TL set in the 2020s when translation software became so sophisticated it could do accurate, real-time language translation. People all over the world could not download the translation apps on their iPhone X, their Androids and mobile devices and have a conversation with a person without knowing...
If I might speculate on the map above, based on the fact that "Russian Ukraine" has Kiev and only the most Western Ukrainian regions are not part of the Kiev administration, I am going to guess that rather than Putin gobbling up Ukraine what happened was that Ukraine had a succession of...
Did you all miss the part in the 3rd post where it's said Putin (somehow) prevented the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
Anyway, I am mildly-interested as long as this isn't a re-hash of Zhirinovsky's Russian Empire just with more Putin.
How do you avoid the War in Afghanistan? USSR invaded because (IIRC) they thought Afghanistan was in danger of falling to the Islamists and the current leadership wasn't pro-Moscow enough. So does that mean the POD for no Afghanistan is that the Iranian Revolution is either crushed or is...
So I just read this article on Kim Jong Un and couldn't help but think of the supposed plot by Jang Song Thaek in Part 127 of this TL:
Too bad this wasn't incorporated into the TL when we learned that cases of Hennessey cognac may have been poisoned by UIS/Jang Song Thaek in an assassination...
Horses do not go extinct in America but are domesticated instead. This increases exchange of ideas accross the local civilizations (so secrets of metalworking spread from the Inca to others), gives Ameroindians more disease resistance and creates a very different society in North America. The...
That's because there isn't "that much" oil in Ukraine. One story I've heard is that when the USSR was breaking up some Ukrainian politicians were pointing to the few oil fields the nation had and claimed that "once we become independent we'll exploit our oil resources and become filthy rich like...
Paranoia Levels At Max!
Azerbaijan used to be part of Persia but are IIRC is populated by Turick people; Turkey backed Azerbaijan during their war with Armenia IIRC because Armenia had border dispute with Turkey.
Is it that hard to look up nations you are talking about? What do you base your...
So would Ter-Grigoryants and Monte Melkonian be rivals or would their interests align?
Actually Ukraine does have oil:
The black pyramids represent oil, white pyramids is gas and white/black pyramids are both.
Also OTL few months ago Ukraine made deals with big energy giants like Chevron...
I misread the title, believing it said "Reagan State Flag" and thought it would be a discussion on what would be the flag of the new State of Reagan (see here for the approximate location of the state) in the event California is broken up.
Then I actually read the thread and was disappointed :(
That guy isn't new to Ukraine's comic-political scene -- he made headlines few years ago already: https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=220387
Well, you didn't name every single member of the 16-men committee in ZRE, did you? You can always mention him as being on the...
Huh, never would have thought about either as Kong. When I tried to picture a Dr. Strangelove remake, for some reason I pictured Kong as either someone like Tom Cruise (as a sort of parody of his role in Top Gun) or Don Davis (the "good 'ol southern military man" stereotype). Meanwhile, I...