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What harm these 144.1 million people did that they will face the consequences of the sanctions coming from all over the world?
And how many of those 144.1 million people are on the streets of Russian cities protesting against the aggression their government is committing against other nations?
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Here is where the main problem - NATO.
Imagine (hypothetically) there is a preparation for Canada to ally with Russia what would you think US would do. Just allow Canada to give Canadian land for Russian troops and make America vulnerable? The world leaders need power, they are power hungry and your precedent is just a bait for them.
False equivalence. Canada was not subject to US occupation for decades or centuries prior to this hypothetical scenario, so it's unlikely to look for protection against a potential US military invasion the way Eastern Europe looks for protection against a potential (and now very real) Russian invasion. But even if it was somehow a valid example, it would be wrong for the US to invade Canada in such circumstances and it is wrong for Russia to invade Ukraine. Two wrongs don't make a right and all that. What harm these 144.1 million people did that they will face the consequences of the sanctions coming from all over the world?
And how many of those 144.1 million people are on the streets of Russian cities protesting against the aggression their government is committing against other nations? Roughly zero, because protests are illegal and they get arrested as soon as they try to.
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This six years old lecture sums thing very well. I wish more and more Ukrainian would understand the politics of West. False equivalence. I agree it was a false equivalent but I was trying to make a point by this. Here you have the real equivalence, from 25:19th minute - 26:20 minute. Two wrongs don't make a right and all that. I did not mean to make it right, please don't get me wrong. What I meant is that it's obviously wrong for anyone to invade other country who are independent. But for strategic interests world leaders are doing is from the beginning. Anyway, here is the key point of this lecture. 44:40th minute to 45:17 minute summed up everything for Ukrainians. /Link edited.
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I did not mean to make it right, please don't get me wrong. What I meant is that it's obviously wrong for anyone to invade other country who are independent. But for strategic interests world leaders are doing is from the beginning.
There isn't really any plausible strategic interest for Russia (as in Russian people, or Russian Federation; not the current clown dictator) to make Ukraine an impoverished, oppressed, resentful nation by attempting to invade it. It's just madman's dream to turn history back. This never works. And the Soviet history is horrid. No sane person wants a repeat of that. Lecturing Ukrainians to stay neutral is no different than telling them to join Russia. They should treat any such "advice" like they treated that Russian warship.
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Putin's invasion of Ukraine is impossible to predict. The only certainty is that the situation is escalating rapidly and will likely become even messier before it improves. Even if he succeeds in taking over Ukraine, he just set in motion a chain reaction that will strengthen NATO to levels it has never seen before. He can continue to wreak havoc inside Ukraine, but it seems he signed his own "death warrant", and most likely his own regime will try to get rid of him.
But Putin is causing Ukraine a great deal of suffering, which I worry about more than the political or economic impact. My main concern is for the people of Ukraine, because it is likely they will suffer the most from a prolonged war that won't end anytime soon. As I write this, I keep wondering how much longer the people in Ukraine can possibly withstand the pressure the Russian army is putting on them. I pray for the people of Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPxAVzP-O3cRussian soldiers are being killed by a truckload. That is why Putin wants to 'negotiate'. More Russian soldiers were killed so far than in the early days of the war in Afghanistan. https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/1497983902614315008This boggles my mind. Ukraine's health ministry said on Sunday that 352 civilians, including 14 children, had been killed since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-invasion-ukraine-kills-352-civilians-including-14-children-2022-02-27So Russia is loosing 10 soldiers and 2 armored vehicles ... for every civilian death? This is either the most humane military "operation" (comparing to Kosovo, Iraq, Syria etc...) or the numbers are way off, fog of war?
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Putin is a maniac, he needs to be stopped.
Just when diplomacy was active, Putin started suddenly invading Ukraine, an independent country. He's a crazy idiot. I hope, we can deliever enough defensive weapons to Ukraine in time as a defense for Ukraine.
Putin killed so many people already and it's just 4 days of war. He should be accused as a war criminal in Den Hague
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February 28, 2022, 07:59:46 AM Merited by Foxpup (1), decodx (1) |
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The pro-Ukrainian propaganda machine is working quite well, creating this perception that there aren't corruption issues by the Ukrainian government.
It's the anti-Ukraine propaganda that's convinced you that anyone is trying to convince anyone that there aren't corruption issues in Ukraine. Typical right wing victim shaming. No different than every time a white cop kills a black guy or a woman accuses someone they like of sexual assault. By the way, guess who's responsible for more corruption in Ukraine than any other person? Same guy that's responsible for the invasion.
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There are people who did not vote for Putin, are against his politics and were not able to leave Russian, but not suffer from sanctions and etc. Is whole world is going to help them? Maybe collect donations for them? Or help them to leave?Or it is their problem that they were born in Russia? Or we have double standards? Bunch of people cant agree on something, due to that nations now suffer, but call for help is only for one side.
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There are people who did not vote for Putin, are against his politics and were not able to leave Russian, but not suffer from sanctions and etc. Is whole world is going to help them? Maybe collect donations for them? Or help them to leave?Or it is their problem that they were born in Russia? Or we have double standards? Bunch of people cant agree on something, due to that nations now suffer, but call for help is only for one side.
Believe me its not possible to talk sanity and balance into these people, especially if you consider the woke radicalisation that is fueling this anti putin hatred.
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Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine started in border with Belarus. But it's difficult to expect results from it. Russia doesn't seem to be open for talk because they already went too far. Wagner group fighters are in Kyiv now. It's private fighters from Russia who were in Syria war previously. Their task here - kill Zelensky. Imagine (hypothetically) there is a preparation for Canada to ally with Russia what would you think US would do. Just allow Canada to give Canadian land for Russian troops and make America vulnerable? The world leaders need power, they are power hungry and your precedent is just a bait for them.
@suchmoon already said one point why it's wrong comparison. I'll add another one. Poland and Baltic states have joined NATO long time ago. We have American troops there, but did it made Russia vulnerable or created danger for them? I think Ukraine should have decide themselves what they want to do with their country future. There are people who did not vote for Putin, are against his politics and were not able to leave Russian, but not suffer from sanctions and etc. Is whole world is going to help them? Maybe collect donations for them? Or help them to leave?Or it is their problem that they were born in Russia? Or we have double standards? Bunch of people cant agree on something, due to that nations now suffer, but call for help is only for one side.
I'm sorry for innocent Russian people who will have to suffer, but what you're offering? How to prove that someone is anti-Putin? Or they shouldn't make sanctions to Russia? I don't know, maybe when people in Russia will start to suffer from sanctions, maybe they won't be silent anymore.
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I'm sorry for innocent Russian people who will have to suffer, but what you're offering? How to prove that someone is anti-Putin? Or they shouldn't make sanctions to Russia? I don't know, maybe when people in Russia will start to suffer from sanctions, maybe they won't be silent anymore.
I am not from Russia. I dont know the real situation there, I get only what social media show me. Sadly, I dont know what to offer them or what is the solution to their situation. I think that all anti-Putin campaigns and actions will repeat "Orange revolution" and "Donbass" situations and consequences on Russian territory. I expect the world will have Ukraine 2.0 on Russian territory, and long financial crisis. What I know, that during president election in 2018, 3/4 of all votes were for him. In addition there were those who did not vote. I count that 1/4 of Russian population is suffering from sanctions and etc. Some people made wrong decisions, and now "all those Russians" turned bad immediately. I bet there are places right now where you are got punched in the face for being Russian, even though you did nothing wrong. I am sick and tired from all that crap from TV. "Stop Russia", "Russians are bad". The people who made decisions are bad. Why blame whole nation when mistakes were done by few people. For example if I in the US I got robbed by a black person and start a picket "Black people are criminals", "Black lives matter" community will disassemble me into molecules next minute. I dont know who I am really is. Born in USSR, speak Russian, have non-Russian nationality and live in European country. I dont have any connections to Russia. I was only there several times on excursion or passing by. But when I speak Russian on public people look at me like I was that person who bombed Kiev or fired an automatic burst on civilians hour ago. Sick.
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And how many of those 144.1 million people are on the streets of Russian cities protesting against the aggression their government is committing against other nations?
Protest participants receive 15 days of arrest or fines. This is how single pickets take place: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EXJx7IrGiKUIf a person was detained in this way three times in six months, then a fine of 600 thousand rubles (about $ 6,000) or imprisonment for a period of 5 years. If you just share someone else's post, where they call to go to protest actions, then this is an arrest for a month. These are not just excerpts from the legislation. Russians have been vividly demonstrated for years the use of these articles on oppositionists and their followers. If you wrote something like "I am against the war" somewhere in social networks, then this is already a risk. Today I heard a statesman call the Ukrainian troops terrorists, and the media that share information referring to them - accomplices of terrorists. There are already rumors that people may be persecuted simply for speaking out against the war. In fact, the Russian media is basically forbidden to call it a war. I doubt that people abroad, who are calling for protests, even understand what is happening inside Russia. There are people who did not vote for Putin, are against his politics and were not able to leave Russian, but not suffer from sanctions and etc. Is whole world is going to help them? Maybe collect donations for them? Or help them to leave?Or it is their problem that they were born in Russia? Or we have double standards? Bunch of people cant agree on something, due to that nations now suffer, but call for help is only for one side.
I live in Russia and I have a ticket to Georgia on my hands. Russia also spoiled relations with Georgia a few years ago, so a connecting flight in Turkey and in time it will take more than 10 hours (I hope Turkey will not cancel the air service by then). The price of tickets is growing every day, because now there is an increased demand and those who realize what is happening are abandoning their homes and trying to leave Russia while it is possible. I have never supported Putin or even his party. Seeing that the situation in Russia is getting worse, last year I planned to sell all my property and leave Russia with my family. As a result, I was only a few months short of implementing my plan. My savings in rubles, which previously would have been enough to live modestly another year in Russia, have significantly depreciated and it will continue to get worse. Prices for equipment have already increased by almost 50%, the rest of the goods will probably react a little later. The borders are closed and those who did not have time to leave become hostages of the regime. People will simply work and continue to deduct a huge percentage from wages in the form of taxes to the state, thereby supporting the regime against which sanctions are directed. For example with each of my purchases in any store, I have a tax deducted that will support this state. Thus, some the sanctions will work to maintain the regime. I have constantly heard before about the struggle for human rights, about independence and other wonderful values that are just as close to me, but sanctions in the form of closing borders and lack of support for ordinary citizens seem to say "Russians are not worthy of this, we are absolutely indifferent to their fate." The few remaining oppositionists and human rights defenders in Russia who are close in spirit to European values also turned out to be just Russian garbage. That's how equality works.
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the woke radicalisation that is fueling this anti putin hatred.
It's difficult to frame it as 'woke radicalisation' when the antipathy towards Putin encompasses pretty much the entire world. Even China - hardly a friend of the west - is abstaining in the UN instead of supporting Russia. It's basically Putin plus his puppet Lukashenko vs everyone else. It might be worth considering whether it's Putin's actions that is causing everyone to unite against him, rather than some delusion (or wafer-thin excuse?) of a global Russophobia.
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It looks like Ukraine was supposed to be defeated by Saturday. Russian state news agency published an article about "new world" (or "new peace"; never ceases to amuse me how "world" and "peace" is the same word in Russian but I digress), which sounds a lot like a declaration of victory. Then promptly took it down. https://web.archive.org/web/20220226051154/https://ria.ru/20220226/rossiya-1775162336.html
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It looks like Ukraine was supposed to be defeated by Saturday. Russian state news agency published an article about "new world" (or "new peace"; never ceases to amuse me how "world" and "peace" is the same word in Russian but I digress), which sounds a lot like a declaration of victory. Then promptly took it down.
I wonder how accurate Putin's intelligence is. I don't mean Russian intelligence, I mean the parts of it that are communicated directly to Putin. I mean, if you are a senior Russian official, are you going to tell Putin the unvarnished truth, or are you going to tell him what he wants to hear (or at least spin it a little bit that way)? If you're an autocrat, then you're surrounded by 'yes men'. If you ask one of them if you can take Ukraine within a week, what's the answer going to be?
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It looks like Ukraine was supposed to be defeated by Saturday. Russian state news agency published an article about "new world" (or "new peace"; never ceases to amuse me how "world" and "peace" is the same word in Russian but I digress), which sounds a lot like a declaration of victory. Then promptly took it down.
I wonder how accurate Putin's intelligence is. I don't mean Russian intelligence, I mean the parts of it that are communicated directly to Putin. I mean, if you are a senior Russian official, are you going to tell Putin the unvarnished truth, or are you going to tell him what he wants to hear (or at least spin it a little bit that way)? If you're an autocrat, then you're surrounded by 'yes men'. If you ask one of them if you can take Ukraine within a week, what's the answer going to be? The real issue for Putin is that the young conscripts he sends to die don't know anything about his Soviet union dream of 'reuniting the Russian people'. Young Russians are like any other young people, anywhere in the world. They want freedom, be able to travel, speak English and be part of the international community. They don't understand this older generation's fascination with Soviet/Russian imperialism. So the soldiers he sends to die do not have the same desire to fight for Putin's dreams as did their great grandfathers during the German invasion and occupation. So he went into this war ideologically unprepared. On the other hand, you have Ukrainians (both Russian and Ukrainian speaking) who will fight the invading Putin's army to the last breath. They fight for their motherland. They don't want anything to do with Putin's regime and Putin's Russia.
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LOCAL IN UKRAINE "NO WAR HERE" & COMPLETELY FAKE ASS MSM NEWS FOOTAGE & NARRATIVE https://www.bitchute.com/video/htTj6cGnTgZC/This is turning into a pretty good comedy. Especially enjoyable is watching the reactions of the (highly vaxxed) mouth breathers who watch the mainstream media and think it's real. Tel-lie-vision the biggest enemy there is “All the world’s a stage” William Shakespeare https://twitter.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1498090127146504193
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Russian foreign policy, as subtle as a drunk bear: https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1802083/Пocтaвки opyжия идeйным нacлeдникaм нaциcтcкoгo пocoбникa C.Бaндepы зacтaвляeт нac вoлeй-нeвoлeй зaдaтьcя pитopичecким вoпpocoм – a нacкoлькo вceoбъeмлющим и зaвepшeнным был пpoцecc дeнaцификaции в caмoй Гepмaнии пocлe пopaжeния вo Bтopoй Mиpoвoй вoйнe? The supply of weapons to the ideological heirs of the Nazi accomplice S. Bandera makes us ask a rhetorical question - how comprehensive and complete was the process of denazification in Germany itself after the defeat in World War II?
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