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I'm very surprised at India supporting this war in any way at all. I've long known India's close ties with Russia and they did defy the USA in buying the Russian surface to air missile system in October, but I didn't think India or its public would go this far. Let's hope you are right...

Astonishing: "Since the beginning of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Indian government, and large segments of the Indian public, have firmly been on Putin’s side. Hashtags like #IStandWithPutin and #istandwithrussia trended on Indian social media, and the Indian...

Good leadership doesn't build a large stash in a tax haven, so it's no contest what we get instead. .

:D. Shades of Basil Fawlty: "Don't mention the war". Instead I'll mention Bhutan with this link on how to lead a country What Bhutan Can Teach Us About Happiness And Compassionate Leadership .

And the USA and NATOs 900 millions were no match for the Taliban, who are just a part of Afghanistan's 39 millions. This hemisphere of the world has thankfully become far too soft for all out warfare. We just need it to realise that and stop trying to fight others

And the saw tooth trailing edges on the bypass cowlings of today's jet engines. We can still hear them coming, but far less than before. .

Perhaps not, but as I said: "It's in Ukraine's hands and always has been." .

I told you how it happened. Once again: We had a friendly and entirely moderate Russia in our grasp with Mikhail Gorvachov made president by the Duma to bring about perestroika and glasnost, the first leading to a consumer society like ours, the second to open government by the people. But...

Agreed on both. Weirdly enough, Russia will probably see the second as good propaganda! .

I am not in any way condoning Putin or Russia, they have no excuses for what has happened. Explaining why things happen does not condone them, it just shows how events come about, which could help avoid a repeat. Indeed, and I'd like to see that happen. But we both know it won't. It never...

It's not a matter of payment, money can't buy food that does not exist. Oil is not a problem, the world has plenty of that. .

If this war doesn't end imminently, there will be no Ukrainian harvest and the loss of all their grain export to the world each year. Add to that Russia unable to export all the grain it usually supplies to the world. Something will have to give and some odd things may result. For example...

Such a predictable rant and so unrealistic. What has that rant to do with my post about a real problem? I'm not trying to cast a veil over anything, just seeing the world as it really is, now and in the immediate future. .

No, the world has to have Russia's resources, that is unavoidable and the world will be back for them before very long. Already there is an impending disaster in Ukraine since they haven't been able to sow seed. That is already very late and shortly will be too late with no harvest resulting...

Which is partly why the war will end shortly. Russia just needs to get the right concessions for that to happen. They already have Ukraine not joining NATO, which effectively means neutrality. Either being conceded Crimea or Donbass might be enough now. .

Now we are hearing the concessions from Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, it's showing how right I was when I argued against all your opposition that this war could have been prevented from happening just four weeks ago. Zelenskyy has now, far too late, conceded that Ukraine will never join NATO...

Yep, I think e-power could kill motor racing eventually. About as exciting as watching an airliner passing at 4000 ft in a stack waiting to land. .

It was Johnson's ill judged words some while ago which threatened to prolongue Nazanin's detention. .

I'll wait to see what their prize policy is and whether it is still being controlled by the government. I'm betting it will be with defrauding the public continuing. .

That's my experience with AVG too, threw it out years ago. .