#russian collapse

That Bad and Worse

Falling through the universe at the speed of life By David Glenn Cox How bad could it be? Don’t ask. Vladimir Putin is calling for a partial mobilization, after he promised the Russian people that he wouldn’t do that. Only professional soldiers and contract soldiers would fight in Ukraine. But after invading and annexing the Crimea, Putin had promised that he had no further territorial…

Falling through the universe at the speed of life By David Glenn Cox The war in Ukraine was everything he never wanted and more. And the more he gets of it, the worser it gets for him. The war in Ukraine began as a special military operation. As in play it down, old-fashioned Soviet style decapitation invasion. It was going to be so easy they said, it’ll be over in a week they said, you’ll…

Russia: A 1, 000-year Chronicle of the Wild East :: Martin Sixsmith

Russia: A 1, 000-year Chronicle of the Wild East :: Martin Sixsmith soon to be presented for sale on the special BookLovers of Bath web site! London: BBC Books, 2011, Hardback in dust wrapper. Includes: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; Maps (1); Title page vignette; From the cover: Russia is a country of cultural refinement, yet a country that rules by the iron fist, with an…