Foreign Affairs

TexasTowelie

(128,150 posts) Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:12 PM Mar 21

Something Insane is Happening in Moscow Right Now - Paul Warburg

There's chatter of a coup within Russia. That's nothing new - but this time, there's a twist. Russia has shut down the internet in Moscow for two weeks, military forces are growing in the city, and now it's spreading to St. Petersburg. What's really going on in Russia, and how does it impact the war in Ukraine?

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Something Insane is Happening in Moscow Right Now - Paul Warburg (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 21 OP

O my dog. This is big! Botany Mar 21 #1

putin has fled russia to be the new ayatollah head of iran nt msongs Mar 21 #2

Waiting for them to play Swan Lake...... FM123 Mar 21 #3

and she's buying Tetrachloride Mar 22 #4

Yes! FM123 Mar 22 #5

Botany

(77,864 posts)

1. O my dog. This is big!

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:17 PM

Mar 21

What could be happening?

Remember what they say, the internet is always right.

msongs

(74,203 posts)

2. putin has fled russia to be the new ayatollah head of iran nt

Reply to Botany (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 10:53 PM

Mar 21

FM123

(10,386 posts)

3. Waiting for them to play Swan Lake......

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 21, 2026, 11:30 PM

Mar 21

Tetrachloride

(9,706 posts)

4. and she's buying

Reply to FM123 (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 01:14 AM

Mar 22

a stairway to heaven

FM123

(10,386 posts)

5. Yes!

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 09:50 AM

Mar 22

Almost forgot about that!

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