What are the odds

[RED]

If Z meets for peace talks in Belarus, what are the odds of him returning to the Ukraine, alive?

[togor]

If Z meets for peace talks in Belarus, what are the odds of him returning to the Ukraine, alive?

Russians acting like Russians, maybe low. But if they want the rest of us to believe they really are a civilized people, then they won't do anything foolish, like turning Zelenskyy into a martyr.

[dryheat]

Utube has plenty of vids of timelines about Russia. Some go back 500 yrs. Some start at 1900. The gist of them is a lot of turmoil and dozens of changes of control. One of the vid's pointed out, you keep them poor and stupid. Well, it's a vast, actually huge country of farmers. It's my Big Fat Russian Wedding on steroids. Putin is starting to have dreams about -the old times-. When you get old, you start to wonder if you could have done more. Now he wants to do more. It ain't the old days these days. Like the woman said today; No one in Russia under the age of forty watches (Russian) television, they are on the internet.
Assassinating diplomats is so James Bond. Actually, it would be The Spy who Shagged me in this case. People get taken out on the down low, not in front of the children.