| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| More for Ukraine or not? | 2023-08-29 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1696403411439346114 | 1696403411439346114 |
| They were already dividing up his empire before he was | 2023-08-26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1695301036867752296 | 1695301036867752296 |
| In Russia, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible - | 2023-08-24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1694587344060633276 | 1694587344060633276 |
| Arctic warming opens a new cold war front. | 2023-07-23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1682997245875200000 | 1682997245875200000 |
| Putin is no Peter the Great. | 2023-07-20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1682128789957124098 | 1682128789957124098 |
| "prepare for a Russian invasion, which many consider | 2023-07-20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1682127749975252996 | 1682127749975252996 |
| Will June 24 be a red-letter day in Russian history? | 2023-07-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681696684383043589 | 1681696684383043589 |
| Putin shows Trump how to conduct a war - ensure loyalty | 2023-07-19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681686462813839361 | 1681686462813839361 |
| Nobody who's been conquered by Russia wants to repeat the | 2023-07-16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1680614102887190529 | 1680614102887190529 |
| Will General Armageddon be first casualty of Wagner | 2023-07-14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1679866438520274945 | 1679866438520274945 |
| Nothing is true and everything is possible - | 2023-07-14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1679658724443688960 | 1679658724443688960 |
| Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get more | 2023-07-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1679649822058643456 | 1679649822058643456 |
| Like Stalin, like Putin. | 2023-07-08 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677548213522534400 | 1677548213522534400 |
| Russia's strategic ambiguity about nuclear weapons - | 2023-07-07 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677161701714837505 | 1677161701714837505 |
| Can ANYbody explain what's going on? | 2023-07-07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677127170945323010 | 1677127170945323010 |
| The price of being surrounded by yes-men - you don't know | 2023-07-01 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674936394375135232 | 1674936394375135232 |
| Putin wonders if Prigozhin is stronger than he thought. | 2023-06-30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674896274234146816 | 1674896274234146816 |
| So what's going on now? | 2023-06-26 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1673363501979684865 | 1673363501979684865 |
| Nobody can confidently pierce the cloudy future. | 2023-06-25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672813963392974850 | 1672813963392974850 |
| "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" | 2023-06-25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672812739960647681 | 1672812739960647681 |
| More on Putin and Prigozhin - | 2023-06-25 | 269 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1672811923212222469 | 1672811923212222469 |
| US intelligence knew something was brewing. And so | 2023-06-25 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1672810196031381504 | 1672810196031381504 |
| There was a limit to Putin's patience after all! | 2023-06-25 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1672806618034208769 | 1672806618034208769 |
| What's going on? | 2023-06-24 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1672421902042931200 | 1672421902042931200 |
| Who's in charge? Who's going to BE in charge? | 2023-06-23 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1672256100991930371 | 1672256100991930371 |
| It's not easy to be close to Putin. | 2023-06-05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1665598763589664768 | 1665598763589664768 |
| The raiders tell their story. | 2023-05-25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661605646138241024 | 1661605646138241024 |
| Why does Putin tolerate Prigozhin? | 2023-05-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661601889207881729 | 1661601889207881729 |
| It's hard to forget being conquered by Russians - in | 2023-05-20 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1660067931558903808 | 1660067931558903808 |
| "Putin maintains power having multiple factions. That might | 2023-05-18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659041051179634688 | 1659041051179634688 |
| Battles are won mentally as well as physically. | 2023-05-18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659035505831596037 | 1659035505831596037 |
| "Putin likes to use competing factions as a way to maintain | 2023-05-06 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654909838957379584 | 1654909838957379584 |
| Hey boomers! The sixties aren't over after all! | 2023-03-30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1641445019860205569 | 1641445019860205569 |
| A life for the Tsar! | 2023-03-26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640022548330209288 | 1640022548330209288 |
| How Putin destroyed the opposition. His example inspires | 2023-03-26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1639996852883066881 | 1639996852883066881 |
| Will Putin trade Russia's independence for a victory | 2023-03-22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638382718403903490 | 1638382718403903490 |
| Wannabe Putin successors - one is out loud - | 2023-03-21 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638196457810558976 | 1638196457810558976 |
| The enemy is not the Russian Federation or the Russian | 2023-03-02 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1631145296964235264 | 1631145296964235264 |
| "Ukraine’s victory would not only be good for Ukraine | 2023-03-01 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1630786205729316864 | 1630786205729316864 |
| "Prigozhin denied any link to the Wagner Group before he | 2023-01-28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619390036042186753 | 1619390036042186753 |
| No more need for capital punishment in Russia - just | 2023-01-25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618130661625442305 | 1618130661625442305 |
| Beneath Putin, a class of titans. Or would-be titans. | 2023-01-15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614504176024944643 | 1614504176024944643 |
The table above has these entries:
========== More for Ukraine or not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/28/ukraine-russia-red-lines-putin-biden/ It all depends on whether you think Putin can be counted on to act rationally - think Hitler in his bunker. And whether he has the political support to back down - or he has painted himself into the do or die spot. #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 33% impress 9 replies 1 time 2023-08-29 06:04 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1696403411439346114 ========== They were already dividing up his empire before he was even dead, and he knew it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/25/wagner-group-successors-mercenary-companies/ #PS1putin ===== impress 3 time 2023-08-26 05:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1695301036867752296 ========== In Russia, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible - and sad accident is old Russian tradition. Let those with ears, hear; those with eyes, see. And remember Ernst Röhm, and "will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-prigozhin-jet-crash-a7859e4e57f2efa2547dfbe5bdbaa1b2 #PS1putin ===== impress 19 time 2023-08-24 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1694587344060633276 ========== Arctic warming opens a new cold war front. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/17/an-arctic-great-game-nato-allies-russia-face-off-far-north/ #PS1putin ===== impress 3 time 2023-07-23 06:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682997245875200000 ========== Putin is no Peter the Great. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/putin-russia-war-modernization/ He doesn't want to make Russia great and modern, he just wants to make Putin great and traditional. #PS1putin ===== impress 6 time 2023-07-20 20:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682128789957124098 ========== "prepare for a Russian invasion, which many consider plausible within three to five years" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/20/baltics-nato-russia-ukraine-defense/ The Baltic states are doing their part. They aren't sure of the rest of NATO - especially if Trump is re-elected. Putin is counting on that. #PS1putin ===== impress 10 time 2023-07-20 20:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682127749975252996 ========== Will June 24 be a red-letter day in Russian history? https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/19/europe/mi6-putin-wagner-rare-speech-intl/index.html Never have so many tea leaves pointed in so many different directions! #PS1putin ===== impress 1 time 2023-07-19 16:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681696684383043589 ========== Putin shows Trump how to conduct a war - ensure loyalty above competence. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opinion/putin-prigozhin-military-russia.html #PS1putin ===== impress 7 time 2023-07-19 15:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681686462813839361 ========== Nobody who's been conquered by Russia wants to repeat the experience. And now Russians living in former parts of the empire are assimilating to their new cultures faster. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/opinion/russian-speakers-ukraine-putin.html #PS1putin ===== impress 3 time 2023-07-16 16:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680614102887190529 ========== Will General Armageddon be first casualty of Wagner rebellion? https://cnn.com/2023/06/30/europe/russian-general-sergey-surovikin-wagner-vip-intl-hnk/index.html SOMEbody has to pay the price! Has Surovikin no strong allies in the Putin empire? #PS1putin ===== impress 16 time 2023-07-14 14:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679866438520274945 ========== Nothing is true and everything is possible - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/opinion/russia-putin-prigozhin-ukraine.html And that's the source of the "aggressive apathy" of most of the Russian people. #PS1putin ===== impress 6 time 2023-07-14 01:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679658724443688960 ========== Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get more confusing - https://apnews.com/article/russian-general-dismissed-wagner-prigozhin-8320113aa0a4d1a71ed290a766aa8244 Politicians are justifiably wary of commanders who have earned great personal loyalty from their troops. #PS1putin ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-14 00:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679649822058643456 ========== Like Stalin, like Putin. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/08/yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-discredit-putin/ Except now we have video and social media! #PS1putin ===== impress 10 time 2023-07-08 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677548213522534400 ========== Russia's strategic ambiguity about nuclear weapons - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/05/russia-putin-nuclear-strike-nato/ Would Putin use them to save his regime? #PS1putin ===== impress 15 time 2023-07-07 03:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677161701714837505 ========== Can ANYbody explain what's going on? https://apnews.com/article/russia-wagner-mutiny-belarus-d7134f34ccea592e52e1dcb39f4aeb94 Evidently not! #PS1putin ===== impress 3 time 2023-07-07 01:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677127170945323010 ========== The price of being surrounded by yes-men - you don't know what's really going on. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opinion/putin-prigozhin-russia.html #PS1putin ===== impress 9 time 2023-07-01 00:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674936394375135232 ========== Putin wonders if Prigozhin is stronger than he thought. Prigozhin wonders if Putin is weaker than he thought. Everybody in between is under suspicion. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-generals-mutiny-putin-prigozhin-surovikin-b2e942036548a05f1f65791d0e70ae17 Ukraine sees it as an opportunity. #PS1putin ===== impress 19 time 2023-06-30 21:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674896274234146816 ========== So what's going on now? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-shoigu-video-wagner-rebellion-0e79a2383f586c82e44861917927d920 Putin and Prigozhin are trying to keep out of sight in a time of uncertainty. They both have enemies and would-be successors that would hope that one or both had honored the Russian tradition of falling out a window. #PS1putin ===== impress 36 time 2023-06-26 16:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1673363501979684865 ========== Nobody can confidently pierce the cloudy future. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/russian-wagner-what-happens-next/ #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 11 time 2023-06-25 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672813963392974850 ========== "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/24/putin-prigozhin-russia-wagner-group-coup/ #PS1putin ===== impress 16 time 2023-06-25 03:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672812739960647681 ========== More on Putin and Prigozhin - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/24/putin-wagner-rebellion-ukraine-war/ #PS1putin ===== engage 7 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 269 time 2023-06-25 03:40 +0000 urlclicks 6 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672811923212222469 ========== US intelligence knew something was brewing. And so did Putin. Like all dictators, Putin likes to encourage infighting between potential successors. Did this get out of hand? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/24/us-intelligence-prigozhin-putin/ #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 32 time 2023-06-25 03:33 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672810196031381504 ========== There was a limit to Putin's patience after all! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-wagner-prigozhin-9acbdf1eda849692ca0423a4116058d1 But no limit to Prigozhin's ambition, but a definite limit to his foresight and timing. Is the world done with him? He will be remembered for showing Putin's weakness at a critical time. #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 35 time 2023-06-25 03:19 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672806618034208769 ========== What's going on? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/23/prigozhin-wagner-mercenary-russia-military/ Has Prigozhin finally pushed too far? https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-russia-nuclear-647a545db4e4628676ff7db5b1bded34 #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 81 time 2023-06-24 01:50 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672421902042931200 ========== Who's in charge? Who's going to BE in charge? https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-ukraine-war-prigozhin-infighting-0e051f0a43522f57ef1810a8b03f6e62 Prigozhin has a Trumpist approach - a consummate insider pretending to be an outsider advocating for the people. #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 35 time 2023-06-23 14:51 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672256100991930371 ========== It's not easy to be close to Putin. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/opinions/dmitry-medvedev-russia-putin-mouthpiece-ghitis/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 4 time 2023-06-05 05:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665598763589664768 ========== The raiders tell their story. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/world/europe/russia-border-attack-ukraine.html Some of it might be true. But it increases the pressure on Putin to declare a general mobilization. #PS1putin ===== impress 10 time 2023-05-25 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661605646138241024 ========== Why does Putin tolerate Prigozhin? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/24/yevgeniy-prigozhin-war-backfired-revolution/ Perhaps Putin has decided it's time to pivot from special military operation to total war to obliterate Ukraine, and he needs to mobilize the entire country, and Prigozhin is the one to popularize it. #PS1putin ===== impress 21 time 2023-05-25 05:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661601889207881729 ========== It's hard to forget being conquered by Russians - in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia... https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/20/world/estonia-russia-narva-threat-intl/index.html #PS1putin ===== impress 39 time 2023-05-20 23:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660067931558903808 ========== "Putin maintains power having multiple factions. That might make sense in politics, but it’s very, very harmful in a military operation.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/world/europe/putin-russia-military-prigozhin.html #PS1putin ===== impress 5 time 2023-05-18 03:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659041051179634688 ========== Battles are won mentally as well as physically. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/17/rattled-kremlin-ukraine-psychological-warfare/ Personality cults do breed infighting among would-be successors, and Ukraine promotes and exploits that. #PS1putin ===== impress 8 time 2023-05-18 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659035505831596037 ========== "Putin likes to use competing factions as a way to maintain power but that is very damaging in a military operation" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/05/wagner-russia-ukraine-discord-leak But that's how a personality protects his cult, by limiting the growth of potential rivals. #PS1putin ===== impress 3 time 2023-05-06 18:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654909838957379584 ========== Hey boomers! The sixties aren't over after all! https://apnews.com/article/wall-street-journal-reported-russia-arrested-cd511a94a3fe0ce604df6648ef5adec5 It's the same old USSR! Any foreigner risks landing in jail for use in a future prisoner swap. Putin often says that the fall of the USSR was the greatest geopolitical disaster ever. #PS1putin ===== impress 7 time 2023-03-30 14:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1641445019860205569 ========== A life for the Tsar! https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mobilization-recruits-military-draft-9339329bba5a5dc6956fe588bab98961 #PS1putin ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-26 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640022548330209288 ========== How Putin destroyed the opposition. His example inspires the Putinists in Congress. https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/17/karamurza-putin-propaganda-russia-accountability/ #PS1putin ===== engage 2 engage-rate 29% expands 1 impress 7 time 2023-03-26 14:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639996852883066881 ========== Will Putin trade Russia's independence for a victory over Ukraine? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/21/xi-putin-summit-alliance-danger/ #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 replies 1 time 2023-03-22 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638382718403903490 ========== Wannabe Putin successors - one is out loud - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/world/europe/prigozhin-wagner-russia-bakhmut.html How many others are lurking waiting for their chance? Much like the Trump succession intrigue here. #PS1putin ===== engage 3 engage-rate 12% expands 3 impress 25 time 2023-03-21 15:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638196457810558976 ========== The enemy is not the Russian Federation or the Russian people, but Vladimir Putin and his gang of revanchist neo-Nazis. https://apnews.com/article/putin-nato-politics-russia-government-united-states-0bffecbd258654bed617653ee078ff35 #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 time 2023-03-02 04:11 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1631145296964235264 ========== "Ukraine’s victory would not only be good for Ukraine and the world. It also would be Russia’s salvation" https://theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/how-long-will-russians-tolerate-the-war/article_3b0f99b6-1990-5977-b0dc-6f777ca9d1ca.html #PS1putin ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2023-03-01 04:25 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1630786205729316864 ========== "Prigozhin denied any link to the Wagner Group before he acknowledged owning the company in September. This month, he declared he also founded, led and financed it." https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin-803da2e3ceda5dace7622cac611087fc No wonder Putin likes him! #PS1putin ===== impress 19 time 2023-01-28 17:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1619390036042186753 ========== No more need for capital punishment in Russia - just recruit them to serve as cannon fodder for Wagner. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/world/europe/wagner-group-cemetery-russia-ukraine.html #PS1putin ===== impress 15 time 2023-01-25 06:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618130661625442305 ========== Beneath Putin, a class of titans. Or would-be titans. Can he keep control of the instability? https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-politics-government-moscow-f2e3f238c9d8ea294e0ed8b1905caba4 Self-serving opportunists attract self-serving opportunists! #PS1putin ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-15 06:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614504176024944643