best military on the world. Still failed to defeat the Taliban. You can be the best and still fail

Putin is not "the best", however, for a variety of reasons including but not limited to his massive overestimation of his military's own capabilities and his massive underestimation of Ukraine's resolve to resist.

[Kreuger]

Well, hear me out.

How about accepting the money and then after Putin has a window-accident handing over him?

You sold me on that scenario