NOt at all surprising Iranian oil has kept flowing inspite of every effort by the USA to stop it... for almost a decade.
Russia collapsing
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Isn't that like saying Kim Jong Um has 100% approval?He still has 82% approval rating, the 18% that don't approve mostly feel he has been too soft.
Nope, external polls are regularly conducted in Russia and there are many shows that criticize putin.
Is it really Russia burning?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/drones-ukraine-wildfires-russia-heat-mines-shelling
Not sure if that's what's happening or not
Not only that its a MASSIVE Nuclear sub which can carry 6 mega nuclear powered torpedoes and a range of other weapons
You arguing that Putin will have to resort to nukes?
100,000 fighting-age men flee Ukraine in two months after Zelensky relaxed rules, sparking exodus
PHOEBE HENNELL
30 October 2025
Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country.
Poland's border guard said 99,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 have crossed the border since August.
The new rules mean men between the ages of 18 and 22 are no longer barred from leaving Ukraine.
Previously, men between 18 and 60 had been obliged to stay by law since the onset of the war.
The martial law was introduced to ensure the army had enough manpower to defend the country against Russia's onslaught.
The migration wave to Poland is a huge jump from the 45,300 who entered Poland in the half a year before August.
Many continue to Germany, piling pressure on Friedrich Merz, the chancellor, to slash support for refugees.
The previous policy included men who are exempt from conscription due to medical conditions, disabilities and being the primary caregiver for a vulnerable family member.
The draft age is currently 25 to 60 years old, having been reduced from 27 in April 2024.
Kyiv guards its official death toll, but estimates made by US officials range from 60,000 to 100,000 troops killed since 2022.
Ukraine is scrambling to replace its troops as the war rages through its third year.
For perspective, the entire British army has 70,000 personnel.
The new policy was introduced partly to discourage families from sending their teenage boys abroad before their 18th birthday.
Kyiv hopes that by granting youngsters more freedom, they will return and volunteer to fight for their country later on in the war effort.
However, young Ukrainian men are fleeing to Europe at a time when tensions surrounding migration are high.
Germany, known for its relaxed immigration rules, is under pressure to crack down on the rising number of Ukrainians.
The number of Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 arriving each week jumped from 19 to more than 1,000 by the middle of September.
By October, it had grown to between 1,400 and 1,800 per week, BR24, a Bavarian news outlet, reported.
The far right has called for Berlin to suspend aid payments to Ukrainian refugees and halt military support for Zelensky.
Jurgen Hardt, the right-wing CDU party’s foreign affairs foreign policy chief, told Politico: 'We have no interest in young Ukrainian men spending their time in Germany instead of defending their country. Ukraine makes its own decisions, but the recent change in the law has led to a trend of emigration that we must address.'
www.dailymail.co.uk
PHOEBE HENNELL
30 October 2025
Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country.
Poland's border guard said 99,000 Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 have crossed the border since August.
The new rules mean men between the ages of 18 and 22 are no longer barred from leaving Ukraine.
Previously, men between 18 and 60 had been obliged to stay by law since the onset of the war.
The martial law was introduced to ensure the army had enough manpower to defend the country against Russia's onslaught.
The migration wave to Poland is a huge jump from the 45,300 who entered Poland in the half a year before August.
Many continue to Germany, piling pressure on Friedrich Merz, the chancellor, to slash support for refugees.
The previous policy included men who are exempt from conscription due to medical conditions, disabilities and being the primary caregiver for a vulnerable family member.
The draft age is currently 25 to 60 years old, having been reduced from 27 in April 2024.
Kyiv guards its official death toll, but estimates made by US officials range from 60,000 to 100,000 troops killed since 2022.
Ukraine is scrambling to replace its troops as the war rages through its third year.
For perspective, the entire British army has 70,000 personnel.
The new policy was introduced partly to discourage families from sending their teenage boys abroad before their 18th birthday.
Kyiv hopes that by granting youngsters more freedom, they will return and volunteer to fight for their country later on in the war effort.
However, young Ukrainian men are fleeing to Europe at a time when tensions surrounding migration are high.
Germany, known for its relaxed immigration rules, is under pressure to crack down on the rising number of Ukrainians.
The number of Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 arriving each week jumped from 19 to more than 1,000 by the middle of September.
By October, it had grown to between 1,400 and 1,800 per week, BR24, a Bavarian news outlet, reported.
The far right has called for Berlin to suspend aid payments to Ukrainian refugees and halt military support for Zelensky.
Jurgen Hardt, the right-wing CDU party’s foreign affairs foreign policy chief, told Politico: 'We have no interest in young Ukrainian men spending their time in Germany instead of defending their country. Ukraine makes its own decisions, but the recent change in the law has led to a trend of emigration that we must address.'
100,000 fighting-age men flee Ukraine after Zelensky relaxed rules
Almost 100,000 fighting-age men have fled Ukraine in the last two months after President Volodymyr Zelensky relaxed the rules to allow young men to leave the country.
Meh, that's nothing for a country with the same GDP of New York State.
Russia? 3 or 4 chains of redundancy?
Should I give you
or ? I live close to the latest, most modernized, BRAND NEW electrical transformer stations in downtown Toronto. And it only has taken a single underground transformer outside of a building a few blocks away to put 500,000 in the dark for a day. Good thing Tornto Hydro has stockyards of transformers of every type and a not-corrupt, highly trained and motivated Union workforce of Red Seal Licensed Power Line Electricians with crane trucks and all the logistics to get things going. And it can still take a day or two. To bypass ONE underground transformer vault. And many months to decontaminiate it, strip it, and rebuilt it to get it back online.
You are living in a Vatnik delusion. And also don't have a fucking clue about how the electrical grid, power transformation, switching, fusing, cross-ties etc work. NOT-A-CLUE
"Russia's power grid is not some impenetrable modern fortress, it is a pretty brittle Soviet-era system"
For those of us who are happy to see those extremely offensive cretins in Moscow cheering on the prospect of Europe and Ukraine living a cold dark winter.... here comes some schadenfruede!
All I said in my earlier post about the LARGE Power Transformers being bespoke, custom transformers that have year-long waiting lists... and that's IF you don't have sanctions against your entire country. Ordering one of these requires specific engineering specs... THAT EVERY TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURER can readily identify as being destined for Russia. No company is going to risk building one. And smuggling a few of them into Russia is not like smuggling Chinese CNC machines. They each weigh THREE HUNDRED TONNES. Besides, the specs for Russia vs Chinese vs Indian power transformers is as different as it is from Canada.
Watch this in it's entirety. While it's AI, it is DEAD ON!
You really think Russia has no spares, and even if they don't that Uncle Xi cannot provide them with as many transformers as they need?Meh, that's nothing for a country with the same GDP of New York State.
Russia? 3 or 4 chains of redundancy?
Should I give you
I live close to the latest, most modernized, BRAND NEW electrical transformer stations in downtown Toronto. And it only has taken a single underground transformer outside of a building a few blocks away to put 500,000 in the dark for a day. Good thing Tornto Hydro has stockyards of transformers of every type and a not-corrupt, highly trained and motivated Union workforce of Red Seal Licensed Power Line Electricians with crane trucks and all the logistics to get things going. And it can still take a day or two. To bypass ONE underground transformer vault. And many months to decontaminiate it, strip it, and rebuilt it to get it back online.
You are living in a Vatnik delusion. And also don't have a fucking clue about how the electrical grid, power transformation, switching, fusing, cross-ties etc work. NOT-A-CLUE
"Russia's power grid is not some impenetrable modern fortress, it is a pretty brittle Soviet-era system"
For those of us who are happy to see those extremely offensive cretins in Moscow cheering on the prospect of Europe and Ukraine living a cold dark winter.... here comes some schadenfruede!
All I said in my earlier post about the LARGE Power Transformers being bespoke, custom transformers that have year-long waiting lists... and that's IF you don't have sanctions against your entire country. Ordering one of these requires specific engineering specs... THAT EVERY TRANSFORMER MANUFACTURER can readily identify as being destined for Russia. No company is going to risk building one. And smuggling a few of them into Russia is not like smuggling Chinese CNC machines. They each weigh THREE HUNDRED TONNES. Besides, the specs for Russia vs Chinese vs Indian power transformers is as different as it is from Canada.
Watch this in it's entirety. While it's AI, it is DEAD ON!
Clickbait title. No Russian oil company is bankrupt.
But it Luks like Lukoil had to sell off all it's foreign operations because of sanctions making it justt too hard to do business.. Including their refineries.
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What I really think is that you don't read, watch or listen before you reflexively post your self-admitted laughable "You really think Russia has no spares, and even if they don't that Uncle Xi cannot provide them with as many transformers as they need?
" pro-Russian excuses.Time will tell if they have spare transformers, or leftovers from Societ times. But These are HUGE FUCKING 300 TONNE units taht take a year or two to build. And part of Ukraine's strategy to destroy Russia's own transformer factories.
As for Uncle Xi. These transformers are HUGE, like 300 tonnes.
Time will tell.
In any case, Russians are already well on their way to another cold winter by mere fact that Putin, his regional puppets and oligarchs steal all the money for infrastructure, including central heating and electricity grids.
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AI Overview
Reports confirm that thousands of Russians experienced failed heating systems, resulting in apartments freezing and flooding during the exceptionally cold winter of 2024
. The crisis, which affected regions from Moscow to Siberia, was primarily caused by the dilapidated state of Soviet-era infrastructure, chronic underfunding, and systemic corruption.
Causes of the heating failures
- Decaying infrastructure: Much of Russia's centralized heating grid was built during the Soviet era with a lifespan of about 25 years. Decades later, with many pipes still in use, officials cited wear and tear as a primary reason for the numerous breakdowns. As of early 2024, some reports indicated that as much as 40% of the communal heating grid needed urgent replacement.
- Inadequate funding: Russian authorities acknowledge that existing funding is insufficient to address the scale of the problem. Military spending for the war in Ukraine has been prioritized over domestic infrastructure, further reducing the budget for municipal upgrades. In fact, the budget for Russia's housing and utility sector is set to be cut significantly between 2024 and 2026.
- Corruption: High levels of corruption are deeply intertwined with the utility system's failure. In Klimovsk, near Moscow, executives were arrested for embezzling funds meant for residents' heating bills. In other cases, bribes to officials mean that contractors use cheap, low-quality counterfeit pipes for repairs.
- Lack of oversight: In some cases, heating facilities are run by military enterprises with tight security, preventing city officials from conducting proper winter preparations and inspections.
Widespread impacts across Russia
The failed heating systems led to extreme conditions for residents across the country in early 2024:
- Freezing and flooding apartments: When heating systems fail in sub-zero temperatures, water freezes inside the pipes. When the system is turned back on, the cracked pipes burst, causing apartments to flood with boiling water. In Irkutsk, for example, temperatures of
-14∘C
caused heating pipes in a building to collapse, covering the walls and floors in ice. - Mass outages: Tens of thousands of residents were left without heat and hot water for days or even weeks. In one incident in Podolsk, near Moscow, a heating main at a private ammunition plant burst, affecting nearly 150,000 people during a period when temperatures dropped to
-20∘C
. - Disruption of public services: Critical infrastructure like schools and hospitals were also affected. In Novosibirsk, a failure left 124 residential buildings and 10 public facilities, including schools, without heat. Students were forced to switch to remote learning.
- Public anger and protest: The heating failures sparked outrage from local residents, who posted appeals to President Vladimir Putin on social media. In Elektrostal, residents lit bonfires on the street to keep warm and protest the situation.
- Accidents and deaths: In severe cases, failed heating systems have turned deadly. In 2022, a person died in Nizhny Novgorod after falling into a hole filled with boiling water from a burst pipe. There were also reports of a car falling into a similar pit in Penza, killing two people.
