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Monday, November 11, 2024

In a recent broadcast, Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian state TV host and known ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, called for the destruction of America's critical infrastructure if the United States tries to give Moscow "any kind of an ultimatum" in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

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... President-elect Donald Trump has previously said that if he were at the negotiating table with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the war between the two Eastern European nations would end "within 24 hours."

Now that Trump won this year's presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, the world will be looking to see how he handles the war.

Solovyov warned on a program he hosts on Russia-1, a Russian state-owned television channel, "If [the U.S.] tries to give us any kind of an ultimatum, the Stalin Strait will appear [in the middle of America]," according to an English-translated clip of the show posted on the Russian Media Monitor's YouTube channel on Saturday.

The Russian Media Monitor is a watchdog group created by journalist Julia Davis dedicated to combating Russian propaganda.

"I will say it once again, we should destroy every dam, every hydro system," Solovyov said on his show.

He then said of Ukraine, "We should wash this Nazi scum off the face of the Russian soil," adding that the war-torn nation "simply doesn't exist." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-11 12:16 AM | Reply

@#1 ... He then said of Ukraine, "We should wash this Nazi scum off the face of the Russian soil," adding that the war-torn nation "simply doesn't exist." ...

So, basically echoing Pres Putin's comments that a sovereign state of Ukraine should not exist.

"There is no Ukraine": Fact-Checking the Kremlin's Version of Ukrainian History (2020)
blogs.lse.ac.uk

... The notion that Ukraine is not a country, but a historical part of Russia, appears to be deeply ingrained in the minds of Russian leadership. Competing interpretations of history have turned into a key ingredient of the deepening dispute between Russia and the West and a subject that Putin in particular appears to feel unusually passionate about. ...

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-11 12:20 AM | Reply

"The election campaign is over. To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them."

" Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev

The 300 lb sack of---------- owes Moscow big time.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-11-12 02:00 AM | Reply

Putin Ally Calls for Destruction of Critical U.S. Infrastructure

Nota bene: "Putin Ally" does not refer to Trump ... this time.

#4 | Posted by censored at 2024-11-12 08:24 AM | Reply

Military Heads, I hope you are paying attention.
So when the large Orange Elephant starts singing this tune...

#5 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-11-12 11:55 AM | Reply

Well... ya knoooowwwww... they already own our power grids, farms, oil refineries, and affordable housing...

They are already using them to sow seeds of discontent.

#6 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-11-12 04:21 PM | Reply

Notice how these Russian commentators never managed to make it into the Russian military. Abject cowards the lot of them. They will gladly send other people's sons off to war but I bet you a buck their kids never served. Credence Clearwater Revival had a song called, "Fortunate Son" that spoke of this during the Vietnam War.

#7 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-11-12 05:41 PM | Reply

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