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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Just to add:

    • Syria: they also allowed Russian Islamic extremists to go fight in Syria rather than cause trouble in Russia - some of them reportedly joined ISIS
    • Dagestan
    • Sudan/Darfur
    • disproportionate recruitment of Muslim minorities for the Ukrainian front
    • violent repression of Muslim minorities
    • involvement in the Sahel + helping military regimes in Niger/Mali/Burkino Faso fight ISIS affiliated groups
    • Afghanistan: ISIS have previously attacked the Russian embassy there, saying the Taliban aren’t radicals and are Russian puppets.
    • Iran: ISIS has perpetrated attacks in Iran, hates the Iranian regime. Iran is a Russian ally and provides them with drones for Ukraine, Russia in turn supports Iran.

    Etc. etc. etc.




  • After he’s moved some of Russia’s abundant supply of troops to the border, maybe he can also match increasing NATO military spending. Ignore the US, only match Europe. The EU’s GDP is over 20 trilion * 2% target = 400 billion.

    Russia’s currently at 69.5 billion spending, so a 450% increase should get it near EU spending. That works out at roughly 20% of GDP. Maybe increase refinery production and export a bit more oil or export gas to some of the more affluent markets.

    Good luck!

    I’m sure we’ll all be saying “Mission Accomplished” on a very ‘special’ president’s ‘special’ military operation very soon.