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Monday, August 26, 2024
Bertil Lintner--M junta may be turning to Wagner Group,+Pavel Durov--Telegram founder arrested in France.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/is-myanmar-junta-turning-to-russias-wagner-as-relations-with-china-sour.html
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/pavel-durov-mysterious-and-controversial-telegram-founder.html
Note: Not good news but on the flip side, m a H probably on last legs and his face shows it. China may get him before Reistance does.
We will then break out the porverbial champagne, but it may not be a good future.
Overall, the prognosis for Burma is very weak and bleak.
kmk
8-26-2024
Graphic--Sagaing Massacre at wedding. This year.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala--I have a volume of her short stories--which I like a great deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala
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Note: If you know nothing about economics, pl do not depend on hearsay. Pl take ecos. 101 or read or educate yourself. There are lots of ...
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