Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to hold elections if there is a ceasefire. However, Eastern Ukraine citizens, those currently living in the Donbas region, who are supportive of Russia, will not be permitted to vote.
This creates a rather bizarre official hypocrisy within the Zelenskyy regime. The official position of Zelenskyy is that Eastern Ukraine will never be accepted as a part of the Russian federation.
Zelenskyy has recently noted, with EU leadership support, that his government will never recognize Eastern Ukraine as part of the Russian federation. However, this same region, approximately 20% of Ukraine, will not be permitted to participate in his controlled election.
Essentially, any Ukraine resident who does not support Zelenskyy will not be permitted to vote in any election, if any election is ever permitted. Additionally, Zelenskyy notes that “there is the practice of voting abroad,” however, any region not controlled by Zelenskyy cannot submit votes.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy – “It is not up to Putin to decide when or in what format elections in Ukraine will take place, because these elections are exclusively for Ukrainian citizens. Therefore, he will certainly not influence anything, let alone the outcome.
Voting is carried out by citizens of Ukraine who are within the country, on Ukrainian-controlled territory. Here, we can ensure fair and transparent elections. There is also the practice of voting abroad. Elections cannot be held in territories not controlled by Ukraine, because it is obvious how they would be conducted – just as Russia always does.
Overall, elections depend on two factors: security and legislation. Security must be addressed; this is the top priority. It is important that our military personnel, who are defending the country, are able to vote. Every citizen has an absolute right to vote.
We have already discussed this with our U.S. partners; they raised this issue. If they raise it, it means they know how to help us ensure safe elections. This, primarily, could involve a ceasefire, or bringing the war to an end, or a ceasefire, at least for the duration of the elections.” {source}
Also from Zelenskyy:
We are moving at a fairly rapid pace, and our team in Florida has been working with the American side. European representatives were also invited. These negotiations are constructive and this matters. Much depends on whether Russia feels the need to end the war for real – it must not be a rhetorical or political game on Russia’s part. Unfortunately, the real signals coming from Russia remain only negative: assaults along the frontline, Russian war crimes in border areas, and continued strikes against our infrastructure. It is essential that the world does not remain silent about all of this. {source}
[…] Peace is better than war, but not at any cost, because we have already paid a high price. What matters for us is a just, durable peace – one that cannot be violated by another whim of Putin or any other Putin-like figure. It is extremely important to have strong security guarantees in place to prevent even the thought or the physical ability to come back to us with aggression.
I do not see the Budapest Memorandum as an agreement; I see it as nothing more than a piece of paper, because our territories were occupied, and so many people were killed. And this agreement did not protect us. I do not consider it strong or effective.
Therefore, for me, an agreement is not just about signing a document. One must know the details: what will happen if the Russians come with aggression and launch another war. How will the Americans and Europeans respond? How will our partners respond? What deterrence package will Ukraine have? What will be present on Ukrainian territory? How will our army be equipped? How strong will it be, and what reserves will we have? What can we count on? What sanctions package will be imposed simultaneously on the aggressor? {source}


There is only one way out of this conflict and that is to eliminate LITTLE MAN Z
He is a nasty, little 🐷!
Pardon me for insulting 🐷s.
Oh, insult away, Lorrie, although if you’re insulting anyone it would be pigs, who are intelligent, loveable, and above all, usefull creatures…
… – Pigs can be your frens, qua: – pet… Pigs can snuffle out acorns, truffles and all manner of mushrooms for you… – Pigs can devour the dismembered remains of your enemies, pretty efficiently, for example… – Pigs, in a pinch, can even keep you and your’s alive through a cold winter by the magical powers of bacon, gammon, loin, and ham…
… – On the other hand, all lil’Z can apparently do is grift offa taxpayer bux, play ‘Chopsticks’ on the piano with his pee-pee, and play-act *Atrouciously*…
I had a potbelly pig for 16 years. 🐷
Brilliant, determined — and pigheaded!
Much more intelligent than little Z man.
Pigs are, quite frankly, Mensch, on four trotters… 😉
We created him and as in “we” I mean previous US regimes.
I thought he was created by the brilliant CIA.
Actually, Zero is just a figurehead, bobolling around and existing solely at the leisure of the CIA which, again, exists solely at the leisure of Soetero and his handlers; as does the FBI.
Agreed, 14′: – Z is an IC theater kid, simple as…
Effete, little puppet!
Z-skyy is a puppet as are Mertz, Macron and Starmer. The puppet master is what needs to be dealt with. As we all know, puppets are replaceable and interchangeable.
Actually, the best way is for the United States to simply walk away on January 1, 2026…
A: No weapons
B: No money
C: No satellite
D: No targeting
E: No intelligence
F: Burn all the spooks, in country, forthwith:…
… – Declare. Disclose. Disavow…
That’s will be G…Sgt….
You listed what Trump should have done in January 2025, as he had promised the voters here at home.
And adding to your list:
F: Remove all our active military and contractors
G: Remove all CIA and 3 letter intelligence agency personnel and their sponsored paramilitaries
Exactly! I was being charitable with January 1, 2026 given the RINO opposition faced!
Its’ really good to see how many people are waking up to this insanity.
Many are still unaware that the missile and drone launches targeting air bases containing RF strategic nuclear assets (like Engels in Saratov oblast) are conducted by the American military pretending that Ukraine is capable of this on their own. Seizing and droning Russian ships are acts of overt war.
Taking all political and personal prejudices out of the equation, this is pure insanity. And must end immediately.
The fact is president Putin is the most patient and sympathetic to the west man of importance in Russia to put up with this idiotic behavior.
If he is replaced, our permanent government is not sufficiently attached to reality to deal with the consequences.
Trump’s foot dragging now has him in a precarious position as the EU is threatening to sell off US treasuries.
It is now very much Trump’s war.
Trump has taken ownership of it.
Yes, the opposition from Congress, CIA, Pentagon, Trumps’ own appointees in his administration, donors and any number of other powerful interests to dissuade and pressure him to continue are real.
The bottom line is whatever he does, the impending disaster will be blamed on him and used to eviscerate his agenda. The responsibility to weigh consequences of decisions comes with the office.
Trump’s foot dragging now has him in a precarious position as the EU is threatening to sell off US treasuries.
It is now very much Trump’s war.
Dude.
The EU selling off US treasuries is an idle threat.
We have been discussing the topic for daaaaaays.
Apparently, you didn’t get the memo.
First off the EU doesn’t hold treasury notes.
The individual banks in the EU countries hold the notes.
If those banks dumped the US treasury notes, those banks would immediately collapse and those banks collapsing would literally trigger a worldwide financial crisis that would make the Great Depression look like a a church picnic.
Please stop spreading fear p0rn.
Likewise, the “war” does not belong to President Trump no matter how many times that ridiculous suggestion is peddled across the internet.
The SMO (Special Military Operation) is between the Russian Federation and the Globalist Mafia.
The SMO will be over when President Putin says it is over and not a moment sooner.
President Trump is trying to get our country out from under supporting the SMO as soon as he possibly can.
Please try to keep up.
BTW, your FUD posts are not well taken.
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This may be John’s first shift at the troll farm.
And start an audit of every dime of US taxpayer funds flushed through the corrupt dump
We, the citizens at large, will never gain control of our own government unless such audits are done and accountability for extreme corruption and incompetence is accomplished.
b-b-b-b-buuuuuuutt
Sen. John Cornyn sent me emails saying all the money to Ukraine was already audited.
Could it be … that Cornyn and the US Senate is full of baloney?
/ sarc off/
You realize that the US would need DOD auditors that read, write and speak Russian of which we have none!
To Sunriver Patriot, Tundra, and many others. An article from >TheConservativeTreehouse about the Russian and Ukrainian War. A fact about the war we need to accept.
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>A Significant Geopolitical Problem for President Trump and Us< July 10, 2025 | Sundance
“In the mind of President Putin, and in the growing awareness of the American electorate, the President of the United States does not control the Intelligence Community. It is entirely possible for the USIC to take America deeper toward war despite the President and people of America not wanting that to happen. Putin is simply prepared for that outcome.
This reality explains a dynamic where President Trump engages with President Putin in an effort to stop the war in Ukraine, yet President Putin continues the war in Ukraine; because ultimately he knows President Trump does not control the elements that facilitate the Ukraine military.
People struggle to accept this dynamic. However, I would remind everyone that right now YOU are paying for the entire government of Ukraine to exist. Including the Ukraine govt payrolls, retirement benefits, healthcare and operational budget of Ukraine overall.
Americans do not want to pay for that. President Trump does not want to pay for that. Yet, here we are, paying for that.
The same inertia process applies to the literal Ukraine war and conflict with Russia.
You might not want it. President Trump might not want it. Yet, here again we are providing weapons, intelligence, satellite communication, personnel and systems for the war.
This is the reality of the situation regardless of your/my willingness to accept it. This reality is what President Vladimir Putin discusses and accepts.
The problem for President Trump is not that this reality exists; the bigger political problem for President Trump is that people are increasingly becoming aware of this reality.
Now, many people are recently arguing against this reality. However, these are the same voices who previously stated President Trump could unilaterally declassify information within the same silo process that is designed to control his declassification authority. Empirically, and in reality, these voices are wrong.
Something needs to change. That something is generally that President Trump has to either: 1. admit publicly he does not control the U.S. Intelligence Community (very ugly); or 2. take control of that intelligence community (even uglier).”
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(GGHD) Note the conclusion in the title of the article: It’s a problem for President Trump and all of us, too.
GGHD,
I am well aware that none of our presidents have held actual Constitutional EO power for many decades. Simultaneously nor has Congress upheld its’ Constitutional duties to the public.
This is why the never ending partisan emotional vitriol expressed by the vast majority of the public against whatever individual occupies the Whitehouse is pathetic and ultimately impotent.
These divisions within the public are essential to maintain our klepotcratic and despotic system, while pretending we have a Republic.
I saw a very slight potential for a last ditch opportunity for our nation to survive with the election and a 2nd term of Trump.
If he had chosen on day 1 both the very ugly options 1 and 2 listed at the end of your repost.
At that point Trump had a large majority public support and trust. But he didn’t. Its’ all rear guard action going forward.
If Trump does not take control of the U.S. Intelligence Community, we are headed toward very difficult times. I don’t like thinking that he is not brave enough to do this but what are we to believe if he doesn’t do it? His entire term and legacy depends on it.
I am sure that Donald Trump knows that, but it is probably not an easy thing to do.
… can you add… F: sent 80% of CONgre$$.. to front lines of glorious Ukraine..,please ASAP….
And, above all, NO TALKING ABOUT IT ANYMORE. I am sick to death of this hogwash.
Z-man (Zelenskyy)!!! All your problems to solve. Not America’s.
Have a problem with that? Take it up with Obama, Biden, Nuland, the corpulent Army O-4, Sean Penn, Sen Graham, etc., etc. I’m sure they’d be more than willing to man the front lines.
He’s a puppet. Starmer would replace him with someone else.
Yes and the oligarchs who enable him. They have lots of $$$ & influence. The Ukraine should be run by Ukrainians not those who hate them. This war is a modern holodomor
The insane dictator needs to be eliminated. Overnight the war could end.
Wonder who ordered Zelensky to issue that edict…
How about the insane dictators in the West?
Starmer in the UK has seen what is proposed in the Ukraine and apparently likes what he sees.
Last year for the May elections, 8 councils were told there would be none for them because of district “reorganization”.
Starmer, Zelensky-like in popularity, has ordained that 8 is being turned into 62. No elections for them in 2026 as they might reflect on Labour’s precipitous decline, turning political control of those Labour held councils over to Farage’s Reform or Badenoch’s Conservatives.
This will be repeated in 2027, headed towards a 2029 General Election.
At which time, what??
By that time Starmer will be long gone, replaced by someone from within his own party who will be equally desperate to hold on to power by whatever means.
As for Germany, it is still attempting to ban the most popular party, the AfD from fielding candidates.
France??
Marine Le Pen anyone?
You can see where I’m going with this.
What’s good for the Ukrainian goose seems to be even better for his puppeteers.
“Democracy” anyone?
It’s waaaay past time to walk away. End it….End it NOW….
An excellent commentary!
“Wonder who ordered Zelensky to issue that edict…”
Betsy, I rather suspect the miscreants you’re looking for might possibly be located at this address:…
85 Albert Embankment,
Vauxhall,
London,
SE1 7Pt
(… – Why in the heck does Vauxhall have a ‘SE’ postcode instead of an ‘SW’, btw?!!…)
Sounds vaguely familiar, Sarge 🤔
As for the postcode?
Good question 😎
I’ve been rooting for Le Pen for a long time.
It will be her protogé (I’ll call him) who will run in her place.
Macron & Co must be terrified of her.
feel same..I like her same as I did Maggie T……
Kinda like having an election in Venezuela, but Venezuelans cannot vote.
Trump must not continue to escalate this latest fiasco in Venezuela. Pull back all our military and CIA/Contract mercenary thugs.
Respect the fact it is a sovereign country and engage Venezuela for mutually profitable and peaceful trade.
Where on Earth have you been living?
Maduro/his Ven military have been actively engaged training Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists on a Venezuelan island. He has exported his bottom of the barrel types (e.g., gang members) to the US courtesy of Biden, he is funded by the cartels, he is an ally of China, Russia, Iran, Cuba as they seek to penetrate S. America and undermine our country as well as conduct joint fleet exercises in the Caribbean.
No way in **** he gets the velvet glove treatment. He has been and remains a threat. Since Congress doesn’t care about American lives and welfare….Trump is doing what must be done.
What if Maduro ( or similar) was taken into custody by somebody that didn’t operate like
the CIA? What if the information that was obtained was presented to Trump ( or trusted cohorts)
to use in a “Carrot or stick” approach?
“What persons or companies was actually running the show?” If it’s, say, Graham, or a respected
wall street type ( would hate for it to be Buffet/sarc), then make some calls , arrange some carrots.
Let them know implicitly what kind of stick that you’ve arranged for them beforehand.
And it’s worth remembering previous CIA involvement which it has been suggested includes”Venezuelan” involvement in the night/early morning interference of the 2020 ” election” that delivered the coup.
Mid terms coming up.
I’ve long suspected that this ongoing contretemps is as much about that as it is (rightly so) about the murders of 10s of thousands Americans by the drugs which are being imported on an industrial scale into this country
CIA involvement there also?
There are many who believe so… and many more in high places who might be/ are beneficiaries of the proceeds.
Nothing would surprise me.
Phillip,
The current state of affairs in Venezuela is exhibit “A” of our decades long (century+ long as pertaining to Latin America) failed foreign policy and national obsessive compulsive disorder of intervention and predatory exploitation of foreign countries.
Your list of adopted personal outrages against Venezuela are taken verbatim from our deep state narratives designed to garner public support for overseas interventions. Unfortunately these narratives are very effective. The mass migration of Venezuelans into the US is a result of our crippling sanctions, not the policy of Maduro.
Venezuela originally “nationalized” its’ own sovereign natural resources in 1976. Long before the Chavista movement.
This was in response to US companies behaving as though they own foreign resources, instead of engaging in mutually beneficial profiting from providing technology, capital and infrastructure to create viable industry.
There are always a tiny elite in each foreign country that profit from these arrangements, while the vast population remains impoverished. Installing Machado, who is deeply unpopular in Venezuela across all political spectrums will result in a civil war. Her calling for foreign air strikes and violence against her country is treason. No one of consequence will rally to that.
If we send our boys in many will return in body bags. Nothing unites a country better than foreign invasion. What Rubio is doing strengthens Maduro.
We abandoned diplomacy and this essential art has atrophied to zero ability. We rely on force and aggression. This has literally bankrupted our own country. Beyond bankrupt, a financed debt so large its’ become unmanageable.
The bottom line is attempting to regime change Venezuela by force will be an unmitigated disaster and counter productive.
Ethical long term, mutually beneficial resource extraction agreements which profit both parties and avoid meddling in their governance are the only viable option.
right on…
So why hasn’t Putin enabled that after almost four years?
Flashback! When Joe Biden was running for President against Donald Trump he told people to imagine what could happen in Ukraine if he got re-elected in 2020.
This was one of the best PDJT/Vance tag teams ever.
TRUMP SHOCKS THE WORLD WITH HIS POWER PLAY AGAINST ZELENSKY IN OVAL OFFICE
The little worm. We will rue the day we ever heard of him.
most of us already do.
Some bugs need to be squashed instead of swatting away.
Because he is fighting for democracy.
How is denying a democratic process to all fighting for democracy?
It was sarcasm.
Sometimes you gotta use the /s tag. I knew you were being sarcastic but I can’t always tell.
Sorry, but it isn’t always apparent to everyone;)
A cemetery in Illinois has a gravestone with a picture of the deceased, also a Z. family member, on the stone. The resemblance is there. Eerie.
Wordman might even say he was a dead ringer.
What is the exact name on the gravestone and the name of the cemetery in Illinois?
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Only Blondie knows the right grave.
Well.
The only reason for asking about the specifics is because I’d like to do a deep dive on it since the Illinois governor is from the Ukraine, or at least his people are.
If anyone knows which grave OP Sepp is referencing, please post it.
Thanks.
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Bill Barr’s paternal ancestry was from Ukraine.
Carl Reiner’s father was from Ukraine, but some sources say Austria.
And the list goes on.
Vindman, the Army man.
The Ukrainian army man? Biden or his autopen didn’t pardon Mr. Vindman ..
Him?
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121393385/abraham-m-zelensky
No. A son.
Another son is not listed with him in another city. I cleaned the weeds from the grave out of respect. Sad to see a grave neglected.
What is the name on the grave and the name of the cemetery?
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95792555/mitchell-zelens
Photo is near bottom.
There is a resemblance, but photo of a photo distorts slightly.
No connection that is discernible between Gov of IL and the Z-man.
Thank you, Sepp.
Most appreciated.
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Ha, ha, ha!
Maybe we should not count the votes from Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia because we know they cheat.
Might not be a bad idea.
Don’t forget NY
Throw Maryland into the mix. They’ve just been sitting on the sidelines the last few years,
but they’re ready, willing, and complicit.
“Put me in , coach!”
Maybe Colorado?
Billionaire oligarchs continue to try to destroy Christian Ukraine.
They have long since destroyed and continue to in Ukraine since 1991.
Thank God that Russia dodged the bullet.
Time for him to go.
As long as he and his wife are stripped of every asset we bought!
Zelensky doing what he’s told to. DELAY THE PEACE AGREEMENT UNTIL AFTER 2026. I’m betting that’s the deal but who knows. I was hopeful he would cave and settle the peace but he seems to have been propped up and lectured to by the EU criminals again.
PTrump needs to just pull away from all of it and let them play this war without any input from the USA if they don’t settle this soon. But that’s just me talking. Whatever happens, Zelensky is no way going to get fair elections in UKR because he doesn’t want them really. His puppet masters have told him so. He just proved that with this announcement.
No soup for you. Next!
Keeping the Ukraine war going might be the ONLY way for the EU to keep the books balanced. The old Atlanta
model on a grand scale.
What might the Atlanta model be? Can’t prove it, but I do notice patterns. And do some digging into whether
they’ve appeared in the past. The Atlanta model is this. The politicians steal every last bit of tax payer money
they can get their hands on. And… the bills come due. So…. dual set of books time, on a grand scale. And, something
gets built, with huge cost over runs, “unexpected delays”. And bizarre set backs. Built on “hallowed” indian burial
grounds, live springs that are missed when the initial surveys are done. The punchline is often the hired contractor.
Renovations to an elementary school were halted, for two years. The contractor had taken the money and ran.
The name of the firm? ” The Billy Bob Construction Company”.
See what I mean about crooks having their own inside jokes.
So…. Atlanta or nearby overspends, squanders, the bills come do. What to do, what to do? Break ground at
Hartsfield Airport ( will NEVER include Jackson’s name in it). Charge 30 million to haul some dirt, if you’re
a friend of the mayor’s. Start a renovation at Grady Hospital for 400 million, leave 1/4 of the building as a
shell, and have some of your buddies make off with 10s of thousands of feet of coaxial cable. I won’t
even begin to get into what went on prior to and during the Olympics/
To wrap it up: The EU has fried their economies to the point that what paid the bills has been ran off.
All they have to cover the costs is the Ukraine war, human smuggling, and the bribes that were paid
to get everybody vaccinated OR ELSE a few years back.
If this is the case, Zelensky, just end the war. This arrangement you have concocted is an acknowledgement that the areas controlled by Russia belong to Russia.
Otherwise, let them vote and see where the chips fall.
” those currently living in the Donbas region, who are supportive of Russia, will not be permitted to vote.”
That doesn’t seem all that unreasonable to me.
If someday China invades eastern Russia, I doubt that Russians would want Russians in eastern Russia who sided with China voting in Russian elections.
Keep in mind before Russia invaded Ukrain was shelling the donbas region. They denied there ability to speak their native tongues or schools to speak to them in their native tongues. They also sent in rape squads of Nazis, (real statically wearing ziegheiling bastard) to enforce compliance in the rubble.
Don’t think Z wants to campaign there.
Then why doesn’t Zelenskyy just let them join with Russia as they originally requested.
Because, like Vladimir Putin, he is very stubborn, and doesn’t seem to much mind so many of his own people / troops being killed for a relatively small ammount of dirt. .
Some see the two men as opposites. I see them as more similar.
Putin is a rational leader, a nationalist, just like President Trump. Both men are reasonable and prioritize the self-interest of each of their respective countries. Zelensky is a corrupt puppet, a criminal, a mafia-like button man for his globalist bosses. Making any kind of equivalence between Putin and Zelensky is to exhibit a complete misunderstanding of not only the war, but of the altered relationships between European countries, one to another, and their collective and individual relationship with us.
Russia is a Christian nation, which makes it a natural ally of the United States, given the inevitable current and future war to come with Islam. Western Europe is now communist in all but name. People are imprisoned for expressing speech that the regime disapproves of. The countries are overrun by Muslim hordes who have no place in any western countries and will require violence to remove.
After all this time, do you not see the difference? The world has changed. Our former allies have now gone full communist and are now our enemies – in their own words. Our former enemy abandoned communism 35 years ago and is now a Christian nation – a natural ally for us. All due respect, but equating Putin and Zelensky is pure ignorance.
Not that I disagree, but then you have to consider our own south, that wanted to secede before our civil war.
ZMan is such a transparent idiot.
I assume this election will occur after Russia holds an election to replace the Dictator Putin. I mean, after Putin’s 25 year Dictatorship, it’s about time they returned to Democracy. And just to be safe, I don’t think Putin should be allowed to run again.
And no one seriously expects Zelensky to trust votes cast in a region controlled by the Dictator Putin. I am sure Zelensky will let the people in the Donbas region participate in the election after Ulkraine liberates Donbas from the Russian invaders.
The last presidential elections in Russia were held from March 15 to 17, 2024. Putin won 88% of the vote. Can you say the same for Zelensky? Who is real dictator here?
I guess you’ve never heard of TERM LIMITS.
Seriously, were you born yesterday? “Putin won 88% of the vote.” Sorry if I pause to laugh. Do you think anyone with half a brain believes the elections are not rigged? How about we discuss FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Have you heard of this?
Yeah, and the FSB is not removing any serious opposition, and the FSB is not silencing ANY AND ALL criticism of Putin. Do you have any clue of the degree of censorship in Russia today? ANY? You cannot sing certain songs. Forget about protests. Except, things have gotten so bad, some are even daring to protest now. Let’s see how that flies. Except resources are being spread thin due to the war.
And what about the internet in Russia?
“Putin has moved to isolate the Russian internet from the global web, establishing what is being called a ‘firewall’. As of late 2025, the Kremlin is transitioning from selective interference to widespread,, permanent regional shutdowns and intense censorship to bring the online space under total control.”
Do you know what they do to people who violate the censorship? Do you know how many people are being “disappeared”? Do you know what happens when you criticize the war too much? Do you know how many Generals who have died during this war? Some reports say 17. How many of those were removed by the FSB?
And do you know what the FSB has done to the industry leaders?
“Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, at least 38 prominent Russian businessmen and industry leaders have died under mysterious or suspicious circumstances, with many officially labeled as suicides or accidental deaths.
These incidents, often referred to as ‘Sudden Russian Death Syndrome,’ primarily involved high-level executives in the energy, finance, and infrastructure sectors. ”
WAKE UP.
Putin is a dictator.
It is my understanding that Putin is quite popular in his country. Don’t believe what the CIA puts out. Also Sundance has traveled there and reported back to us that, indeed, Putin is popular in his country.
Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, must be extremely popular in Russia as he won his last election with 87% of the vote. That is a super-super landslide, almost up to Saddam Hussein level.
Incredible popularity considering Russia doesn’t use Dominion/Smartmatic voting machines.
Yeah, as if that is the only method of rigging an election.
(REPEAT)
I guess you’ve never heard of TERM LIMITS.
Seriously, were you born yesterday? “Putin won 88% of the vote.” Sorry if I pause to laugh. Do you think anyone with half a brain believes the elections are not rigged? How about we discuss FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Have you heard of this?
Yeah, and the FSB is not removing any serious opposition, and the FSB is not silencing ANY AND ALL criticism of Putin. Do you have any clue of the degree of censorship in Russia today? ANY? You cannot sing certain songs. Forget about protests. Except, things have gotten so bad, some are even daring to protest now. Let’s see how that flies. Except resources are being spread thin due to the war.
And what about the internet in Russia?
“Putin has moved to isolate the Russian internet from the global web, establishing what is being called a ‘firewall’. As of late 2025, the Kremlin is transitioning from selective interference to widespread,, permanent regional shutdowns and intense censorship to bring the online space under total control.”
Do you know what they do to people who violate the censorship? Do you know how many people are being “disappeared”? Do you know what happens when you criticize the war too much? Do you know how many Generals who have died during this war? Some reports say 17. How many of those were removed by the FSB?
And do you know what the FSB has done to the industry leaders?
“Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, at least 38 prominent Russian businessmen and industry leaders have died under mysterious or suspicious circumstances, with many officially labeled as suicides or accidental deaths.
These incidents, often referred to as ‘Sudden Russian Death Syndrome,’ primarily involved high-level executives in the energy, finance, and infrastructure sectors. ”
WAKE UP.
Putin is a dictator.
Pure BS…
I think you must have missed the “almost up to Saddam Hussein level”. Or failed to catch the meaning.
Some might say you’re describing the United States.
So…. what do you call a president who will finally allow an election but states he will not permit those who are not supportive of him to vote? 🤔
No he will not.they long ago acceptted.russia as their country. Asked Russia to annex them to defend against the Nazi attacks and the constant shelling.
They are now solidly Russian they will be inconstant revolt and Ukraine will run as a police state
‘Chad Larson Putin’ and ‘Friend of Kyiv’ know all that.
They’re only here to troll us (along with Roger Wicker and his other girlfriends).
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Actually, K does not mean “Kyiv”. I have followed CTH for 10 years. A dear friend of mine of 20 years, “K” introduced me to CTH, and he used to post here regularly, and he was friends with Sundance. K passsed away about 8 months ago.
I am not a troll.
Putin is a dictator. Everyone knows it. And he despises the USA.
But this discussion is moot, because Ukraine is winning the war. Russia won’t last through the winter. Mark my words.
Why? How? Russia is defenseless against the Ukraine drones. Completely defenseless. Have you seen the stats? The Russian military is being decimated. Ukraine is destroying the Russian Federation’s entire industrial infrastructure, and it’s old and crumbling anyway. The Russian economy is collapsing. Russia can no longer export refined oil. The Russian shadow fleet is now also being destroyed.
And “General Winter” is here.
Bye Felicia.
If the discussion were truly moot as you suggested, then you wouldn’t feel the need to spam this discussion with anti-Russian/anti-Putin propaganda.
You’ll find few cheerleaders here, but I doubt that will stop you.
BTW, those ‘Ukrainian drones’, the ones that aren’t even operated by actual Ukrainians, aren’t Ukrainian at all.
You aren’t fooling anyone.
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Why is it spam if the OP is sharing their opinion? Perhaps a discussion can be had?
Why is it spam if the OP is sharing their opinion? Perhaps a discussion can be had?
Scroll up, Miss Not-So-Observant SC.
Friend of Kyiv’s 2:13 post to ‘Andrew K’ and their 2:14 post to ‘Chad Larson Putin’ are duplicates> the exact same post.
That’s SPAM.
If you want to have a discussion with a spammer, knock yourself out.
Have a great day!
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Why so rude?
Never mind…
Merry Christmas <3
Looky here, old girl.
You started out by being rude to me about ten months ago when I made mention of the probability of the Romanovs surviving.
Remember that?
You inserted yourself more than once, very rudely, by declaring that the Romanovs had died.
You know nothing of the sort.
You merely repeated a mainstream narrative, which turned out to be typical behavior on your part because you still chronically repeat mainstream narratives.
Researchers all over the world have been studying the Romanovs for over a century including many researchers in Russia.
Before I could even get my documents together and make them into image files to share here, you made it your business to troll around behind me on at least two threads.
You are the one who is rude.
And you’re snarky, too.
If you want to believe mainstream narratives and promote them, that is your choice.
Not everyone chooses that path.
Some of us actually do serious research rather than sit around waiting to be told what to think and believe.
But, never mind . . .
You’ll either figure it out or you won’t.
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The reason that I repeated my comment was because I had the same response to someone else’s comment.
You wrote: “BTW, those ‘Ukrainian drones’, the ones that aren’t even operated by actual Ukrainians, aren’t Ukrainian at all.”
Excuse me, but if you are are seriously suggesting that Ukrainian drones “aren’t operated by actual Ukrainians”, I have to stop you right there and ask….
Do you have any idea of the sheer magnitude of Ukraine Drone strikes have been done over the past 4 years? Do you know how many non-Ukrainians would have to be imbeded within the Ukraine AND within Russian territory, for this to be true?
Let’s review some raw numbers:
1.2 Million Russian soldier’s killed
11,000+ Russian tanks
23,000+ Russian armored fighting vehicles
35,000+ Russian artillery systems
15,000+ Russian artillery systems
1,500+ Russian multiple launch rocket systems
91,000+ Russian UAVs
430+ Russian aircrafts
340+ Russian helicopters
4,000+ Russian cruise missiles
28+ Russian Warships
2+ Russian submarines
70,000+ Russian vehicles and fuel tanks
4,000+ Russian special equipment
100+ strikes on 40+ oil refineries
3 strikes on ocean oil platforms
dozens of strikes on factories
5 shadow fleet tankers
And how many “non-Ukrainians” OPERATING THE DRONES do you think are imbedded within the Ukraine military and BEHIND ENEMY LINES within the Russian Federation … OPERATING THE DRONES ??? How many?
And why are you suggesting that the Ukrainians, in this day and age, are too stupid to operate a Strategic /FPS Video game (aka, “DONE”) ?
I am sorry, but I am going to just laugh at the utter absurdity of your comment. And why are you even making such a comment? Do you have an ego or pride about Ukraine beating the Great Russian Federation, aka, “The Giant”?
Well, “David slew Goliath” and,
The walls of Jericho fell….
Sorry for the loss of your friend… can you share the username K used here? We have lost several Treepers and I often wonder what has happened to them.
Personally, I think you are correct about Putin and his “winning” 88% of the votes. We have all seen the news reports about removal of any opposition etc. However, I don’t think Ukraine is winning this war at all…. especially if the money gets cut off.
His name here was “Jello”. I have exchanged emails with Sundance about him. Sundance did not know he had passed. Sundance knew his real name and had developed a friendship with him over the past 10 years.
Jello was a very close very dear friend of mine. Jello and I had shared the journey from the liberal side to the consservative side, and over the past 10 years, Jello and I have discussed over 100 of Sundance’s articles.
I have immense respect for Sundance and have read his articles virtually daily for 10 years now. There has only been a few occasions when I disagreed with him, but I am always open to be wrong. I have exchanged emails with Sundance about Ukraine and Russia, and I realize that he does not agree with me. I have shared extensive information with Sundance to substantiate my assessment.
I am NOT a fan of the EU or the Globalists, and I get that Putin is anti-EU and anti-Globalists, but as I said to Sundance: “The enemy of our enemy, may still be our enemy.”
Putin is not a friend of the USA. Putin despises the USA.
Since when is Ukraine winning the war? If that is true why would little Z be begging for help?
The answer to your question would require extensive information, which you do not seem to be open to studying. It is obvious that you have studied the stats of the war. And, Putin is lying.
A. Does Ukraine require help? Yes. Does Ukraine require USA intel? Yes. Does Ukraine require funds? Yes.
B. Is the Ukraine destroying the Russian Federation’s industrial infrastructure? YES!!!!!!!!
Are these two mutually exclusive? No.
Must I list the stats of how much of the Russian military the Ukraine has decimated?
1.2 Million Russian’s killed, etc etc etc.
Must I list the stats of how much of the Russian Infrastructure the Ukraine has decimated?
40% of Russian Oil Refineries are offline, etc etc etc.
Gas shortages, Diesal shortages, Jet Fuel shortages, etc etc etc
Russia’s infrastructure was already old, not well maintained, overtaxed, and now Ukraine Drones are striking deep into Russian territory dissecting the key components. Heat, Water, Food, etc….
And now, GENERAL WINTER is here.
Russia will not last the winter.
…..another pure GLOBALIST/NEOCON BS….
If UKR cannot have a presence in Russian occupied territory how can their votes beverified?
The votes obviously cannot be verified in Russia occupied territory. This entire narrative is absurd, pure Putin propaganda. The fact that anyone is taking Putin seriously is beyond words. Have people lost their ability to think? It sure seems that way.
completely jewish Ukraine government top to bottom, behaves like Soviet Bolsheviks always did, shocker
The Ukrainian Army is 99.9% Orthodox Christian. In fact, an Israeli newspaper was recently bragging that 400 Jewish soldiers were in the Ukrainian Army which numbers almost 1 million.
Not exactly a ringing endorsement!
The guys a blow hard
Why is the depraved little Nazi still breathing on my planet?
Because his snorkel is too busy playing the piano.
Great idea. Let’s say blue states can’t vote.
Man, this reminds me of the ending of ‘Pierrot le Fou’ where Jean-Paul Belmondo’s charachter wraps the sticks of dynamite around his head and sparks the match…
… – This chap’s fully off his rocker, at this point…
I can hear his horrible evil voice when I read what he’s lying about. God please intercede and get the corrupt oligarch out of the picture now
Where are the ‘rats over here? They should be screaming disenfranchisement, voter suppression, discrimination! I’m waiting but not holding my breath.
Breaking: 16 US Intelligence Agencies report that Trump is a Russian asset! 17 Angry Democrats from Brooklyn report that Trump and Putin stole the election! 51 US Intelligence Officials report the Hunter Laptop is Russian propaganda! When do these people realize that we know they are liars and traitors! 🤔
Except the MIC just added another billion for arms to Ukraine …
In fact, it doesn’t create anything. It is simply consistent with how this totalitarian POS has treated Eastern Ukraine residents all along, which is what prompted Russia to invade in the first place. The only thing that you can accuse Zelenskyy of is being consistent. He persecuted these people, which provoked Russia. That’s why Russia annexed the Donbas and surrounding areas, rather than devastating all of Ukraine. Continuing to oppress these residents will not persuade Russia to respect Ukraine’s original borders … quite the contrary. It will only make them more determined.
The Crimea is, of course, a separate issue. It is the base of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, which is Russia’s only warm water port. Russia was never going to relinquish control of this area, short of a nuclear exchange and in that respect, nothing has changed.
I notice Walz is dressing like Zelenskyy. Fits him.
If they want to control the outcome, introduce mail-in ballots, and have them counted in Georgia….(Fulton County, GA)
Then apparently they HAVE voted, haven’t they?
The Kremlin effectively had to approve candidates to get on the ballot to run against Vladimir Putin in the 2024 Russian presidential election. While the formal process is managed by the Central Election Commission (CEC), in practice, all candidates are vetted and pre-approved by the Kremlin to ensure they pose no real threat to Putin’s rule. This creates an election with the appearance of competition but without genuine political choice.
No candidate critical of Putin, or his war in Ukraine, was allowed to register, despite collecting sufficient signatures. The process functions as a gatekeeping mechanism to exclude any serious opposition.
Very similar to Iranian elections.
Russia is right to invade and remove this guy.
Eastern Ukraine should hold their own election on an interim leader and whether, or not, they want to be part of Russia or Ukraine.
Eastern Ukraine’s provinces have held UN supervised elections on independence from Ukraine and the vote was overwhelmingly for independence!
Still another reason for President Trump to drop this clown like a hot potato.
Ukraine is ’Money Laundering’ on a vast scale.
Ukraine President Zelenskyy is a ’Money Laundering’ criminal.
That’s why him and Biden ( in his lucid days) bonded. The possibility might be that
Biden was installed as OBAMA’s minder, ala Rockefeller/ Nixon, Pence/Trump, ….
( others here can complete the list).
The big boys have known for years that Biden is an absolute gangster, wonderful at
engineering graft side scams that the right people are in on the ride on.
Thieves can literally walk into a room and find others hardwired like them. It’s
uncanny if you see it. Zelensky might have gotten some good graft tips from Biden
back in the day, because the guy was a master. Biden also had a great clean up
going after him back when, covered his tracks like nobody’s business. Made Hillary
look like a piker.
All regions outside the 5 who already chose to reunite with their home nation of Russia should be able to vote out of Ukraine.
There are millions of refugees in Russia who will be denied a vote.
What the Z is partially referring to is the model of Moldova. The expats in Europe voted but the expats in Russia were denied. Moldovans who reside in their country overwhelmingly are hostile to EU/NATO. The expats in the EU were needed to capture the country politically.
Romania was easier, the election that was poised to install an anti-NATO president was simply annuled.
At this point the best solution is a complete collapse of the terror state we created in Kiev. Russia needs to repatriate all regions that are Russian. Let Romania, Hungary and Poland have their previous borders back.
Anything left would be a completely disarmed neutral state.
He looks so thoughtful, in that pic, ngl…
Mr Z is trying to collect all the possible remaining monies the grifters worldwide have been offering him.
He probably needs a little more time to choose what corrupt govt will accept him when he flees.
Watch for a super $500 million yacht. (probably not suisse)
A case study of ‘The need to control is a reaction to fear.’
Simple translation: Zelensky has just ceded Eastern Ukraine to Russia.
We are appalled but if we let the Demcommies win control of Congress next year, we will not be allowed to vote for President in 2028. They will be making their move to convert this Republic to a Communist dictatorship if they win next year. They know it is their last chance and we should damn well better know it is also our last chance. Bickering about who is true MAGA will guarantee that the enemy will win. Divide and conquer is the oldest revolutionary strategy in history and they are reveling every time they hear something that can be used to try to divide us.
Uni-Party Repugs had better start paying attention, because the Demcommies see them as the “useful idiots” who will be no longer useful to them, once the have enough power. Trump can only do so much to keep the Republic alive, and we better plan on that.
Hypocritical, yes. But no worse than Germany trying to outlaw an entire party, the party leading. Or the countries trying to prosecute/imprison those candidates they are afraid will win.
Or kill them.
President Trump is in good company.
But what’s the point of even having elections if only your chosen constituency gets to vote, the whole world can see it’s a fraud. Like Zelensky.
He sounds like a Democrat.
We should start buying Russian oil. 😉
Clever. And we should follow suit: not let California , NY, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington vote in the next presidential election.
Heck,, you and Sundance should run for President & VP and proclaim only your immediate family and Tree House readers and supporters will be allowed to vote in 2028!
The good citizens of the Donbas voted a few years ago. They voted to drop Zelensky for A better life with Russia. How darling it is that Zelensky says they can’t vote.
Sounds like the money train has derailed.
He should just send out indiscriminately mail-in ballots if he wants to rig Ukraine’s elections.
No ID required…
“We have already discussed this with our U.S. partners; they raised this issue. If they
raise it, it means they know how to help us ensure safe elections.”
While it really means is his U.S. partners are well versed in running rigged elections.
But hey, he is not asking for much by demanding all the conditions he already knows Russia will not allow.
In other words, lil z is ultimately and openly saying, let the meat grinder persist until there is nothing left of Ukrain but total destruction of soldiers and infrastructure. Only ashes will remain.
Yeah, Zelensky is the person protecting Ukrainian democracy. Maybe Trump should announce that no western or eastern coastal states will be allowed to vote in the next presidential election.
Better… no votes in the 2026 modterms anywhere that photoID verification isn’t implemented.