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  1. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Countries that you want to kowtow to Russia have long memories, and surely have the right to be self-determining esp if they have independence which way their loyalties lie. The Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17...
  2. Wicky

    Stents...

    Difficult to answer, as I've had stent installed following a heart attack but I was prescribed medication as well so hard to describe what a stent on its own would feel like.. Pretty straight forward procedure going in via an artery. You usually get a nurse holding a horse hoof plug on the...
  3. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    So you don't mind that that Putin got "146%" - fascinating
  4. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Trump congratulates Putin over victory US President Donald Trump has spoken to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his electoral victory two days ago. He said they they would meet in the "not too distant future" to discuss the arms race, Ukraine and Syria. Mr Putin was...
  5. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    And not just Russians in the mix with elections/referendums Old but new news - I remember an article way back on Cambridge Analytica and UKIP / Trump association 7h May 2017 > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
  6. Wicky

    Graphene Tyres

    Mmm Graphene particles getting into the environment as the tyres wear could possibly be a problem. https://www.materialstoday.com/carbon/articles/s1369702112701013/ Graphene snuff anyone?
  7. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    The deportation of the Crimean Tatars was the ethnic cleansing of at least 191,044 Tatars from Crimea in May 1944. It was carried out by Lavrentiy Beria, head of the Soviet state security and secret police, acting on behalf of Joseph Stalin. Within three days, Beria's NKVD used cattle trains to...
  8. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ukrainian independence was also recognised by Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Cuba, Iran, China, Syria, Libya and Soviet Union - Were all these countries also controlled by US stooges in '91/'92... A United Nations General Assembly resolution was later...
  9. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ukraine inc Crimea declared itself an independant state in 1991 a fact Soviets / Russ recoginised in 1991 until Putin changed his mind... Since 1992, the 24th of August is celebrated in Ukraine as Independence Day This wasn't something the West imposed to humiliate Russia but reflects that the...
  10. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A bit like Putin's election then :-) Another legacy of Stalin's long term policy of Russification.
  11. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Did you click the link? "Murray Douglas, research director at Wood Mackenzie, said: "Each cargo provides around 0.1 billion cubic metres of gas. UK gas demand so far in 2018 stands at 21.15 billion cubic metres. So, direct Russian gas imports to the UK have accounted for 1.4% of total supply so...
  12. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    How much of the UK's gas comes from Russia?
  13. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Well that possibility was offered from the off which Russia chose to ignore.... "...either it was a direct act by the Russian state against our country, or the Russian government lost control of this potentially catastrophically damaging nerve agent and allowed it to get into the hands of...
  14. Wicky

    E-bike for transporting a child. Help me find one, pls!

    Where does the pillion put their feet?
  15. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    More likely Russia under Putin is like an abusive father (remember Stalin who is still quite venerated in Russia) who family split up and the kids (former Soviet territories) left home to make their own independent way in the world - but now Putin wants them back under his control for comfort /...
  16. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    QUOTE="Woosh, post: 427906, member: 8175"]The current row has been boiling under the surface since Russian intervention in Syria. NATO has to deal with a superpower that it cannot militarily humiliate nor defeat. Now it seems that Putin has won in Syria. This is just getting back at Russia in...
  17. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    From what I've read its a two part substance (powder) that comes into its own when combined. So one part could have been applied to say car passenger and driver door handles and the other on say a delivered bunch of flowers. So after getting in & out the car and getting it on their skin, it...
  18. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    It's like an Agatha Christie who dunnit... Video re-emerges of Putin threat that 'traitors will kick the bucket' Threats during a television appearance in 2010 - with a "Trust me" added for good measure
  19. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Putin's third term as President is a bit dodgy “One person may not hold the position of Russian president for more than two terms in a row.” Article 81, Section 3 of the Russian constitution
  20. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    One of the first things I did considering the town centre location where the two were found was a search if the CCTV was experiencing any problems in Salisbury - as here in Colchester there was a pair of murders that maybe could have been possibly solved sooner if CCTV near one of the murder...