Ukraine expands martial law to boost defences near occupied areas
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Kyiv notified the Council of Europe of changes to its martial law, in effect since February 2022. #EuropeNews

The western values Ukraine is defending are becoming more apparent by the day.

  • hrosts@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Regarding what CIA means by “collective leadership”:

    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-01446R000100020012-2.pdf

    It is entirely possible that the Soviet leaders are about to develop a new form of “dictatorship by committee”, giving them the advantage of appearing to be quasi-democratic.

    When we speak of collective leadership, we mean a committee of a very few men, probably not more than five or six. The larger the membership, the greater the likelihood that fractionalization may occur, dividing the committee into antagonistic groups.

    • o_d [he/him]@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      7 months ago

      So the CIA calls him a dictator in one memo and not in another. I suppose that proves nothing in the end. Except that the CIA clearly doesn’t understand Soviet governance based on the other details in the memo that you linked.

      • hrosts@lemm.ee
        1·
        7 months ago

        They call Soviet leadership a party oligarchy in both cases. They do not “agree” with you in any way shape or form.