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- neverscared2
Russian oil chief Maganov dies in 'fall from hospital window'
The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.
Maganov, 67, was being treated at the city's Central Clinical Hospital and died from his injuries, sources told Russian media.
He is the latest of a number of high-profile business executives to die in mysterious circumstances.
- at least his car didnt blow upneverscared
- i'm sure it's just an accidentpango
- They really need to check those hospital windows. Defo seem to have a design fault in Russian hospitalsPhanLo
- it happen all the time.ApeRobot
- yuekit3
One thing I didn't realize about the USSR was how much it relied on pseudoscience. Up until the 60s it was illegal to believe in genetics in the Soviet Union, all because one scientist came up with some crackpot alternative theories that Stalin and other politicians preferred.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr…
"Lysenko forced farmers to plant seeds very close together since, according to his "law of the life of species", plants from the same "class" never compete with one another. Lysenko played an active role in the famines that killed millions of Soviet people and his practices prolonged and exacerbated the food shortages. The People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong adopted his methods starting in 1958, with calamitous results, culminating in the Great Chinese Famine of 1959 to 1962, in which some 15–55 million people died."
- The causes of the Great Chinese Famine are a wee bit more complex than that.Brabo_Brabo
- The longer back in time you go, the crazier it gets. It applies to all
https://compote.slat…drgs - Some Putin followers are apparently trying to revive Lysenko-ism
https://twitter.com/…yuekit
- zaq6
- Hayzilla0
Why don't we pay some Russian cunts £25m to snipe Putin. We just deny it and say it was a local Russian nut. They do it to other countries all the time.
- They asked Vin Diesel but he makes about as much in a movie with a lesser risk of getting shot.palimpsest
- shapesalad is already building a team from QBNs finest.sted
- It's that easy!NBQ00
- Surely someone on his team wants to take him out.Chimp
- Send in the A-team!shapesalad
- shapesalad gave me the idea TBHHayzilla
- pablo281
MOSCOW, March 3 (Reuters) - Russia has decided to stop supplying rocket engines to the United States in retaliation for its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the state space agency Roscosmos, said on Thursday.
"In a situation like this we can't supply the United States with our world's best rocket engines. Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don't know what," Rogozin said on state Russian television.
- those broomsticks soon enough will end up in Putin's ass.pr2
- fuck space. broomsticks where its at FOLK HORROR REVIVAL BAAYYBEEkingsteven
- lol "our world's best engines" - not for a while now, Dmitry, as you well know.Nairn
- lol - https://i.redd.it/0r…
Note who he's tagged the tweet with :)Nairn - Witches didn't use broomsticks for flying...microkorg
- The world will be fine:
https://en.wikipedia…ETM
- sted6
- NBQ003
- they really do seem to be losing their shithans_glib
- reads like Trump lol. i can't even tell who is imitating who nowscruffics
- no more beef stroganoff for dmitry ... russia is getting financial ruined by the world.neverscared
- grafician3
After all this, Russia will be in a very weak position globally.
Judging by the economical “advancement“ of other Eastern European countries after the Cold war, Russia will need at least 40-50 years to catch up, if that...
Rn their economy is trailing Italy more or less, by size alone, even tho their quality of life is way way lower. Not to mention their isolation in so many ways.
They export crude and gas, while the world is aiming for ending fossil fuels in a decade more or less (we really need to), so no more bargaining chips for Russia from now on.
Global energy companies like BP and Shell read the room and divested Russian holdings losing billions overnight and those hold a lot more influence on the global scene than Vlad :)
Ffsake Vlad made Germany willing to rearm again and Switzerland brake their neutrality!
More or less Russia is in Germany‘s position after WW2
The mythical resilience of the Russian people will be put to the test once more...
- Another thing: the real humanitarian crisis will hit when Russians start to think for themselves again and spread around. Mother Russia will remain a wasteland.grafician
- this is what happend when you have a dictator running the country, he's totally disconnected from the real worldBennn
- Sanctions and restrictions need to continue, the life’s of ordinary Russians need to be affected enough for a change within to happen. Sadly.shapesalad
- NBQ00-1
Can somebody tell me:
What happens with all Russian tourists and people in EU and other parts of the world if all airspace is closed for Russian aviation?
- Force Majeure, I bet.Brabo_Brabo
- In other words, find your own way home by land. A flight to Ulaan Battar and Trans Sib would be my choice.Brabo_Brabo
- Go to their embassy and cry. Embassy perhaps writes to heads Kremlin. Putin Cruise missile is then pointed at their embassy.shapesalad
- Flight to China then a flight to RussiaChimp
- vodka shot. then find a solution.uan
- they can walkcherub
- The borders are still open. You just can‘t fly there.
Planning trips back will be a mf tho‘grafician - Go via DubaiCalderone2000
- yuekit0
- Russia should invade them self. Or in other words. They should go fuck themself.pango
- What's happening in Lithuania?drgs
- or Romania!? wtf this aint rightgrafician
- Shh, don‘t tell Milan.NBQ00
- My bet is it correlates with "jews per capita", Ukraine/Belarus were the largest Jewry centersdrgs
- they should do this worldwide and also with the other religions.
would be quite reveiling. there is a reason why division of state and faith is important.uan - read that actually India and China are very low in their “acceptance” levels of various other peoples...grafician
- Can't say for India but yes mainland Chinese has low acceptance towards anyone who doesn't have the appearance of Han Chinese.pango
- As drgs has been pretty much saying for years - "every cunt's racist".Nairn
- NBQ003
“I wouldn’t want to keep money in a bank that can’t access the SWIFT system. Once a bank can’t transfer or receive funds from other banks, its solvency can be at risk. If I were Russian, I would take my money out now. Bank runs could begin in Russia on Monday.“
- Won't Swift ban be bad for USD?shapesalad
- Do it! Two birds with one stonedrgs
- I asked this before, but how far can Russia hack into our banking system as a retaliation.pinkfloyd
- sted1
Russia vetoes draft UN resolution condemning its actions in Ukraine. 11 votes in favour. 3 abstentions including China, India and UAE
- India is what i don't get in that 3sted
- I read that Russia provides a lot of military aid to India? But yeah disappointingyuekit
- India buys arms from Russia. Specifically the $5B purchase of the s400 air defense system.monNom
- I gather there's a networked element to that system that requires coordination with Russia. IE for radar signatures of stealth aircraft.monNom
- There was a hesitancy to deploy f35 fighters in the past because the US didn't want to give the s400 system too much data.monNom
- And a shitload of Sukhoi jet planes. Raskal is the backbone of the existing Indian fleet of planes.Nairn
- Basically it sounds like Creative Cloud for missile defense.monNom
- ^ Well that's evil thenyuekit
- UK Sends aid money to India. India uses money to by arms from Russia. Uk realises it’s cheaper to buy Arms from Russia and shoot own foot...shapesalad
- The funny thing is whenever the topic of China comes up, random Indian commenters sound like they are ready to personally fight WW3 against China.yuekit
- Wonder how they feel that their hero Modi is now aligning with China and Russia...also Pakistan is close to Russiayuekit
- Nationalist Indian commentators are some of the most batshit insane (and internecine) I've seen on the internet over the years. Almost UltraHan-like.Nairn
- ahahah yuekit i have the same experience, its just lovely how you can turn a discussion with that :Dsted
- even from this distance the ones i know are still jumping on it like they were back home already fighting.sted
- Thanks this makes sense.
lol@Creative Cloud for missile defensested
- NBQ000
So sad. There's now heavy fighting starting in the streets of Kiev.
- Dublin, Dundee, Humberside..Brabo_Brabo
- Humberside! Lol. Yeah... and that's without Putins involvement, just look at the crime section of the Hull Daily Mail.shapesalad
- Dublin? Huh?mort_
- Dublin, cos there were conflicts and shit n that there yea. And trump said Putin is a genius yea. So bobo now is pro-russia yea.inteliboy
- ever feel like you're getting too old?
having that moment right now.exador1 - dublin, dundee, Humberside.
it's a from The Smiths song 'Panic'exador1 - Burn down Frsico, hang the messed bj...oey_oey
- NBQ001
WTF
- https://twitter.com/…NBQ00
- LOL https://twitter.com/…NBQ00
- wutpango
- Cringe of the DayRamanisky2
- narcissism knows no boundsinteliboy
- Do not get distracted by WMD (boobs) some women are very dangerous.shapesalad
- annnnnnnnd it's gonepango