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Quite possibly. That passport has been around since 2015 in the public arena during which Trukhanov has been elected at least twice and yet nothing was done to stop his running at the time

New grubby deals will be struck behind the scenes. It won't take long for those to be formed

Brigadier General Serhiy Lysak has been appointed head of military administration in #Odesa, thus (eventually) replacing Gennady Trukhanov as Mayor now his citzenship removal prevents him holding political office.

As stated yesterday regarding the impending loss of UA citzenship for #Odesa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov, I understand it has now been removed and thus #Odesa has no mayor.

This does seem somewhat unnecessary/ugly optics when there are at least 6 major ciminal investigations open against Trukhanov, at least two of which are air-tight, and would put him behind bars for a decade.

It appears that the odious and distinctly dubious Odesa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov is about to have his Ukrainian citizenship removed, and thus can no longer act as Mayor. Rumour has it that the relevant decree awaits the president's signature imminently.

Well if there were any such position muted among the members, the Chathma House Rule would apply

Isn't that the default position of the RIIA?

The first thing for allies to consider is if and by how much US terms of engagement will change, and if/when they do will they be so distant from those of allies that fighting along side the US becomes impossible

It's excurciatingly cringeworthy to watch a Beta male trying to act like an Alpha male and believe that he's pulling it off.

It seems that current whispers in the wind are that the next Kremlin provocation will be shooting down their own drones over Belarus and bringing Belrus officially into the fray, or claiming that RU drones falling in Poland were actually fired by UA as a false flag. A transparent Kremling play.

Ummmm, the airfield was built by the Soviet Union in the 1950s, and was the Soviet main base during the 1980s

How very Soviet. Here is the criminal, find me their crime......or it will be your head on a pike.

Three arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia The two men and a woman were all arrested in Grays, Essex, the Metropolitan Police says.

If only I could find my surprised face......but I can't.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In an attempt to secure a base for his presidential run......

I would suggest that is more than likely. It's not as though Reform claims to be the new Tory party or its replacement.

Indeed. Turkey shooting down a RU fighter in 2015 resulted in no action from RU.

Meaning that they won't be imposed.

And why not send drones to enter Romanian airspace? The lesson from the Poland incident is that there are no significant consequences.

This is #TACOTrump's way out, knowing full well his "friend" Orban (and Fico) won't stop buying RU oil. That said nobody ever expected #TACOTrump to seriously sanction RU, this, however, lets him blame others for his deliberate inaction.

Reuters: четвертый танкер с «Арктик СПГ-2» пришел в Китай Подробнее на сайте

At the Chinese LNG terminal Beihai a 4th LNG tanker carrying LNG from the US sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 project of NOVATEK has arrived. The US has to act or the sanctions will become meaningless.

www.kommersant.ru/doc/8026685

Indeed. It's not what you say but what they hear.

Use the formal title, RIIA in full. That removes the need to explain anything. That's what my membership fees are for.

Poland and the rest of the EU nations should also consider closing its airspace to Belarussian "Belavia" now the US has lifted sanctions on it.

Clearly there's a lack of windows to fall from in Kaliningrad

I suspect any European presence would be temporary because Russia would be quick to test it and the first casualty would force a choice of fight or flight and there just isn't the political spine to fight among the "coalition", so flight would be the outcome. No doubt the Kremlin sees it that way.

Maybe he's also ready to announce the "Coalition of the willing" is going to be rebranded to a more accurate "Coalition of the waiting" (for something that won't come) because as he says, the war will drag on for a long time yet.

Well, that worked out well for Harold didn't it.