Video of the UAF attack on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near the village of Orlyanka, Kharkiv region. A group of Ukrainian military under the cover of an infantry fighting vehicle entered the outskirts of the settlement, but the fighters of the RF Armed Forces destroyed it by remotely detonating a mine.

Follow @TrFormer 💤

Five-Year plans.

The Soviet union is known for alot of things, for scientific achievements, material advancements, and that it was also the first ambitious attempt of a new economic model, Communism.

The five year plan is a part of that.

The USSR inherited most of the territorial units, and economic resources that it's predecessors, the Russian Empire, held, however Russia is a big country, it just came out of a destructive civil war, it was largely isolated, and it was technologically lacking behind some other countries.

The communist leadership decided that only a massive, centralized economic reform was the way for the country to advance, and so the five year plans were a thing.

Gosplan, the centralized state planning committee of the USSR, enacted over 13 five-year plans, the first plan between 1928 to 1932 was a major success, it made the USSR a leading industrial nation, however there were also massive famines, excaberated by environmental and climate issues, and how, to put it bluntly, the state was autistically focused on the industry so that it ignored the peasantry.

This period in the west is called the Holodomor, and it's used as a "muh genocide" on Ukrainians, of course, they're ignoring the fact that many Russians and Kazakhs starved to death too, and that Western histography has been tainted and biased in regards to this, I, an avid hater of Communism, can even see through this bullshit.

The second plan, from '33
to '37, was also a success as it greatly benefited the state in terms of logistics and communications, the third plan, which was supposed to run from 38 to '43, only ran for 3 years because of the war, however it still achieved some great success in terms of preparing the war industry.

The fourth and fifth plans, which ran from '45 to '50, and '50 to '55, was generally only concerned with repairing the damage inflicted on the USSR, the sixth plan from '56 to '61 was abandoned 2 years in because Gosplan smoked crack and put impossible goals, so Gosplan decided to be creative and make a seven year plan, from '59 to '65, was rather effective, but they didn't really overtake the USA yet.

The eight plan from '66 to '70 was mostly focused on agriculture, as the exports of grain doubled, the ninth plan that lasted from '71 to '75 was largely a failure, and it only helped to grow the technological and electronic sector of the USSR, the tenth plan from '76 to '80 was mostly focused on oil production and machinery, but most of the republics in the Union failed to achieve their goals, the eleventh plan from '81 to '85 was a massive fuck up, and you can guess what happened to the twelfth and thirteenth, which was supposed to last from '86 to '90 and '91 to '95, respectively.

Well, draw your own conclusions, personally I find it a mix, but you're the reader, not me.

The previous post is a little excursion to the USSR by Mediterranean Man. Comments are welcome.
@TrFormer

🇮🇷🇸🇦🇺🇸Iran raises the Red Banner of Retaliation over the dome of Jamkaran Mosque in Qom city, which amounts to a declaration of war.

What caused the raising of the Red Banner is yet to be said. The last time the Red Banner was raised was when Qasem Suleimani was assassinated in 2020.

Meanwhile, several media outlets are reporting that Iran may start a military operation against Saudi Arabia in the next few hours.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with the US and warned of an imminent Iranian attack on targets in the kingdom, leading to increased military readiness by the US and other militaries in the Middle East.

Latest statement from Pentagon: "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seeks dangerous revenge in the Middle East"

repost from AZgeopolitics
Follow 👉@TrFormer💤

NEW - #Biden: "Inflation is a worldwide problem right now because of a war in Iraq... excuse me, the war in Ukraine. I'm thinking about Iraq because that's where my son died."

Biden's son Beau died of a brain tumor at Walter Reed National Medical Center in Maryland in 2015.

@TrFormer

The UN announced the resumption of the movement of ships in the framework of the "grain deal"
UN coordinator Abdullah expects grain traffic to resume on November 3

UN, November 2 — RIA Novosti. UN coordinator for the "Black Sea Grain Initiative" Amir Abdullah announced that the movement of ships with food will resume on Thursday.
"The export of grain and food from Ukraine must continue. Despite the fact that within the framework of the Black Sea Grain Initiative no ships are scheduled for November 2, we expect loaded ships to go on Thursday," he wrote on Twitter.
Vladimir Putin discussed with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan the prospects for a grain deal on Tuesday. According to the Russian leader, Moscow is ready to consider resuming it only after receiving real guarantees from Kyiv that the humanitarian corridor will not be used for military purposes.
The Foreign Ministers of Russia and Turkey, Sergei Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, during a telephone conversation, confirmed the need to obtain guarantees that humanitarian maritime corridors would not be used for military purposes.
A well-informed source in Istanbul told RIA Novosti that the issue of guaranteeing the security of the grain corridor is being discussed, but there are no specifics at the moment.
At the same time, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar said that bulk carriers under the Turkish flag will continue to export agricultural products from Ukraine through the grain corridor.

Follow @TrFormer 💤

Russia has become the largest supplier of oil to India
Vortexa: Russia has become the largest oil supplier to India, overtaking Saudi Arabia

NEW DELHI, November 2 — RIA Novosti. Russia became the largest oil supplier to India in October, overtaking the traditional leaders in this indicator - Saudi Arabia and Iraq, analysts at the industry analytical company Vortexa said.
"In October, Russia delivered 946 thousand barrels of oil per day to India, which is the highest figure in a month, or 22% of all crude oil imports to India. At the same time, Iraq accounted for 20.5% of October deliveries, and Saudi Arabia - 16%," the Economic Times quotes the company's data.

According to analysts, the total volume of crude oil imports by India increased in October compared to September by 5%, and imports from Russia — by 8%. At the same time, although China is the largest buyer of Russian oil delivered by sea, importing more than a million barrels a day, India for the first time imported more oil from Russia by sea than the European Union — volumes were 34% higher than in the EU, the publication reports.
At the same time, the company's analysts admit the possibility of a reduction in oil imports from Russia to India in December due to delivery restrictions that may arise in connection with the price ceiling proposed by the West for Russian raw materials.

“There remains a lot of uncertainty about whether Russian oil supplies can be maintained at this level after the EU ban on December 5, with the availability of ice-class tankers to transport oil from Russian Baltic ports being one of the biggest constraints,” said Serena Huang, an analyst at Vortexa. .
In early October, the European Union introduced the eighth package of sanctions against Russia, which includes a legislative basis for setting a price ceiling for maritime shipments of Russian oil to third countries. It is planned to introduce a price limit for oil from December 5, 2022, and for oil products on February 5, 2023. The introduction of a ceiling on gas prices is still being discussed, and no agreement has yet been reached on this issue.
The idea of ​​a ceiling on oil prices in the West began to be discussed in the summer at the initiative of the United States. The US Treasury offered to limit the price to $40-60 per barrel. Now, according to Bloomberg, citing sources, the administration of President Joe Biden is revising the conditions in the direction of raising the ceiling. The agency also noted that the US and EU are likely to impose more freely administered caps with a higher cap price than anticipated.
#India
Follow @TrFormer 💤

"Gays and gentlemen! Hard times have come": #Biden addressing his audience.
@TrFormer

Politicians are servants of the people! And if this is not so, then the voice of the people will be louder and louder.

This is a test for every person and people as a nation. When the decisions of politicians are not for the good of its people and the whole world, then it is the duty of the people to unite and express their will.

Americans, wake up from your liturgical sleep!
One more reсent Obama video here.

From twitter

Follow 👉@TrFormer💤

A Ukrainian woman is running (my guess) from Ukrainean mobilisation. She attempted to enter the Zaporozhye region, which is now in Russia, but ran into a problem. Earlier, the woman actively besmirched, demonized, and insulted Russia and the Russian military. As a result, she could not enter Russia and had to remain in Ukraine.

From t.me/putingers_cat
👉@TrFormer

🌾Official Russian MoD statement about Russia resuming participation in the "Black Sea grain initiative"
👉@TrFormer 💤

"Moscow will provide the British Ambassador with materials and evidence on the involvement of London in the attack on Sevastopol." The Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Ria news
👉@TrFormer

An unnamed senior military official revealed during a press briefing on Monday, read more

Follow 👉@TrFormer 💤

A friendly message from our Belgians friends 🙏
Follow 👉@TrFormer 💤

The nightmare of the Ukrainian people and the dreams of Zelensky.

Follow 👉@TrFormer 💤

500 migrants moved to small village in county Mayo.

What’s happening in the small village of Breaffy, Castlebar, Co Mayo is happening all over Ireland. Irish people should have serious concerns about the level of uncontrolled immigration into their country. It's time to get organised in your own communities because your politicians and police force have no intention of protecting you.

From The Irish Inquiry
@TrFormer 💤

Watch Irish MEP Clare Daly slam the E.U. for exploiting Iran’s protests for women’s rights to push for regime change, and how it is ordinary Iranians, not the government, that will pay the highest price for yet another round of sanctions.

"While many in Iran push – and rightly so – for much-needed social progress, it's for them to decide what happens in Iran, not us."

Follow 👉@TrFormer 💤

President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to introduce visa-free entry regardless of reciprocity.
Follow 👉@TrFormer 💤

President George W. Bush's “freedom agenda” could be defined as subversion, that is the attempt to undermine the structure of a foreign nation in order to attain regime change or political goals. Propaganda is a core element of subversive actions, and includes the dissemination of largely false material so as to discredit regimes abroad.
Follow 👉@TrFormer 💤

"The majority of young Arabs believe democracy would never work in the Middle East, a major regional survey has revealed."

Yes, yes we do not, first of all, democracy is haram, it is a man-made system and therefore can not be better than the one mandated to us by God, however, numerous fatwas have been issued to sanctify its presence - since Islamic people can, in theory, elect Islamic governments, where said Islamic governments should have the introduction of Sharia and the establishment of the Caliphate as one of its priorities, that is the stated reason of why Muslims should tolerate Democracy, nothing more, nothing less, and to choose the lesser evil, of course.

And what has Democracy ever done to us? I am speaking as someone who has lived through the Arab Spring, and a subsequent Revolt, yes, these revolts were obviously for the better, we live better because of these, and for my country, the material standards did increase, but only a Western fool would assume we actually to be in some sort of democratic "paradise" like Canada, where the ruling party barely even got 30% of the vote and still got cuz muh parliament, or do I even need to talk about America or Europe?

We only started these revolts, due to some factors, and I assure you, none of these factors were "I want to vote and spread gay flays and freedom of expression!!!!!"

And to the fools who actually went this, well, look at Lebanon, look at Tunisia, Iraq, Syria, need I say more?

Now, about the second poll, of who we view as our "allies" or that, this is where I am actually confused, so far that I checked the methodology, and I still am confused.

Turkey is not an ally of the Arab world, it is actively dismembering Syria, and Erdogan only pays lipstick service to the cause of Palestine for the few recent years, his intents to be the next Caliph are just a sham.

And our hatred of the Iranian system is completely justified - Iran has intervened in the internal affairs of Libya and Egypt, at least their presence in Syria is justified because the Syrian president asked for their presence, and Lebanon -I am so and so-, I have differences with Hezbollah, but as far as I am concerned, they are the only armed entity engaging in a state of conflict with Israel, so let us deal with the main issue at hand.

Our outlooks towards China and Russia are understandable - they invest in our countries, we, religiously and historically speaking, relate more towards Russia than whatever the fuck is going on in Europe, and China - the Chinese are like the Jews of Asia minus all the bad parts, they really want to trade with you, and if you are strong, on fair terms, they will not be sleazy, they will say I want this and that, and you will say in exchange for Y or Z, and then negotiations happen... does it ring any bells?

Of course, I can not speak to Chinese conduct in Asia or the Pacific, I only care about what is going on in the Middle East - and so far, they have proven themselves to be understanding partners in political and economical affairs.

Addendum : our positions regarding Russia and China, the normal healthy one, is more of self-interest and expressed in Anti-American/Mutual Cooperation policies, not because of Pro-this or that