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Allen Hingston's avatar

4 am. I am more pessimistic today than I have ever been. My dark humour says I will drink my two bottles of expensive whisky rather than leave them for those Russian Philistines.

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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

I would have much preferred that abbreviations were spelled out in the body of the piece rather than looking them up. I like to know the names of government agencies mentioned and their function. Looking at a map also helps me know where areas are that are referred to. I don't expect subscribers to look here if they are curious, but I posted the information, just in case.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) is a federal executive body with the authority to implement government policy in the national security of the Russian Federation, counterterrorism, the protection and defence of the state border of the Russian Federation, the protection of internal sea waters, the territorial sea,

DPR in Ukraine

Donetsk People's Republic, Unrecognized quasi-state

LPR,The Luhansk People's Republic, in Ukraine

LPR or LNR (alternate spellings) is a landlocked quasi-state

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