The Talented Mr. Ripley

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Historical References and documentaries are in the Google AI I linked for you. "Buying Time: The Soviet military was ill-prepared for a major war following purges in the late 1930s. The pact offered a temporary reprieve from invasion. Buffer Zone Strategy: Through secret protocols, the Soviet Union secured land in Eastern Europe (including eastern Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), which it used to create a defensive barrier against future German"

I made no insinuations. I said "some" still attribute Katyn to Nazis who "discovered" the specific bodies while exterminatiing millions of Polyaks not batting an eye. You can find references in the screenshots and links I post, including the OUN/UPA you are infatuated with. Though You can always choose soft cover Amazon and Kindle for indoctrinated. #lfId=ChxjMe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">google.com/search?client=…

📸 March 2022. Ukrainian children slept in a bomb shelter at Azovstal, unaware that russians had branded them “Nazis” — and were preparing to bomb them. No one knows how many survived. 🙏 Never forget who the russians are.

@mmeo5723 @rinalu_ OK 🙂

No, Mr Ripley, the point at issue, initially, was the use of the spelling Kyiv for Kiev. And the side issue was, what was the first capital of Russia. I do not dispute your historical facts: the dominant principality could indeed reasonably be given in sequence as Novgorod, Kiev, Vladimir, Moscow. That has nothing to do with either the quote I responded to, or what I said.

Kiev was not the first capital of Rus’ (Russia). The first was Ladoga, followed by Novgorod. Russia uses the Cyrillic alphabet, so “Kiev” is simply the English form of «Киев». “Kyiv” emerged in 2005 as a political spelling game. For centuries in English it was Kiev, matching the Russian pronunciation. - In Byzantium: Kiow, Kiovia, Kyou. - In 2005, the UN officially adopted “Kyiv” at Ukraine’s request. - Then in 2019, the #KyivNotKiev campaign kicked off, as if changing a few letters could rewrite a millennium of history. And there is no equivalent form like “Mosckba.” In Russian, the city is called “Moskva.”

@KoshkaChap @PhillyInquirer That's what the Congressmen are for. Bought and "elected" for decades in a row, literally dying on the job of old age. They trashed the system, and they don't even pay SS taxes on full income.

@EuroKitco @PhillyInquirer I know it’s a fucking racket. It’s a total fucking racket.

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@mmeo5723 @rinalu_ You missed the whole point of contention where the sequence of the dominant principalities was a newly created dispute of the creation of the Russian Empire. It has nothing to do with naming different cities a capital.

@EuroKitco @rinalu_ Comparisons always include differences as well as similarities. The pointlessness of designating the "First capital of Russia" is similar to the pointlessness of doing the same for the United States -- despite the many historical incongruities.

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@paweldebik @CM147143 @spiggzy @NAFOvoyager Buffoon, or worse, is the one who volunteers for genocidal barbarians made modern national heroes. #lfId=ChxjMe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">google.com/search?q=OUN%2…

@CM147143 @EuroKitco @spiggzy @NAFOvoyager The bizarre thing is that it was the russians themselves who released Beria's request for the massacre, with Stalin's signature on said document. @EuroKitco is either a historically illiterate buffoon who just copypasted a grok summary without knowing what any of it meant, or...

@paweldebik @spiggzy @NAFOvoyager Yes, I prefer documentaries to novels. I did not make Katyn a focal point for dispute, but you sure grabbed it to negate the whole topic, shallow deflector with fake numbers.

@EuroKitco @spiggzy @NAFOvoyager Oh, I know you don't read books, your kind never does, but: "Even the Katyn massacre is disputed and attributed to Nazis by some research." Are you actually fucking serious right now?

@mmeo5723 @rinalu_ The Rurikid moved to Kiev from Novgorod though and from Kiev on to Vladimir and on to the next principality. There was no Russia back in the 900s. How shallow to compare the creation of the Russian Empire to the US

For those of us who grew up in the United States, Rina, we could also play the game of "First Capital" -- It was Philadelphia, where the Declaration was signed. It was New York, where Washington was sworn in. An exercise in pointless pedantry. The Rurikid had a capital city over Russia when they took control of Kiev, and that political unit is called, by historians, "Kievan Rus'."

@rinalu_ My post was designed for someone else, sorry. I totally agree with you.

@EuroKitco Rus' in Greek is Rossiya, Rus is Russia. This text is from 900s.

@BuchiChristophe @Fox70a @rinalu_ It was Kiev occupied by Mongols for 200 years, not the other Rus principalities that created the Russian Empire, including Moscow. 🤡🤡🤡

@EuroKitco @Fox70a @rinalu_ Rus and Russia are different. Peter the Great « stole » the name in 18th century. Rus was an empire while Musxovits were slaves of Mongols. He rewrote maps and history to change the name.

@EuromaidanPress These UA false flags are so dumb and pathetic. Low lives

Someone called ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine and told them to leave or face violence. The calls came from Ukrainian-looking numbers. The voices claimed to be Ukrainian police. Ukraine's SBU ran technical analysis and traced every call to Russia. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the operation feeds directly into Viktor Orbán's re-election campaign — which is built on the claim that Ukraine threatens Hungarians — and that coordination with the Orbán campaign cannot be ruled out. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/19/rus…

@njoyzgrl81 @toooldforfears @SenGillibrand Their fans are dumb

@toooldforfears @SenGillibrand It’s so blatant. They don’t even care that we can all see through their lies.

Hi @SenGillibrand No, women who take their spouse’s last name after marriage, do NOT change their BIRTH certificates. The marriage license is the legal document that recognizes the official name change. You’re a senator, shouldn’t you know that or were you lying? Birth certificate amendments are typically reserved for corrections (e.g., typos at birth), adoptions, or certain legal parentage changes—not routine marriage name changes. It denotes legal identifiers at BIRTH!

@SenateDems @maziehirono American citizens vote only. I wonder who elects all these Hiromos

Why are Republicans trying to change who can vote? WATCH Sen. @maziehirono explain: Republicans know their agenda (gutting Medicaid, slashing SNAP, illegal tariffs, an illegal war) is deeply unpopular. So instead of changing their policies, they want to change WHO votes.

@vortigern_saga @rinalu_ Lol! We now learn that the "legendary founder" of Kiev was a dude named Kyi, and it was not Kiev at all, but Kijanov. What a bunch of crap they teach in Ukraine for delinquents. 🤡🤡

@rinalu_ Well, well, Turks once upon a time renamed Constantinople into "Istanbul". No one really batted an eye back then. I see no problem with Киев being Киiв although I really can't pronounce that shit.

@crapolavich @rinalu_ There was no Ukraine or Ukrainian language. There was Kievan Rus- a trade hub moved from Ladoga and Novgorod. The name is Kiev

The “Kyiv vs Kiev” debate gets a lot wrong: - “Kiev” comes from Russian (Киев); “Kyiv” comes from Ukrainian (Київ). Different languages, not just spelling. Like saying someone who speaks Portuguese spelled something wrong in Spanish. - “Kyiv” wasn’t invented in 2005—it reflects standard Ukrainian transliteration used well before that. - English used “Kiev” largely because of Russian/Soviet dominance, not because it was more “correct.” Remember that Stalin guy who hated Ukrainians? - Claims about Ladoga as the “first capital” are debated; Kyiv was the primary center of Kievan Rus. Ladoga was - as far as anyone can tell - just a major trade hub. It would be kind of like New York v Washington DC. - Changing English usage today isn’t “rewriting history”—it’s aligning with Ukraine’s own language.

@Fox70a @rinalu_ The name of the city is Kiev since its inception. Rus and Russia are the one and the same, originated by the same dynasty before Kiev and ruled by the same principals.

@rinalu_ Kyiv is simply the English form of the name Київ. A lot of Soviet era names were attempted Russification and have now been corrected. Note that Rus and Russia are two different items, the old Kyivan Rus, predecessor of Ukraine, has very little to do with the Muscovite Russia.