Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst

Re:Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an ... by waffleiron on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:35AM (#30577153)

The dirty bomb thing isn't anything new, and definitely precedes this. Both google and bing have blocked all RT.com results here in Germany, duck.com luckily still lets me search for it.

2009: https://www.rt.com/news/the-price-of-mass-destruction/

>Ukraine’s security service has arrested a group suspected of trying to sell a container of radioactive material. Officials say there was enough of the substance to create a dirty bomb, which could have posed a serious threat to the entire region.

2014: https://www.rt.com/news/ukraine-nuclear-arsenal-threat-314/

> While the uranium Ukraine gets from Russia for its reactors is low-enriched, reactor waste is quite enough to make a so-called dirty bomb. The country possesses manpower and know-how to do that as well as delivery vehicles for nuclear payload, which don’t have to be too sophisticated.

2015: https://www.rt.com/op-ed/311869-uranium-ukraine-nuclear-poro...

> According to Ukraine's security forces, they have seized nuclear material from a criminal gang that was trying to sell it. The substance is said to be Uranium-238, which can be used to create a so-called 'dirty bomb'

edit: Clarification for the many downvoting, this is in response to OP specifically saying "This makes the letter seem more plausible, if it really preceeds the news".

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Re:Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an ... by golergka on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:41AM (#30577196)

Believing anything RT have ever written, especially about Ukraine is, to put it mildly, not the best strategy.

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Re:Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an ... by waffleiron on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:46AM (#30577215)

I am bringing this up not as facts that Ukraine is building a dirty bomb, but as a fact that Russia has been talking about the possibility of them doing so for a long time now.

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Re:Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an ... by ce4 on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:48AM (#30577227)

I read the parent as a report of what RT used to say in the past and may do so soon again to spin some legitimation for putin's upcoming war actions.

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Re:Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an ... by daqhris on Sunday March 06, 2022 @08:03AM (#30577326)

I think that OP does not believe in RT.com. Most probably, OP is bringing forward information that corroborates what's wrtitten in the Twitter thread. By reading the post's source, you may understand the intent of the parent comment.

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Re:Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an ... by mpfundstein on Sunday March 06, 2022 @07:51AM (#30577253)

yes. lets believe cnn

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