Andre Golo

The best of friends, the worst of enemies.

[Andre Golo @AndreGoLow]

A rare photo of Vladimir Putin from when he worked as an informant for Starsky and Hutch.

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@streetwiseprof Nunn-Lugar did not age well, let alone Obama’s expansion of it.
The absurdity of Russia using strategic bombers that were once Ukraine’s to attack them, and firing off North Korean shells while Ukraine is dispensed ammo like soufflé cups of meds at an old folks home.

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@iggy_igzz @mrsorokaa I also moved to the States in 1996, and we sold our apartment there in 2005. I have been back in that neighborhood, a friend still lives there, but not often as I enjoy not being stabbed. This is eerie, I’ll DM you later.
I can’t believe the Russians fucks need to attack Lesnoy.

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@iggy_igzz @mrsorokaa What a small world.

Квар��ира 138, 8th floor, at the opposite end. Покупал батон чуть не каждый день по пути из садика или школи. Would’ve eat half of it before I got to the elevator. I’m sure наши бабушки knew each other then.

Thank you for the map diagram. Tragic.

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@iggy_igzz @mrsorokaa Are you serious?
Is that Lisoviy Prospekt 6?
No way. I had an apartment there once upon a time. Sold it, to a guy named… Igor.

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@Marco_mmabjj @lukeharding1968 @guardian I agree, this could use more balance.

We heard from the farmers who had their combines stolen and taken to Russia, their fields mined, and parents killed by the Russian army.

I’d like to hear from the Russian soldiers that mined the fields, get their perspective on things.

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@SimonOstrovsky Meanwhile, your report has them scrubbing. Gene Haas has already done some time with the Feds for tax evasion. Maybe the sponsor of his F1 car asked him for a favor, долги платят не только деньгами.

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@tristanmasat As juvenile as it is, I think of this meme when I see some coddled kid or idealistic adult in a wealthy Western country try to lecture Ukrainians or those who have experience in Ukraine.

Their willing disbelief in reality has made me question my past political affiliations.

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@tristanmasat I almost wish that ignorance was the main cause of anti-Ukraine rhetoric. At least unwitting ignorance can be forgiven.

This is more like a disgusting suspension of common sense, because the reality doesn’t fit into their worldview and would be difficult to reconcile.

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@guillaume_ptak Students at the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (school for future diplomats) learned languages and specialized in countries based on potential. The top students would get Germany, UK, France, etc.

What did they think of Lavrov? His specialty was Sri Lanka/Sinhalese.

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@EHunterChristie Very well said.
I was raised by Holocaust survivors, Red Army veterans, partisans, survivors of the occupation of the USSR - as a child my boogeyman were Germans (фашисты) and their scary ei zwei drei words.

Russian is my first language. I can no longer bear to hear it spoken.

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@ProfPaulPoast What I’ve been struggling to understand is *why* Mearsheimer is doing this.

Contradicting his earlier work, ruining his academic legacy, defending the imperial aggressor. Ignoring Putin’s own words and stated goals.

Is it money? Kompromat? Senility? Just to be contrarian?

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@streetwiseprof This guy is the whiniest zek I’ve ever seen. I can guess what prison was like for him. His rise to prominence seems staged. I don’t see how some of Vova’s people even allowed droopy to be in the same room as them.

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@KevinRothrock Since I’m one of the people who replied with a similar comments I believe this is for me.

The issue isn’t that the KPRF got approval to make some pensioners freeze. Its how disingenuous the opposition is when describing Russian pro-war sentiments to western audiences.

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@KevinRothrock Русская оппозиция: народ против войны - демонстрации просто очень опасное дело в такие времена.

*Квартплата подорожала 14%*

Каждый сотый в Алтайском Краю сразу стал революционером.

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@irgarner 1. IOC board. Includes a Serbian “businessman” who has lived in Russia for the past 28 years. That’s not all, just an example.

2. Using the UN human rights pawns like Dr. @AlexXanthaki to justify it. Calls it discriminatory against Russians.

3. Money. IOC always for sale.

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@EvaYmea @MelnykAndrij “Deutschland hat mit Euern Nazis nichts mehr zu tun!”

Verstehen sie, dass dies ein interview mit einem Nazi-Soldaten ist?

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@AmericanFietser My avatar pic was taken at that spot. The cop on a horse added to the modern dystopian feel I was hoping to convey.

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@MNotts19 @GeorgeMonbiot My apologies, I’m quite simple, but do you mind telling me what all of those NATO crests symbolize on the map? Why are there so many in Kazakhstan? Thank you in advance.

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@AlexXanthaki @iocmedia And please, no need to tell me the athletes will be competing under a neutral flag. That’s not how it will presented at home as part of their sport-washing. When they return home they will participate in more of their Nuremberg-like rallies.

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@AlexXanthaki @iocmedia I’m sorry, but is this really Dr. Xanthaki or a parody account?

Does this mean you disagree with the previous Olympic bans on Rhodesia and the RSA? Should their athletes have been allowed to compete while apartheid was in force?