CNN — The Foreign Minister of Belarus Vladimir Makei has died at the age of 64, the country’s foreign ministry said Saturday. “Vladimir Makei, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, has suddenly passed away today,” the Foreign Ministry said in its official Facebook account, without providing more details about the circumstances surrounding the foreign minister’s death.
Well there's another one that apparently got into a bad batch of the guacamole dip at a party over the week-end. One more thing for Belarus Boy to think about. Tip of the Day, for you Lukie, stay away from the guacamole dip.
Well... it is just an matter of hours until all the anti-vax Covid-deniers show up claiming that he died of vaccination. The actual reality is...
Well it is possible that they are related. Possibly it is fault of the deceased foreign minister because when he was filling out the paperwork before getting his covid shot, he failed to list "CYANIDE" as one of the medications that he is allergic too. Yeh. Clear case of contributory negligence on his part.
Merkel admits not having strength to tackle Putin before invasion By James Crisp November 26, 2022 https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe...le-putin-before-invasion-20221126-p5c1gt.html London: Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted she did not have the political strength to stop Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine because she was a lame duck before leaving office. Merkel wanted to hold talks with the Russian president and Emmanuel Macron, his French counterpart in 2021, her final summer in power. Angela Merkel speaks as she receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for protecting refugees at the height of the Syria crisis, during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, last month.Credit:AP But she was unable to get the backing of other EU leaders for the independent talks within the European Council. “Some people objected and I no longer had the strength to push it through because, after all, everyone knew: she’s leaving in autumn,” she told Der Spiegel. Merkel was Europe’s most influential leader for most of her 16 years in power, which ended in her handing over to Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats in December after elections in September 2021. She sensed the waning of her influence on a farewell trip to Moscow after years of being Europe’s main interlocutor with Putin. “The feeling was very clear: ‘In terms of power politics, you’re through.’ For Putin, only power counts,” Merkel, who speaks fluent Russian, said. Angela Merkel receives the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award in Geneva last month. She’s been criticised for not doing more to avoid the war in Ukraine while in power.Credit:AP The European talks would have been held after Joe Biden, the US president, met the Russian leader in 2021. The former German chancellor’s legacy has come under criticism since Putin launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in February this year. After Moscow’s invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014, Merkel and Macron played a crucial role in brokering the Minsk peace negotiations that ended the conflict. Merkel, 68, is now blamed for her Russian policy, which has left Germany addicted to cheap imports of Kremlin-controlled gas. She has also faced criticism for opposing Ukraine’s wish to join NATO in 2008, and for 2014 EU sanctions against Moscow which did not go far enough to deter a second invasion. “I would have wished for a more peaceful time after my departure because I’ve dealt with Ukraine a lot,” Merkel, who was born in the former East Germany said. “But it didn’t come as a surprise. The Minsk Agreement was eroded.” Merkel attacked critics who write “as if I had nothing to do with anything other than Minsk and ask how she could have let Ukraine out of her sight”. She also confronted the 2015 migrant and the eurozone crises while she was in power. “There were also federal elections and coalition negotiations, there was always Greece, I broke my pelvis. At the moment, for example, everyone is talking about the Russian war, but nobody is talking about the EU-Turkey deal,” she said referring to the 2015 migrant deal with Ankara. The conservative former leader said it was “time for a new approach” due to a lack of progress by her government not just on Ukraine but also on conflicts in Moldova, Georgia, Syria and Libya. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed last month that if Merkel was still in office she could have prevented the war in Ukraine. Scholz ditched the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany after Putin’s invasion. But the centre-left chancellor has faced repeated criticism for being too slow in sending weapons to Kyiv. Merkel’s interview revealed she had a deep respect and liking for the late Queen Elizabeth II, who she met on several occasions. She is a fan of Netflix series The Crown, which she has binge-watched since leaving office. It is only the second time that Merkel has spoken about the war. In a speech in June she described Russia’s invasion as a “barbaric war of aggression” and the most “glaring breach of international law” in Europe since World War II. The Telegraph, London
Merkel admits not having strength to tackle Putin before invasion That's BS. Merkel never even realized what Putin was doing. She was just stupid.
Ahh yes. There's Lady Death right there. Thank you indeed. Saving that video for Christmas week when I lay low for a couple days. Several of the Soviet sniper women were fairly good looking and were known as the Pin-up Girl Snipers. Roza Shanina was one of them. She was tough as holy hell though. She stayed out on the very most remote part of the front lines in subzero weather for days waiting for a kill. Her commanding officer sent a message out to her to return and she told him she would be back when the battle was over- or so the story goes anyway. Tough broad. She was blown to pieces and was in the hospital for months but insisted on returning to the front. She was back two days and went out to rescue a wounded officer and was killed herself. Yeh. Those gals were highly disciplined, highly trained and had balls. All those qualities are missing in the current Russian men on the front lines. Roza actually ended out being a commander of a group of female sniper unit so she was pretty well known and the Soviets like to use her face for propaganda posters. She was only about 20 or 21. I used to read about Roza in the gun magazines I read growing up. That's right libs, you heard me. Deal with it. Two pictures below. Roza in front kneeling.
Here's a better movie link ... I think https://tubitv.com/movies/508841/battle-for-sevastopol?start=true