'Risk’ is a strategy board game of diplomacy for two to six players. The standard version is played on a board depicting a political map of the world, divided into forty-two, territories which are grouped into six continents. Players form and dissolve alliances during the course of the game. The goal of the game is to occupy every territory on the board and, in doing so, eliminate the other players.
On the Wikipedia site, Russia is shown divided into five territories on the playing board and Ukraine is absolutely huge in comparison.
Many States are playing this game for real but you can’t be obliterated by nuclear missiles in the board game.
Russia is getting closer to inviting those States which are encouraging Ukraine (materially, financially, morally) to FAFO. A slightly ruder, but more threatening position than the American one of ‘don’t tread on me.’
F.M. Lavrov is correct to claim that, “Western powers are seeking to destroy everything Russian.” Inherent within Capitalism is the need to constantly compete for resources, of all kinds, to exploit. It is the nature of the beast. But the time is long past when the global working class should allow itself to be used s pawns in what is becoming an exceedingly dangerous game.
If Russia Today’s various media sites were not banned in many ‘democratic’ and otherwise countries then more members of the working class would be able to judge for themselves the situation their ‘leaders’ were taking them into.
This Blog is neither pro-Russian, pro-Ukrainian or pro any capitalist or state-capitalist country. Truth, it’s said, is the first casualty of war. Don’t let there be any further casualties, anywhere, than there have already been.
In August 1914 the executive committee of the SPGB issued a statement: Having no quarrel with the working class of any country, we extend to our fellow workers of all lands the expression of our good will and Socialist fraternity, and pledge ourselves to work for the overthrow of capitalism and the triumph of Socialism
THE WORLD FOR THE WORKERS!
This still holds today.
“The current situation in Ukraine shows that the conflict between Russia and the West can no longer be defined as a “hybrid war” but is instead approaching being a real one, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
Speaking at a press conference following a meeting with his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor, Lavrov also noted that this “almost real” war was something that the West “has been preparing for a long time against Russia.” The minister claimed that Western powers are seeking to destroy everything Russian, from the language to the culture that had existed in Ukraine for centuries, and even forbid people from speaking their native language.
Lavrov went on to point out that such practices have become commonplace throughout Ukraine and that the country’s last two presidents, Pyotr Poroshenko and current leader Vladimir Zelensky, have both turned into “presidents of war” and “Russophobic leaders” after gaining power, despite running their presidential campaigns under the promise of establishing peace.
The minister also recalled that Ukraine has adopted laws that prohibit using the Russian language in education, media, and even in everyday life. “And this is all supported by the West,” Lavrov said, adding that this support extends to neo-Nazi marches with swastikas and symbols of banned Nazi divisions being held across the country.
He also accused the West of turning a blind eye to the fact that Kiev’s forces continue to deliberately choose targets and carry out attacks in such a way as to terrorize the civilian population. “The West knows perfectly well that the Ukrainian regime deliberately bombs cities and towns using Western-supplied weapons,” the minister said.
Lavrov reiterated Moscow’s position that it has not carried out attacks in Ukraine against civilian infrastructure, and that the damage to it is attributable to Kiev’s regular practice of deploying heavy weapons and air defense systems in residential areas.
Despite the spiralling tensions, Lavrov noted that Moscow remains open to negotiations with Kiev, and warned that those who refuse talks should understand that the longer they are delayed, the harder it will be to find a solution.
The minister also asked the Ukrainian government to explain, perhaps through a third party, how it sees the situation in the country playing out and the possibility of negotiations with Russia.”
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Dave C.
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