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Do you think there will be an increase of polygyny in Ukraine and Russia following the war?

I fear that civil war in Russia is inevitable for several reasons. It is unfortunate that it had to get to that point. It appears that Putin's heart was harden like that of Pharaoh in times of Moses. Putin has avoided any reasonable truce.

Ukraine has given opportunity to russia to have energy truce (not bomb energy sectors), and now his people will be without gas, and might have humanitarian issues due to lack of fuel for the harvest collection. This might get very nasty there. Russia sowed discords throughout various nations, and now might be reaping what they sowed. Perhaps God will have mercy on them.

Putin stopped orphans from being adopted as a retaliation to the West, and with his actions responsible for creating even more orphans. At some point God will react harshly, "But whoever misleads one of these little ones who believe in Me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung about his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea."

Polygyny will be necessary, unless Christians will step up, only Muslims will benefit from disproportional number of women. russia already has the highest number of Muslims compared to other European nations 10-15%, Germany and France have about 8-10 % Muslims.
If someone is interested why Putin does not want to stop war consider seeing explanation why he started the war. Stopping the war would lead to his demise and he knows it. He is in Catch -22 situation.

Bill Browder,
 
steve said:
I don’t have the time nor the inclination to watch 1.25 hours of explanation.
Can you provide the Cliffs Notes?
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This is what can be gathered from this video.

Bill Browder began his career in Russia during the 1990s as a consultant. He is the grandson of Earl Browder, who was the head of the Communist Party USA and ran for U.S. president twice. Rebelling against his family's political legacy, Browder chose to become a capitalist in post-Soviet Russia.

He quickly learned how easily businesses could be acquired, and eventually his Hermitage Capital Management grew to manage $4.5 billion in assets. Browder then began investigating and exposing theft and corruption in Russia. Initially, he supported Vladimir Putin, believing the new president was implementing necessary reforms and was willing to take on powerful oligarchs.

However, after Putin arrested Mikhail Khodorkovsky—then Russia's richest man—other oligarchs reportedly approached Putin and asked what they needed to do to avoid a similar fate. According to Browder, Putin demanded 50% ownership stakes in their companies. Browder claims this is how Putin amassed his personal fortune, making him one of the wealthiest men in the world—and that he knows this because the oligarchs told him personally.

As Browder's corruption exposés increasingly threatened Putin's interests, he sensed danger and decided to sell Hermitage's shares and move his staff to safety. His companies were later confiscated. The new owners then went to the Russian government and fraudulently claimed refunds on taxes previously paid by Hermitage—receiving a fake refund of $230 million.

Fearing that Russia would use Interpol to have him arrested, Browder wanted to resolve any outstanding legal issues. He hired Sergei Magnitsky, an honest tax lawyer, to investigate. Magnitsky exposed the tax-refund fraud, which opposition parties then used to criticize Putin's corruption. Magnitsky was subsequently arrested, tortured, and died in a Moscow prison in 2009.

To honor Magnitsky's legacy, Browder lobbied Western governments to impose sanctions on Russian officials implicated in corruption and human rights abuses—culminating in the Magnitsky Act.

Browder has stated that Putin started the war in Ukraine to distract from domestic corruption and his own enrichment. He believes Putin cannot stop the war without losing power, and therefore will pursue a decisive victory even if it costs hundreds of thousands more Russian lives.

Regarding mobilization, there are widespread expectations that Russia may announce a new draft after the 2026 State Duma elections. Reports suggest the Kremlin has not officially confirmed this, though some Russian military figures have publicly discussed the possibility.
 
Transformator Reformator said:
This is what can be gathered from this video.

Bill Browder began his career in Russia during the 1990s as a consultant. He is the grandson of Earl Browder, who was the head of the Communist Party USA and ran for U.S. president twice. Rebelling against his family's political legacy, Browder chose to become a capitalist in post-Soviet Russia.

He quickly learned how easily businesses could be acquired, and eventually his Hermitage Capital Management grew to manage $4.5 billion in assets. Browder then began investigating and exposing theft and corruption in Russia. Initially, he supported Vladimir Putin, believing the new president was implementing necessary reforms and was willing to take on powerful oligarchs.

However, after Putin arrested Mikhail Khodorkovsky—then Russia's richest man—other oligarchs reportedly approached Putin and asked what they needed to do to avoid a similar fate. According to Browder, Putin demanded 50% ownership stakes in their companies. Browder claims this is how Putin amassed his personal fortune, making him one of the wealthiest men in the world—and that he knows this because the oligarchs told him personally.

As Browder's corruption exposés increasingly threatened Putin's interests, he sensed danger and decided to sell Hermitage's shares and move his staff to safety. His companies were later confiscated. The new owners then went to the Russian government and fraudulently claimed refunds on taxes previously paid by Hermitage—receiving a fake refund of $230 million.

Fearing that Russia would use Interpol to have him arrested, Browder wanted to resolve any outstanding legal issues. He hired Sergei Magnitsky, an honest tax lawyer, to investigate. Magnitsky exposed the tax-refund fraud, which opposition parties then used to criticize Putin's corruption. Magnitsky was subsequently arrested, tortured, and died in a Moscow prison in 2009.

To honor Magnitsky's legacy, Browder lobbied Western governments to impose sanctions on Russian officials implicated in corruption and human rights abuses—culminating in the Magnitsky Act.

Browder has stated that Putin started the war in Ukraine to distract from domestic corruption and his own enrichment. He believes Putin cannot stop the war without losing power, and therefore will pursue a decisive victory even if it costs hundreds of thousands more Russian lives.

Regarding mobilization, there are widespread expectations that Russia may announce a new draft after the 2026 State Duma elections. Reports suggest the Kremlin has not officially confirmed this, though some Russian military figures have publicly discussed the possibility.
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Interesting story.
Time will tell.
 
Transformator Reformator said:
This is what can be gathered from this video.

Bill Browder began his career in Russia during the 1990s as a consultant. He is the grandson of Earl Browder, who was the head of the Communist Party USA and ran for U.S. president twice. Rebelling against his family's political legacy, Browder chose to become a capitalist in post-Soviet Russia.

He quickly learned how easily businesses could be acquired, and eventually his Hermitage Capital Management grew to manage $4.5 billion in assets. Browder then began investigating and exposing theft and corruption in Russia. Initially, he supported Vladimir Putin, believing the new president was implementing necessary reforms and was willing to take on powerful oligarchs.

However, after Putin arrested Mikhail Khodorkovsky—then Russia's richest man—other oligarchs reportedly approached Putin and asked what they needed to do to avoid a similar fate. According to Browder, Putin demanded 50% ownership stakes in their companies. Browder claims this is how Putin amassed his personal fortune, making him one of the wealthiest men in the world—and that he knows this because the oligarchs told him personally.

As Browder's corruption exposés increasingly threatened Putin's interests, he sensed danger and decided to sell Hermitage's shares and move his staff to safety. His companies were later confiscated. The new owners then went to the Russian government and fraudulently claimed refunds on taxes previously paid by Hermitage—receiving a fake refund of $230 million.

Fearing that Russia would use Interpol to have him arrested, Browder wanted to resolve any outstanding legal issues. He hired Sergei Magnitsky, an honest tax lawyer, to investigate. Magnitsky exposed the tax-refund fraud, which opposition parties then used to criticize Putin's corruption. Magnitsky was subsequently arrested, tortured, and died in a Moscow prison in 2009.

To honor Magnitsky's legacy, Browder lobbied Western governments to impose sanctions on Russian officials implicated in corruption and human rights abuses—culminating in the Magnitsky Act.

Browder has stated that Putin started the war in Ukraine to distract from domestic corruption and his own enrichment. He believes Putin cannot stop the war without losing power, and therefore will pursue a decisive victory even if it costs hundreds of thousands more Russian lives.

Regarding mobilization, there are widespread expectations that Russia may announce a new draft after the 2026 State Duma elections. Reports suggest the Kremlin has not officially confirmed this, though some Russian military figures have publicly discussed the possibility.
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I can let this devolve into a debate of the Ukraine war but it shouldn’t be controversial to say that Putin has to be one of the worst leaders of a large nation in the post-WWII era on many, many levels.

Like Browder, I was very optimistic about him at one point. But that was a very long time ago.
 
But Browser's story doesn't make sense.

How often do states impose sanctions on another state because of some tax-refund issue? This is funny. States are everyday losing tax money because of "tax cheating"

And some guy is killed in prison due to corruption. Well, not everyday as "tax cheating", but sometimes people do die as part of cover up. No nothing strange here.

Far more likely is that Western countries wanted sanction against Russia and here they found suitable emotive story. Which implies participation of Western intelligence agency which implies possible impurity by Browder.

Now, I don't claim Browder is impure, but they are powerful people who did benefit from whole situation.
 
MemeFan said:
Far more likely is that Western countries wanted sanction against Russia
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Let's say that was the case. Then Russia's invasions of Georgia and Ukraine provided justification for those sanctions.

The truth is that prior to 2014 and 2022 the West was deeply invested in Russia and it had a stake in making Russia successful.

From the web:
Western corporations have suffered over $107 billion in write-downs and lost revenue due to their corporate exodus from Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Additionally, $194 billion in foreign assets, including $32 billion owned by U.S. companies and $90 billion by European companies, remain trapped in Russia, facing potential seizure or forced sale at steep discounts.
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And...


"the potential cost of sanctions for the Western countries has been estimated as over $700 billion."
 
Transformator Reformator said:
Is this faith based forum? Or strictly political?
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It's mostly political with the typical Christian themes that one would expect of a conservative site. It is pro-life, pro-family, pro-2A, pro-American, and discussions about the Bible are never discouraged.

My only thing is I don't mention poly. Outside of this space I do not mention that online.
 
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