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		hh3k0 on Feb 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cutting Russia off from SWIFT a “matter of days” –... > Seems like Putin didn't want to piss off Xi by starting a war before/during Xi's "look at how great we are" Olympic Games. And it'd seem that Putin favors dates like 22.02.2022 for some strange reason. Russia launched their full-scale invasion of Georgia on 08.08.2008, too.

JumpCrisscross on Feb 26, 2022 | [–]

Dear god, if this all turns out in the end to be the fancy of some Rasputinesque numerologist with the Kremlin's ear...

HWR_14 on Feb 26, 2022 | [–]

Also explains why he had to go big this invasion. There is no march 33 to look forward to.

dogma1138 on Feb 26, 2022 | [–]

03:03:2033 Baltics RSVP then…

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