KimethaAnn

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[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

People once described the West as a place of freedom and the East as a place of tyranny. I no longer find that simple divide useful when examining how powerful countries treat the sovereignty and resources of others.

In January 2026, U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela and brought him to the United States. The Trump administration also placed Venezuelan oil revenues held in U.S. accounts under special controls. Those actions deserve careful scrutiny. A reported proposal to move Venezuelan gold from the Bank of England to the United States had not been finalized as of September 18.

I also question the use of military and economic pressure on Iran. The administration has described preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon as a central goal and has imposed measures targeting Iranian oil revenue.

The United States and Ukraine signed a resources and reconstruction agreement in 2025. That gives the United States an economic stake in a joint investment fund, while Ukraine’s government says Ukraine retains ownership of its natural resources.

These events have made me more concerned about how military force, sanctions, tariffs, and resource agreements are used in foreign policy. Sovereignty should matter whether the country involved is Venezuela, Iran, Ukraine, Russia, or the United States.

In my opinion, Trump is a tyrant, thief, a pirate, a kidnapper, a plunderer, and a terrorist.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

If I understand you correctly, you’re suggesting Russia cannot test its own technology. Is that really your argument? Russia has its own scientific and engineering capabilities. If it is also testing technology developed with China, that sounds like a smart partnership to me.

Russia’s record in science deserves recognition. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, and sent Yuri Gagarin into space as the first human to orbit Earth. Those achievements changed what humanity believed was possible.

And please don’t tell me Russia is backward. I used to live there. I have seen Russian cities and public spaces for myself, and I find them more favorable than those in American cities. The cities I know are modern, clean, and free of the filth and trash, drug paraphilia, human waste on sideways, and homemess sleeping on the sidewalks, that I have encountered in many American public spaces. I felt safe riding the metro. I am speaking from lived experience, not from a travel video.

Safety on public transit matters to me. In August 2025, Iryna Zarutska, a young Ukrainian woman, was fatally stabbed from behind while riding light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her death was horrifying.

If your picture of Russia comes from old stereotypes, I invite you to look more closely. Explore its cities and metro stations, and listen to people who have lived there. Russia is a country I know firsthand, and it deserves to be seen as it is.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

Are you from the United States? If so, you may have grown up hearing about Russia through the lens of the Cold War. I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I remember being ten or eleven years old, practicing “duck and cover” drills at school. The possibility of nuclear war frightened me. Those drills shaped my earliest impressions of the Soviet Union.

Then there were the movies: the American hero facing a Russian villain. That story appeared so often that it could shape how we thought about a country and its people before we had ever met them. Between the films we watched and the lessons we learned, many of us grew up with fear where there could have been curiosity. I think it is fair to ask how those portrayals influenced our views.

History deserves care, too. The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, and the Soviet Union was established in 1922. Russia’s history reaches much further back, to the medieval world of Rus’. The Rurik dynasty ruled Rus’, and Russia later emerged from part of that historical world. Rus’ is also part of the history of modern Ukraine and Belarus. Russia’s people and culture cannot be reduced to the Soviet era or to any one government.

That history is personal to me. I am Russian and German by heritage, though I was born in America. I trace my family history to Rurik and the dynasty that helped establish the early state of Rus’. When I spoke with Vladimir Putin in 2000 about my genealogy, I recall him telling me that, as a descendant of Rurik, I was considered “first blood.” He also told me that, despite being born in America, I would be considered Russian because of that ancestral “first blood”connection. His words stayed with me: I am American by birth and Russian by heritage, and I am proud of both. My love for Russia is rooted in its people, traditions, faith, language, and achievements.

Consider what Russian civilization has given the world. Pushkin, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, and Chekhov wrote works that still speak to readers about love, conscience, suffering, and the choices we make. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky gave the world music of extraordinary power. Russian ballet brought artistry to the stage and helped reshape modern dance.

Russia’s contributions to science are just as remarkable. Dmitri Mendeleev developed the periodic law, helping scientists understand the elements and predict discoveries yet to come. Ivan Pavlov advanced the study of physiology. In the Soviet era, Sputnik became the first artificial satellite, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, and Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk. Those achievements opened new possibilities for all humanity.

If the Russia you know comes mostly from headlines or old films, I invite you to look further. Read its literature. Listen to its music. Learn about its many peoples and traditions. Look at its cities, landscapes, and everyday life. You may discover a country far more varied, beautiful, and human than the image you were given as a child.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

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You said Vladimir Putin should be indicted for crimes against civilians and removed from office. What standard would you apply to U.S. officials and military personnel whose decisions or actions caused civilian deaths in Iraq?

I will not, or cannot include the Iranian war that Trump is responsible for. There’s been collateral deaths of civilians throughout the six months of bombing. Innocent bystanders standing next to a gas station standing next to school, warehouse, etc standing on a the street when a bomb came down. But we don’t know like we don’t know in Ukraine and in Russia how many civilians were actually killed in all the warehouses, refineries, military installations, defense facilities who died when both sides targeted those facilities. But, if Putin goes to jail, Trump and Zelenskyy should go to jail as well. But let’s move on. I don’t want to bring up the Afghanistan war, the Syrian war, the Libyan war, that the United States has been involved in. They have killed many many hundreds of thousands civilians. So I’m not gonna include those wars, but we’re going to include two of the biggest recent wars the Iraqi Wars. When you get down to it, the United States has caused thousands and hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in all of their wars that they start. And you might want to check this up by the way the United States is guilty of starting eight wars since the 1800s under false claims saying that they needed that war because of this or that. That’s a very interesting historical fact. That brings up all of those civilians that were killed during those wars that was caused by the United States not supposed to be in there anyway.

Consider two wars. Operation Desert Storm began in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Human Rights Watch documented civilian deaths from coalition bombing but could not establish a complete count. Its estimate of 2,500 to 3,000 Iraqi civilians was a possible upper limit, not a confirmed toll.

The United States invaded Iraq again in 2003, citing claims about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction that its intelligence community later acknowledged were largely wrong. Iraq Body Count documented more than 120,000 violent civilian deaths from the invasion through 2011.

I am asking you for a consistent standard of accountability. If evidence shows that a president, defense secretary, commander, pilot, or other individual committed or ordered a war crime, should that person be investigated regardless of nationality? Civilian deaths alone do not establish each person’s criminal responsibility; an investigation must examine the particular attack, the decisions behind it, and the evidence against each individual. The same standard should apply to alleged crimes against Russian civilians and Ukrainian civilians.

The ICC cannot simply arrest everyone who participated in a war. Its jurisdiction and each individual allegation must be established. My question is whether you support applying those legal standards equally to U.S. officials and to officials of other countries.

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President Putin,

Keep an eye on developments in Armenia. I’m concerned that it could become a route for U.S. intelligence activity directed at Russia, but I have no evidence that such a plan exists. I also cannot tell what U.S. surveillance flights over the Black Sea may be monitoring or planning. This is a concern, not a confirmed warning: watch what happens in Armenia and judge any claims by the evidence.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

You say Putin would never accept peace talks. That is not accurate. Russia has participated in negotiations, including the 2022 talks with Ukraine in Istanbul and Putin’s meeting with Trump in Anchorage in 2025. I consider Putin a reasonable negotiator in the sense that he will not accept terms he believes are against Russia’s interests. Participating in talks does not require him—or Ukraine—to accept whatever the other side proposes.

The Istanbul talks matter to me because the two sides discussed serious proposals and worked on a draft treaty. They did not, however, sign a final peace agreement. Boris Johnson’s visit to Kyiv in Apr 2022 has raised legitimate questions about outside influence on Ukraine’s decision to continue fighting. I believe his role deserves scrutiny, alongside the unresolved disagreements between Russia and Ukraine. In Anchorage, Trump and Putin discussed ending the war, but that meeting also produced no final deal.

I believe the roots of this conflict reach back well before 2022, into the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Brzezinski’s 1997 book The Grand Chessboard is one reason I say that. He described Ukraine as central to Russia’s geopolitical future. He also envisioned a loosely confederated Russia consisting of European Russia, a Siberian Republic, and a Far Eastern Republic, while discussing its natural resources and econ development. That passage is there in the book, and people should read it for themselves. I see a troubling resemblance between those ideas and later Western rhetoric about a weaker Russia, even though the book alone cannot prove that a gov adopted it as a plan.

Kaja Kallas’s remarks add to my concern. In May 2024, while she was Estonia’s prime minister, she spoke about the different nations within Russia and said that a much smaller Russian state would not necessarily be a bad thing. I obj to a foreign leader speaking so casually about the possible fragmentation of Russia. I am continuing to look for the more recent remarks about resources that I recall hearing; I will not put that specific motive in quotation marks until I have the recording.

Then there is Lindsey Graham. Standing beside Zelenskyy in Sep 2024, he said Ukraine was fighting Russia without Amer troops and pointed to what he called a trillion dollars’ worth of Ukrainian minerals that could benefit the Amer economy. His office also called for a U.S.–Ukraine minerals agreement. To me, those statements show how openly an Amer senator connected military support with U.S. strategic and economic interests. I will be precise about what he said: he id’d resources in Ukraine, not resources the US would obtain by dividing Russia.

On Graham’s final visit to Ukraine in July 2026, he met Zelenskyy & toured a drone factory. He praised Ukraine’s drone technology and spoke about the heavy losses Ukrainian forces were inflicting on Russian troops. I find that language deeply disturbing. His remark that US aid was “the best money we’ve ever spent” came from a separate meeting in 2023; it should not be presented as a sentence he spoke at the drone factory.

I am also angry about Trump’s handling of foreign policy, including Iran & Venezuela. In my opinion, he says one thing about peace & then takes actions that make me doubt his commitment to it. I want Congress to examine his conduct, & I would welcome impeachment proceedings if the evidence warrants them.

My argument is that Putin has not simply refused every opportunity to talk. Negotiations have taken place & failed over terms the parties could not agree on. I also believe Amer should pay close attention when influential Western figures discuss a smaller Russia, Ukraine’s minerals, & the military value of Ukrainians fighting w/o Amer troops. Those stmts are part of the record. So are the lives being lost. I want peace talks judged by what each side actually proposes—and I want the people speaking about this war to be held to the same standard.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

Some stations have long lines, but we have plenty of food, thanks for asking. Fuel supplies are under pressure, and attacks on Russian refineries have caused damage. Repairs can take a couple of weeks or longer, depending on what was hit. Russia has also restricted diesel exports to protect its domestic supply, with an extension through the end of October reportedly planned. That does not mean every drop of diesel is sitting untouched in storage, or that the attacks have had no effect. I want to give you an honest account of what is happening, including what people here are experiencing. Plenty of diesel, just not for export after October 31st.

I have relatives in both Ukraine and Russia. I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and I am American by birth, with Russian and German heritage. This war is personal to me. So when you answer me with sarcasm, expect a direct answer back.

I voted for Trump three times. I no longer support him or this administration. I will never vote Republican again, I will never vote Democrat, and I do not intend to vote in another U.S. election. I am deeply disappointed in the government of the country where I was born that is trying to wipe my country of heritage because of Russophobia (Pew Reports 85% of Americans hate Russia due to US governmental indoctrination, Hollywood making Russia bad guy, schools and educators depicting Russians backwards etc.) Go read one of my posts that break down who and what Russia is unless you are too scared it would give you a positive look of Russia.).

In my opinion, Trump says one thing and then contradicts it minutes later. I do not trust his statements about the war, fuel supplies, or U.S. actions abroad. I strongly object to the way he and members of his administration talk about the resources of sovereign countries. I would welcome a serious congressional examination of his conduct and, if the evidence warrants it, impeachment proceedings. I want other senior officials held accountable for their own decisions as well.

My anger is directed at the government. I am also frustrated with Americans who would rather tune out than ask what their leaders are doing. I studied history, and the more I learned about U.S. wars, interventions, and efforts to influence other governments, the harder it became for me to accept the claim that our country always acts for the good of others.

People once spoke as though tyranny belonged only to the East and the West stood for freedom. I no longer accept that simple picture. I believe Washington must be judged by the same standards it applies to every other government.

You do not have to agree with me. But I am speaking as someone born in America, proud of my Russian heritage, and connected by family to people on both sides of this war.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

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The Western Tyranical Hood From Both US and Ukraine Meet In US

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Please whoever can get this to Putin that the United States CIA met with Zelenskyy on the tarmac in Ireland overnight on his way to the UN. The CIA is very very busy over there over there and they may be already in Russia, trying to kill my president. The CIA is responsible for so many killings and deaths in the world and overthrows. That’s why there’s a Ukraine war. That’s why there’s a new Iranian War from their overthrow in 1953 in Iran. Please whoever can get to Russia. Please let those people know the CIA is really working it to where they’re even stopping people at a tarmac refueling to talk to them. Zilinsky and his entourage, the hoods looking like hoods walking through the UN or should I say Manhattan, which is the UN this morning after arriving in the US the land of hoods the land this land is nasty country. The country that its own president is a hood. The United States of thugs and plunderers.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

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WATCH OUT PUTIN AND RUSSIA!! AMERICA HAS CIA EVERYWHERE FOR YOU SO WATCH YOUR BACK.

This is America! Oh How Lucky We Are Being From The United States Of Thugs and Plunderers Where Meeting On A Tarmac Is An Act of Diplomacy

The United States is starting to resemble a gangster state—and the optics could hardly be worse. This is not my country! I don’t belong here! I don’t even hang out with those kind of people! And that’s a world leader? But then my own president acts like a hood stealing things for all other countries!!

The West wants to isolate Russia from the west and the United States. Russia, you don’t know how lucky you will be if you were isolated from this filthy filthy garbage country, and the west. I don’t want Russia to be a part of this. They are so lucky to be isolated from the filth in the garbage that is going through my streets right now. Then you’ve got the filth meeting the other gangster, which is the terrorist organization of Radcliffe in the middle of a tarmac in Ireland, while their planes are being refueled.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly met Zelenskyy on an airport tarmac in Ireland while their planes were refueling on Monday. Now Zelenskyy is walking through Manhattan dressed entirely in black and surrounded by a grim-looking entourage that appears better suited to a clandestine operation than a diplomatic visit.

What kind of diplomacy is conducted between parked aircraft on a tarmac? Why the secrecy, the shadowy staging, and the street-gang atmosphere? Washington no longer projects dignity, transparency, or statesmanship. It projects secrecy, intimidation, and political theater.

The entire spectacle looks less like international diplomacy and more like a scene from a cheap crime movie. Welcome to modern America—where foreign policy increasingly operates in the shadows and even official meetings carry the unmistakable optics of the underworld.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

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Oh how I love my President’s success!! The Best President ever.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

@Rusia_HD I really don’t like to call people names because that’s not very credible debate. But I’m gonna go ahead anyway this guy is an absolute idiot!

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

If this is a serious question, then I’ll give you a serious answer: absolutely not. You have no legitimate place at the mediation table when your government helped prolong this conflict by encouraging Zelenskyy to continue fighting.

Between the United States, the European Union, and NATO, I almost feel sorry for the idiot man. They have continually pushed him to confront Russia while supplying the money, ammunition, intelligence, and weapons needed to keep the war going. Now they pretend to be neutral peacemakers, even though they have been active participants from the beginning.

This is a losing battle, and the people directing it appear either unwilling or unable to recognize reality. Apparently, clear thinking and competent leadership have become exceedingly rare.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

Keep pushing bitches! What makes you think you’re gonna still be here in three years? You keep talking about Russia and you’re going to war? Well I’ll tell you what if you went to war and I was the one person that was going to war with you—you’d be one of the first on the list. Don’t even worry about three years you wouldn’t even have six months.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

Don’t forget—Russia is also remarkably clean and has low crime, especially in the Moscow Metro. Ukrainian refugees can go about their lives without living in fear of being attacked. There is very little graffiti, and Russians take tremendous pride in their culture, traditions, and way of life. You can see it around every corner and along every street—in every embrace, every kiss shared with a child or spouse, and every family enjoying life together. Their love for their country is unmistakable, and many also hold deep affection and respect for their president—President Vladimir Putin.

[KimethaAnn @KAVonGaisberg]

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