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Subject: Potemkin: Russia has what is called Putin's Potemkin army
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 by: Ken Blake - Tue, 8 Mar 2022 06:15 UTC

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220307-h-r-mcmaster-i-believe-ukraine-can-win-the-war
McMaster said the Russian military had proven to be a "_Potemkin army_" and
said they would continue to face stiff resistance from Ukrainians backed by
a united West.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/russia-ukraine-military.html
The Kremlin spent the last 20 years trying to modernize its military," said
Andrei V. Kozyrev, the foreign minister for Russia under Boris Yeltsin, in a
post on Twitter. "Much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega-yachts in
Cyprus. But as a military advisor you cannot report that to the President.
So they reported lies to him instead. _Potemkin military_."

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russian-military-weaker-than-expected-ukraine-resilience-by-daniel-gros-2022-03
"Putin's Potemkin Military"
It is an achievement Russia cannot claim. In fact, it seems that Russia has
had a Potemkin military all along. The "_Potemkin_" term is taken from
Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, the governor of New Russia who is said to
have constructed fake settlements to impress Catherine the Great during her
1787 journey to inspect the newly acquired Crimea and surrounding
territories. But the story of "_Potemkin villages_" is largely a myth, and
historians disagree about what the czarina actually saw on her tour. It
seems that, in reality, Potemkin made considerable investments in
infrastructure in and around Crimea, but lacked the resources to link the
newly conquered territory to the rest of Russia.

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Subject: Re: Potemkin: Russia has what is called Putin's Potemkin army
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:29:58 -0600
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 by: Ken Blake - Fri, 25 Mar 2022 05:29 UTC

The White House slammed the partial resumption of Russian equities trading,
calling it a 'Potemkin market opening.'

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/3/24/bbrussia-moves-to-halt-stock-market-selloff-as-trading-resumes

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Subject: Re: Potemkin: Russia has what is called Putin's Potemkin army
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 by: Ken Blake - Sat, 14 May 2022 17:31 UTC

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:29:58 -0600, Ken Blake wrote:
Here is another use of "potemkin" found while reading the news today.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/will-putin-use-nuclear-weapons-in-ukraine-our-experts-answer-three-burning-questions/
"The only wise response to Putin's nuclear use in Ukraine would be to
negotiate some kind of resolution in which all parties could declare
Potemkin victories."

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