No Official State Funeral for President Gorbachev - Putin's Russia

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports " Vladimir Putin will not attend Mikhail Gorbachev's funeral due to 'work schedule', Kremlin says....Mr Gorbachev was a strong critic of the Russian president and said corruption had reached "colossal proportions" under his leadership.  "

Lets Get Real:

The funeral will not be a STATE FUNERAL as noted in the article, but there will be aspects such as a honour guard, the fact that Putin went to see Gorbachev in his open casket but will not attend the funeral is very odd, it just might be a Russian thing.  There was no love lost between Putin and Gorbachev, Putin has reversed the Gorbachev agenda when it comes to Russian democracy, reform and freedom.  If you call the War in the Ukraine a WAR you get thrown in to prison.  The Free press has been shutdown, the Western Nations are backing the Ukraine, while Russia has the backing of China and Iran. In other words the other rogue nations.  The Russians action in the Ukraine has shown that the Russian Soldier is a WAR CRIMINAL, and that the Russian leadership are following in the footsteps of Stalin. Hostility to the West and repression at home.  Putin has ruined the Gorbachev legacy.  As Putin is not going to the funeral, it means that the Western Leaders do not have to go, they are banned anyway.  One does wonder, what Reagan, Thatcher will be saying to Gorbachev on his arrival up stairs. 

Gorbachev is DEAD at 91 - End of an Era - Biden Era

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports in its 10.45pm post the following, " ( Gorbachev ) ....won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for negotiating a historic nuclear arms pact with the US president Ronald Reagan, and his decision to withhold the Soviet army when the Berlin Wall fell a year earlier was seen as key to preserving Cold War peace, AFP reports.  "

Lets Get Real:

Gorbachev was a great leader, who tried to reform and bring openness to the USSR, the USSR could not be saved, this is why the old Communists tried a Coup in 1991, Gorbachev was arrested, the Russian people rose up and defeated the Coup, Gorbachev on his return from arrest was to slow to see that the number was up for the USSR.  Thus the end of the USSR in 1991. In his short years in power he and President Reagan ended the Cold War and with their agreements on a INF Treaty, the first nuclear treaty to abolish nuclear weapons.   This Treaty Lasted in till the Putin Regime cheated on it.   Let's be honest, the old Russian Guard who appointed Gorbachev wanted to challenge Reagan on charisma, and Gorbachev had that in spades, the problem was that the USSR could never match the Reagan defence spending, thus threw in the towel, also they could not cope with the Reagan's ideas for taking the Cold War in to Space, with SDI or Star Wars as it was called by its critics.  Reagan, Gorbachev and Thatcher were the last great leaders of the 20th Century.  It has been reported that Gorbachev was horrified by the WAR in the Ukraine, Putin has thrown all the Gorbachev ideas for reform away, there is no democracy in Russia, also Putin controls the printed press and the airways.   One does hope that Gorbachev is given a State Funeral, he was a great leader, the World owes him and Reagan a great debt, ending the First Cold War with words and not a hot WAR.  Reagan trusted Gorbachev, Putin is not in his class at all. 

Has Putin LOST HIS BOTTLE over Sweden and Finland in NATO - Ukraine - Russian War - New Cold War 2

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports the following on President Putin's remarks on Sweden and Finland wanting to join NATO in its 2.07pm post, " While he warned of a "reaction", his remarks were devoid of the kind of bellicose language one might expect given the Russian president's animosity towards the Western military alliance and the threat he has suggested it poses to Russia.  "

Lets Get Real:

It seems the RUSSIAN BEAR has woken up and worked out that with the problems with the Ukraine he might as well accept that Sweden and Finland are about to join NATO.  The mess in the Ukraine is down to Putin, he thought it would be a walk over, according to reports the head of the Russian Intelligence is out of favour, it seems the FSB told Putin what he wanted to HEAR, it seems that Russians have learned nothing from the IRAQ WAR of Bush 43 and Tony Blair.  Both Sweden and Finland have been given security guarantees by the UK and others if Russian tries something on before these two countries become member of NATO they are covered AGAINST ANY ATTACK BY Russia.  Putin has achieved what he did not want, a UNITED NATO, an increase in Western Defence spending, more Countries wanting to join NATO, and the West supporting Ukraine with what it need to push the Russians all the way back to their border in the North.  Putin legacy will be one of the loss of Russian democracy and making Russia the WORLD'S NUMBER 1 ENEMY. 

West in Total Hybrid War against Russia - Russian Foreign Minister, Ukraine - Russian War - New Cold War 2

Sky News: Reports " West has declared 'total hybrid war' on Russia, claims Lavov - as Putin warns Finland against joining NATO  "

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The blogger watched the remarks by the Russian Foreign Minister, half way through this blog hard to change the channel, the Foreign Minister is on another planet, he is not even in our GALAXY, the remarks were well of base, it was the ALL FAULT OF THE US, and it was the US making the demands and using the Ukraine as a base.  One hopes when the mics are off that the Foreign Minister knows that he is talking crazy talk and is pure BS.   One does wonder do the Russian people really believe this BS from the Kremlin, they must know they are being lied too, how many black body bags does it take, and bodies sent from the Ukraine in trains.  It has been reported that Russian Intelligence think that Putin has not long for this earth and that he has a terminal illness, it would explain a lot about his lack of judgement when it comes to the Ukraine, let's hope he does not want to take the World with him when dies through starting World War 3. 

Putin on Finland joining NATO - Russian - Ukraine War - New Cold War

BBC News - Live Blog: Reports in its 1.15pm post the following, " Putin warns Finland joining Nato would be a mistake....Russian media are reporting Putin's side of the conversation.....He told Sauli Niinistö there were currently no threats to Finland's security, and that Finland abandoning its long-standing neutral status would be a mistake.  "

Lets Get Real:

The Russians are unhappy, not great news, this is the last thing that the Kremlin wanted, the point of invading the Ukraine was to STOP them become part of NATO.  The Russian Invasion and WAR CRIMES means that Finland and Sweden have decided that their security is better in NATO than out, they have seen what Russian has done to the Ukraine and they want protection, the Turks have cast doubt on the applications, the Biden Oval has to INFORM them that they will support the move, or else, they are out of NATO.  One can presume that Putin has had words with Turkey and Hungary, both will have to be put in their place by the US and the rest of NATO.  The USSR was a great evil power, while modern Russia is not even a third rate power, its ARMY has shown that it is inept and WAR CRIMINALS.  Following orders will not be accepted by Courts, that will happen when the Putin Regime is no longer in power. 

Finland and Sweden a BIG BONUS for NATO - Ukraine - Russian War - New Cold War

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 1.35pm post the following, " Finland and Sweden would bolster NATO's military capabilities significantly......If they are to join NATO, Finland would have one of the largest armies in the military alliance.  "

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One can see why the Kremlin is WORRIED, the last thing they need is a WAR with Finland, the Ukrainian Army is giving the Russian Army a bloody nose, and it is reported that thousands of Russian Soldiers have been killed in the Ukraine, more than were killed in the 1979 - 1989 War in Afghanistan, the failure in Afghanistan is seen as one of the factors in the fall of the USSR.  Putin's Kremlin must know his regime is on the LINE, when the Russian people finally smell the coffee and see the disaster the WAR WITH THE UKRAIEN has been will they turn on the Regime, as the people did with the TSAR in 1917 and with the Coup plotters in 1991, this was the final nail in the coffin of the USSR.  Putin has gone through his nine lives, how much more failure can the Russian cope with, and when will they see through the BS. 

UK will support Finland and Sweden if in WAR WITH RUSSIA - Ukraine - Russian War - New Cold War 2

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports the following in its 2.22pm post, " 'Inconceivable' UK would not support Finland or Sweden if they were attacked....In a joint news conference with his Finnish counterpart, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said the UK would come to Finland's aid in the event of an attack...."It's inconceivable that Britain would not come to the support of Finland or Sweden if it was ever attacked," Mr Wallace said.  "

Lets Get Real:

One can see why there is TALK of the Defence Secretary being a future leadership candidate when PM Johnson is forced out because of Partygate, as Pre Wars go the Defence Secretary has said the right thing and he never attended  Party in the LAST TWO YEARS.  The reason that the Conservative backbenchers have not moved to remove the PM is that there is no natural successor, the Chancellor got caught up in the party gates mess and was fined, and the tax status of his wife did not help.  Thus it look like it is down to the Defence Secretary or Foreign Secretary, if you have others running it will make the process last longer, this is a time of Crisis, and there is no Churchills or Thatcher's on the backbenches, it is not the time for on the job training.