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Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by Wertigoyr »

UkrainianJew wrote: post #68

I find it rather worrying in the long term. Russia has been an extremely inefficient and corrupt state for the past 2 decades. Export oil & gas, import everything else, let the cronies pocket the proceeds, while having most manufacturing, defense and tech exist mostly on paper. People like Rogozin were promoted based on the loyalty and willingness to give a cut of the pie further up the ladder. Currently this trend a…

Russia has plenty of things missing (chips etc.)

This will take much more than just a few years.

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Post by NicoJuicy »

UkrainianJew wrote: post #68

I find it rather worrying in the long term. Russia has been an extremely inefficient and corrupt state for the past 2 decades. Export oil & gas, import everything else, let the cronies pocket the proceeds, while having most manufacturing, defense and tech exist mostly on paper. People like Rogozin were promoted based on the loyalty and willingness to give a cut of the pie further up the ladder. Currently this trend a…

We're not there by far. Russia is doing really really bad on the battlefront.

But i do agree it could become dangerous if China gets stupid ideas too.

But, they currently don't have the capacity to strike an amphibious assault + their military seems to be similar to the Russian one.

So yes, it could become worrisome if it happens. But i don't think that China has much to gain with attacking Taiwan from my POV.

Ukraine had found a gas supply in Crimea in 2008, that could replace all Russian gas imports in Europe. That's very different than a chip factory that is set to selfdestruct during an invasion and that needs machines that are literally made by ASML+ Imec ( Europe)

Ps. I was more worried about that part at the start of the war than now.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by inglor_cz »

UkrainianJew wrote: post #68

I find it rather worrying in the long term. Russia has been an extremely inefficient and corrupt state for the past 2 decades. Export oil & gas, import everything else, let the cronies pocket the proceeds, while having most manufacturing, defense and tech exist mostly on paper. People like Rogozin were promoted based on the loyalty and willingness to give a cut of the pie further up the ladder. Currently this trend a…

As the Spartans famously said: "If".

Ukraine gets massive support from the club of the richest countries on the Earth, and, unlike Germany or France, the Anglo-Saxon behemoths seem to be committed in full. So is Poland, the necessary logistics hub for supplies. Russia is alone, even Iran refused to sell their drones to them.

The full impact of this economic and military imbalance cannot be seen yet. The Ukrainian army is in midst of switching their entire weaponry from the old Soviet models to the new Western ones. This is a grueling logistical task even in peace, much more so in war. But with each new type of equipment mastered (HIMARS, M-777, Panzerhaubitze 2000, in the future possibly Western tanks and jets), the total capability edge of the UAF over their Russian counterparts grows.

You can already see how the Russian offensive momentum has evaporated. They only managed to take very modest pieces of land over the last month or so, and basically none in July.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by dragonwriter »

UkrainianJew wrote: post #68

I find it rather worrying in the long term. Russia has been an extremely inefficient and corrupt state for the past 2 decades. Export oil & gas, import everything else, let the cronies pocket the proceeds, while having most manufacturing, defense and tech exist mostly on paper. People like Rogozin were promoted based on the loyalty and willingness to give a cut of the pie further up the ladder. Currently this trend a…

> If Russia is pushed back into its borders, it will take a couple of years to ramp up weapons production and will retry

Or the current regime will collapse. That often happens with large scale defeats, especially without a democratic outlet for internal change within the system.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by sam_lowry_ »

dekhn wrote: post #69
sam_lowry_ wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hm... my English is not good enough to guess it :-( As for the N-word, there is a similarly sounding but fairly neutral Russian word which was OK to use until the influence of the US culture tarnished it.

it's also used to refer to a bundle of wood in england.

Thanks, now I get it. Now... what's the Russian F-word that Rogozin was apparently using? гомик? педик? these are pejorative rather than grossly offensive. пидорас is probably the best translation, but it is more of a slur than a contentful word.

I am genuinely puzzled.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by dragonwriter »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #72
UkrainianJew wrote: post #68

I find it rather worrying in the long term. Russia has been an extremely inefficient and corrupt state for the past 2 decades. Export oil & gas, import everything else, let the cronies pocket the proceeds, while having most manufacturing, defense and tech exist mostly on paper. People like Rogozin were promoted based on the loyalty and willingness to give a cut of the pie further up the ladder. Currently this trend a…

We're not there by far. Russia is doing really really bad on the battlefront. But i do agree it could become dangerous if China gets stupid ideas too. But, they currently don't have the capacity to strike an amphibious assault + their military seems to be similar to the Russian one. So yes, it could become worrisome if it happens. But i don't think that China has much to gain with attacking Taiwan from my POV. Ukrain…

> But i do agree it could become dangerous if China gets stupid ideas too.

China has been backing Russia and it's anti-Western allies in the region (e.g., Serbia). Mostly, I think, for the value of keeping the West focussed on Russia in Europe to any “stupid ideas” they might try in their region.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by sam_lowry_ »

emptyfile wrote: post #43
The_suffocated wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Nazi salute is called the “Bellamy salute” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute ), which actually was an American invention.

>The Nazi salute is called the “Bellamy salute” No its not

Er... I will call Nazi salute a Bellamy salute from now on.

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by stewx »

inglor_cz wrote: post #73
UkrainianJew wrote: post #68

I find it rather worrying in the long term. Russia has been an extremely inefficient and corrupt state for the past 2 decades. Export oil & gas, import everything else, let the cronies pocket the proceeds, while having most manufacturing, defense and tech exist mostly on paper. People like Rogozin were promoted based on the loyalty and willingness to give a cut of the pie further up the ladder. Currently this trend a…

As the Spartans famously said: "If". Ukraine gets massive support from the club of the richest countries on the Earth, and, unlike Germany or France, the Anglo-Saxon behemoths seem to be committed in full. So is Poland, the necessary logistics hub for supplies. Russia is alone, even Iran refused to sell their drones to them. The full impact of this economic and military imbalance cannot be seen yet. The Ukrainian arm…

> even Iran refused to sell their drones to them

"White House says Iran is preparing to supply Russia with weapons-capable drones"

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/politics/iran-russia-weapons-...

Re: Dmitry Rogozin has been dismissed as director general of Roscosmos

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Post by [deleted] »

The_suffocated wrote: post #25
elliekelly wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not the person you're replying to but Rogozin is an actual neo-Nazi: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-racist/russian-ult... Someone else in this thread linked a video of him giving the Nazi salute (is there a name for this?) after his speech at the rally mentioned in the Reuters article. I can't think of any reason someone would attend or speak at such an event, let alone salute like that at such an even…

The Nazi salute is called the “Bellamy salute” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute ), which actually was an American invention.

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