LR; ....... not that this has the slightest relationship to the OP ..........
That's a very noble principle. And, I know from personal experience that you're a principled man with impeccable integrity.
Well, at least for once you are a bit nearer an accurate description of me rather than the bitter, twisted, nut case and Machiavellian character you would have others believe me to be. However a bit OTT and your usual sarcasm is noted.
Perhaps you can give an example of where you've questioned something that's come out of the Kremlin in the past 10 years?
I have nothing else to do that requires my input so I will answer you........ not that you will read it as it will no doubt be TLDR.
Certainly!
Everything I see/read/hear! I never blindly believe anything from any source without at least looking for another view of a given situation. I questioned:
The Maidan riots/US coup, MH17, Crimea, Georgia, Donbas/Luhansk, Skripal, the US election ‘
Russian Influence’, Syrian gas/chemical attacks, Syrian/Russian war crimes, Putins $800bn fortune ........... you get the picture, any time the Western media starts the anti- Russian accusations that you soak up without question.
In each and every case there was little if any evidence that suggested that Russia/Putin was responsible or in some cases even involved, in fact more often the evidence says there is no case to answer and the likely hood is the opposite observation is more likely. Always plenty of accusations, but never evidence that would either stand up in a Courtroom or at least had some credible supporting information. Once I see the word ‘
Regime’ to describe a government the flag is up that says ‘
Danger of bias’ ...... do you know what, I have
NEVER heard that description on RT, but is often used in the Western press and CNN, BBC, SKY etc ?
I watched EuroNews today and a very pleasant lady was discussing Avangard, which she clearly didn’t have a clue about, told the person she was interviewing that it was a worrying development “ ......
with Putin preparing to start a war with the West!” ! News to me, have you heard anything about it? My information says that Putin is doing everything he can to avoid a war, threatens nobody ....... but he is astute enough to prepare anyway simply driven by US aggressive moves right along the Russian border from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. Apparently Putin is not alone, China and Iran both appear to have the same concept!
FYI: I have never had any contact with the Kremlin (
although I admit I do have Putin’s telephone number in my mobile!!!), the FSB or the Russian Boy scouts but I do watch RT and read Sputnik .... the Daily Mail and the Cyprus Mail just like many thousands of others. I also follow Moon of Alabama and Vineyard of the Saker and have done for years and I find them both credible and their editorials usually turn out later to be correct.
I leave wild imaginary scenes to people like you and Paphitis ..... you both seem to thrive on them, no matter how improbable the stories are. Neither of you would soil your character by looking at alternative news sites because they so often disagree (
most often with sound explanation or evidence you choose to ignore) with the very narrow anti-anything view you have of events in this World.
I did the same with the monetary system, Brexit, Jeremy Corbin , the EU and of course banking and by really going into the subjects in detail it is surprising just how much information there is ‘
out there’ that you don’t find unless you go and look for it!
I don’t and never have, ever, claimed to be an expert on anything ..... but I consider I am better informed on selected subjects than many, including yourself ............. because I ‘
Question More’!
FYI: RT – CrossTalk , this evening a very interesting exchange on Brexit looking at how it will affect the EU instead of concentrating on the doom-and-gloom predictions for the UK. It is within months, going to hurt them more than it will the UK! The prediction ...... the EU will eventually collapse just as the Soviet Union, and other totalitarian/controlling regimes collapsed and for the same reasons.
He also writes for Sputnik and RT. Well, there's a surprise! A paragon of objectivity then, just like your good self and the sites you regularly peddle, all of which are filled with people who write end-of-the-world anti-west stuff. Ne'er in them will you ever find even a hint of anything remotely critical of your favoured band of despots and tyrants. At least the man gets paid for his output though and isn't one of the useful idiot brigade. 
I just wanted to highlight the hypocrisy in your criticising Paphitis's introduction of Trump - somebody who has nothing at all to do with Syria of course, particularly recently, then going on about Ukraine, an area which is clearly fundamental to the region. 
That doesn’t appear to be an appointment where you need to spend much time thinking about your pension.
