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Neat! When you have De Sadeski say that the Elipton bomb "will turn the entire planet into a lifeless rock. Earth will resemble the moon" is that a nod to the OTL 2007 test of the Russian F.O.A.B. when news commentators boasted that after the detonation the blast site resembled the surface of...

The Crimean government said they would not recognize Kievan authorities if Yanukovich was to be ousted without elections WAAAAYYY before the whole thing got out of control so its not as if this development came out of the blue. Now I agree that the whole thing is fishy but the lack of...

Question: I recall from the early updates that you had a mention of an (IIRC) Armenian militant who died OTL in early 1990s but who ATL was slated to play a big role. I think he was mentioned once or twice early on but then was not heard of again. Would we get more info on him or at least what...

Also, one might ask if Crimeans's dissatisfaction with the Kiev government was high enough in 2005 to give Russia the results it got nearly ten years later in 2014. Sadly, I don't have statistics that would show Crimea's feelings in 2005.

Thing is though the link between the protestors and the UIS can be dubious-to-nonexistent which would make things interesting since (as with many other things in the TL) it would leave it up to the reader's imagination to determine if the protestors really are in UIS's pocket or if USA...

Hey PG do you recall how few months back we were discussing the possibility of an equivalent of the Arctic Sunrise incident happening in USA in TTL? You know, enviornmental protestors opposed to Bush's energy policy getting arrested and being charged with treason? Will we get to see that in...

By the way, if you are interested in odd new counties that can be hypothetically carved out of Russia you can add this one to the list: the Monarchist City-State of Ekaterinburg :D

We had threads like this before and one of the issues is that some of the low-populated regions in the interior might not make viable countries. That being said, I wonder if Siberia as a whole could (theoretically) become independant and have its own identity?

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Hmm... I wonder if in this TL Admiral Israel would turn out to be Magneto.

Well, who said the POD has to be post 1945? Who said Indonisia has to be independant? Maybe your POD could be Danish government relocateing to Indonisia after an ATL WW 1 where whe Germans take Denmark or something.

An intriguing TL where the author played around with global political elite and their identities. With a pod during the Russian Revolution a series of events occurs where Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin, father of the OTL current president of Russia, becomes the Chairman of the Soviet Union. Putin...

Due to an unexpected pilot error Marine One crashes while carrying US president George W. Bush in early 2001. The TL focuses on the new president, Dick Chainy, and how he handles 9-11 and the "War on Terror". A TL where int he not-to-distant-future the United States of America has become...

In early 20th century UK fights some conflict with the Dutch. U.K. wins and Indonisia becomes part of the British Empire. Then during an ATL decolonization period what is OTL Pakistan, India, Burma, Malaya and Indonisia are given independance as a single nation -- a "Greater India" if you will...

So pretty much the only good things to have come out of the current Ukranian crisis are the various photoshops and political cartoons. Like this one: Sauron ISOTed to Kiev? :D Or how about this one: Can't think of a fitting caption.

Could try to go for a united but neutral and disarmed Germany like Beria apparently suggested.

Germany did not join N.A.T.O. until 1955. And why would N.A.T.O. U.S.S.R. = United Germany :confused:.

Source? Or N.A.T.O. just becomes a more or less meaningless organization like the non-aligned movement.

Well, OP does say the standard of living should be about as much as South Korea in 1960s and 1970s so even if GDP growth flatlines it would still meet the OP, right? The mass starvations and whatnot happened in 1990s due to combination of natural disasters and an end of Soviet aid. It seems...