A State Funeral for Gorbachev ? - Putin's Russia

Daily Mail: Reports " Gorbachev funeral poses potential nightmare for the West - and Putin - with Ukraine war preventing statesmen or world leaders travelling to Moscow to pay respects "

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The above article is right, the idea of Western Leaders going to Moscow is out of the question, how could they go with the WAR IN THE UKRAINE, also this blog does not trust that the leaders would be secure in Moscow, Putin does not play fair or understand the rules.  Of course Putin could play games with the West, declare that Gorbachev will have a State Funeral, thus forcing Western Leaders to decline going, so Putin gets the benefit of looking to Russians like a Statesman.   The Western Leaders should hold a memorial for Gorbachev either in Washington D.C, London or Berlin.  This would show that the West was showing respect to a great leader, while showing to Russians that their leader is a rogue leader in charge of a rogue nation.  Reagan, Thatcher had a State Funerals, so Gorbachev deserves his to be a State Funeral, the West was lucky in the 80s to have Reagan in the Oval, Thatcher in No 10 and Gorbachev in the Kremlin, what ever the majority of Russians think. 

Will Former President Trump need a Presidential Pardon ? - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " Documents stored at former President Donald Trump's Florida home were likely concealed as part of an effort to obstruct an FBI investigation, Department of Justice officials say.  " 

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It will not be the US Attorney General who decides to charge the former President, it will be the current President, who should remember that if the Republicans take the House, they can start to investigate Hunter Biden, that is the last thing that President Biden should want, if any criminal leads from Hunter Biden goes to his father, then Biden could be in a HOT WATER, deep trouble.  Thus as the grown up in the room, Biden should offer to PARDON Trump if he promises not to run in 2024, and then Biden will not have to run.  If the above were to happen then the Republicans will not have the need to impeach Biden if they take the House.  The above asks for grown ups to be in the room, Reagan in his diaries called Biden a demagogue, thus his recent remarks that the Republicans are fascists, who in the room is going to tell Biden to grow up, American democracy could be at stake. 

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.  "

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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. 

Kherson Update - Ukraine - Russia War - Biden Era

Sky News - Live Blog: Reports in its 3.57pm post the following, " 

Russian official in Kherson tells locals 'everything is fine' – but his video shows he's left for five-star hotel in Russia  "

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This shows that the Russians officials placed in charge in Kherson do not

 fancy meeting any Ukrainian Troops should they take the Kherson region, Moscow is already playing down the Ukrainian Offensive, but as stated before they would say that.  The Kyiv Government has the Russians on the back foot, if they re - take the Kherson region this would be a major blow to Putin and Moscow.  The people of Russia have to smell the coffee at some point, the Russian people have a rich cultured history and one expects better of intelligent people, they should be out in the streets, opposing the Putin Regime, the Moscow PR has stated that the Kyiv Government is Nazi, well the truth is that PUTIN is using the Hitler plan, Putin is a gangster, he kills when he wants too and does not care about the thousands of Russian soldiers killed.  As Stalin once said, a single death is tragic, after that it becomes numbers.  The Mothers in Russia need to get out in the street, shame the rest of the population, even the Russians Army will not resist hundred of thousands on the street, the Russian people did this is 1917 ad 1991, this is the Russian TIME for FREEDOM, otherwise they will be tarred as being the same as Putin. 

The Ukraine OFFENSIVE at Kherson - Ukraine - Russian War - Bide Era

BBC News - Live Blog: Reports in its 1.10pm post the following, " Where is the fighting around Kherson?...Kherson is a key city, serving as a bridge to Crimea - an area which was annexed by Russia in 2014.  "

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The new Ukraine offensive will annoy the Kremlin, they have stated that it has not worked, well one would expect them to say that, the WAR IN THE UKRAINE has been a disaster for Putin and Russia.  It can be stated that Russia is the most sanctioned nation on earth after IRAN, the the Russian War was meant to be quick, with a victory parade in Kiev after a few days, in fact the WAR has become a WAR of attrition, in the shape of World War 1.  One has stated that it will need for the US to pull its finger out and send in the their troops as happened in 1918.  The West has the money and the technology, while Russia has the manpower, if only Putin would call it WAR, in fact the Putin regime has placed people in jail for even calling the WAR a WAR, the Russian PR has been successful when it comes to the Russian people, they as a whole have been conned, the truth will come out someday. 

No More Russians in to Europe - Ukraine - Russian War

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports in its 1.55pm post the following, " The Financial Times is reporting that the EU is set to suspend its visa travel agreement with Russia this week......The plan to freeze the 2007 deal will make it harder and more expensive for Russians to get Schengen-area documents, the FT reports.  "

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The EU should have done this at the START, the Russian people must be forced on to the streets, with sanctions like this and economic sanctions, thousands have been arrested over the WAR in the Ukraine, the Russian people as a whole must be gotten on to the streets, they did this in 1917 at the end of Imperial Russia and in 1991 with the downfall of the USSR under Gorbachev, the Russian economy has recovered some since the sanctions, the Putin Government trying to developed its Asian contacts and in the Middle East, with China and Iran.   There can only be one ONE OUTCOME, Putin MUST LOSE AND BE SEEN TO LOSE, otherwise we face WW3 down the road, this is our late 1930s moment, failure cannot be allowed to happen, the Ukraine must be supported at ALL COSTS.  Even if this means that we have a " War Economy ", the Government should consider paying the extra 100 billion pounds to cover the costs of energy to the UK population.   This is OUR MOMENT to show the courage of our grandfathers and great grandfathers. 

US Warships travel through Taiwan Strait - Biden Era

BBC News: Reports " Washington says its two guided-missile cruisers - the USS Antietam and the USS Chancellorsville - are demonstrating freedom of navigation through international waters.  "

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The Biden Administration has shown restraint when it comes to China and its military moves around Taiwan after the visit by Speaker Pelosi.  This is the big stick to remind China that the US safeguards Taiwan and that China cannot do what it likes when it comes to Taiwan, that the US will protect an ally.  One would have thought that China would have waited, but with the invasion of the Ukraine by Russia, the Chinese Government might think this is its chance, with the Biden viewpoint stuck with the Ukraine, the on going talks with Iran over its nuclear ambitions and the threat from North Korea of a nuclear test.  If President Biden wants to do well in the Mid Terms, he needs to show that he is a strong man when it comes to international events, weakness gets you Jimmy Carter Mark 2.