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A Buttery Pastry posted:Penultimate means second to last. What do you think is/will be his final achievement? Restoring Tsarist Russia?
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OhYeah posted:I don't get the impression that Trump is the sort of guy who would just hand an entire region of developed world over to their arch-nemesis. Furthermore, I don't think any U.S. president can make that decision without the approval of his military leadership. Empires don't voluntarily give away their power and influence, it has never happened and it never will.
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Munin posted:That combined with the fact that he's been able to get Russia to throw its weight around on the geopolitical power table earns a lot of popularity.
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"See this is yet another reason why we need to bomb the gently caress out of
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Feb 29, 2016 12:05
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Pierogi posted:Uh, slow progressive schizophrenia?
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Feb 29, 2016 17:14
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Doctor Malaver posted:Am I the only one who is tired of the "Russia stronk" meme/gimmick? I don't remember it ever being funny or adding to discussion.
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Brown Moses posted:The Russian MoD put out a statement about Bellingcat, this was the best response Perverts! I'd take that as a compliment. e: Quoted for new page. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 12:03 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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Mar 8, 2016 12:00
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Cat Mattress posted:I guess the Russian Armed Forces personnel captured by Ukraine aren't proof enough. edit: VVV There's a difference between the two? anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Mar 8, 2016 |
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Mar 8, 2016 12:38
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alex314 posted:Well, we've had our independence longer than the last time. Fingers crossed for ending in Czech or Swedish partition, and not Russian one.
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Not to mention the inability to actually conquer Europe doesn't really need to stop him from trying. He's got away with everything so far, the message seems pretty clear. e: I'm saying that as a Czech - fairly sure I'm not the only one who feels their country would easily be sacrificed in the name of peace. Again. So no, the fact the EU in total could defeat Russia isn't reassuring in the slightest. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 11:15 on Mar 12, 2016 |
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Mar 12, 2016 10:59
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quote:Terrorism was born as the result of the Socialist-Soviet thought and outside of that thought it was absent in the history of the West and Christianity. Or meanings of words, come to think of it.
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Mar 13, 2016 11:37
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It's also a way to make sure there will at least be a fuss when Russia comes to visit.
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Mar 13, 2016 12:23
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Brown Moses posted:Well that assumes they would have known this sort of information was all over the place waiting to be pieced together, and elsewhere that hasn't seemed to have been the case. Now they have the issue that if they start removing this stuff it'll look like they have something to hide.
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Mar 13, 2016 17:46
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I believe the idea is to put an alternate spin on the events out there and let the desinformation machine do its job. As I said before, it provides an explanation the supporters can use - it's not talking about the event, it's just smearing Bellingcat. As such, it's addressed to pro-Russia crowd as opposed to actually rebuking anything.
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Mar 13, 2016 20:02
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Call me paranoid but there's a distinct difference between Putin saying he's pulling out and actually pulling out. Of course, depends on what favors he's expecting for it on the diplomatic front... Then again, "political solution" is apparently shorthand for Assad staying right where he is.
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Mar 14, 2016 20:13
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It's Russian casualties I'm kinda curious about here - IIRC they only admitted to one pilot who crashed near the Turkish border and that's it. Guess you don't lose units when you don't actually attack anything that can fire back.
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You can tell they aren't even trying when they can't even come up with some "various Western analysts" by name.
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I can't help but find his description as "FSB tool" way too amusing. I mean he's a tool alright and he works for the FSB but still...
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Obama actually expressed interest in a political prisoner. I think that's the first time America calls Russia out on it but it's a case with a lot of media attention. I kinda doubt anything will come out of it, though.
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Mar 16, 2016 20:16
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At least they seem to treat Russia like the leper it is.
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Mar 20, 2016 13:57
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The best way to spot for artillery is clearly with a bag over your head. Edit: Speaking of Savchenko, Ukraine says she's to be returned. Here's the original article if anyone reads Russian: http://grani.ru/Politics/Russia/Politzeki/m.249858.html anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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Mar 25, 2016 08:31
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Friendly Humour posted:I wonder how many bishops would send thier taxes to him
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sparatuvs posted:This has been part of a steady trend of violence as spring comes around, field guns are being fired again, thankfully no GRADs. I don't think it's even clear what the separatists are fighting for at this point besides fighting against stability, not even Russia is going to recognize your depopulated hell state, just let it end. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Mar 27, 2016 |
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Mar 27, 2016 09:50
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Doesn't need to be direct control, just propaganda: just be good little insurgents, kill some more of those fascist pigdogs for us and we'll definitely take you into Mother Russia's loving embrace. Yeah, next time. Pinky swear, cross our border and hope to die.
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Mar 27, 2016 10:04
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In less serious news, the Chinese president is visiting the Czech Republic and it's a complete clusterfuck. Prague got turned into a regular circus - flags on strees, billboards in Chinese, inflatable terracotta army. Companies that trade with China have booked every single town square capable of holding a protest months before (without anything actually happening there) so human rights activists are going bonkers, they defaced a couple Chinese flags only to find them replaced over night and guarded by police. So they whip up Tibetan flags and start patrolling the roads the president is supposed to take. Next thing they see, buses unload couple thousand Chinese with proper flags who promptly push them out with the assistance of police; the 100% natural flagwaving crowd also strategically takes place in front of billboards that show the ex-president Havel with the Dalai Lama. Another bunch of protesters was being forced to remove their flag on the grounds of "threatening public health" and a bunch of them ended up arrested without any cause being stated and a couple fights break out when the Chinese claque rips flags out of protesters' hands. Police arrests a couple more protesters just for the heck of it and manages to grab one Chinese - apparently by accident. Meanwhile, the presidents meet up, do their thing, plant a PR(C?) tree and not notice any violence; the Castle is surrounded from all sides by the imported cheering crowd - it wouldn't do for the honored guest to look out of a window and not see a Chinese flag anywhere. Zeman's speaker calls human rights activists fascist and funded by the opposition; the opposition unfurls a Tibetan flag from a parliament window. Leave it to us to turn everything into a local political squabble. My favorite part is that yesterday afternoon one of the smaller TV stations apparently switched its programme and started broadcasting a Czech-Chinese cartoon - with Chinese subtitles. I guess the visitors were near a TV set at that moment. Anyhow, the biggest protests are scheduled for today, if things turn more violent, it's gonna be there. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 11:54 on Mar 29, 2016 |
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Honestly, the best part about the whole thing is the behavior of police. It's just slowly coming out now so obviously it's not all reliable but you get to hear bits like them escorting the Chinese that rip the remaining Tibetan flags off buildings and columns - and arresting anyone nearby who doesn't belong to the crowd, including an old lady in dressing gown and slippers who just came out to get her mail. Or the billboard that's a threat to public health. Or watching the Chinese take and break videocameras and phones of people recording the whole mess. Political caricaturists will have material for years. e: Right, this just in: the well-in-advance booked protest on the Kampa is apparently being cancelled by policemen in riot gear cordoning the whole place off. See, the Chinese president is going to ride past... Same thing's apparently happening around about eight other announced protest grounds. People can't even get in. Funny thing, the neo-nazi demonstrations last week went through just fine. Here's the first summary of the whole mess in English-speaking media I found: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3512744/Protests-Chinas-Xi-arrives-Prague.html anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 12:24 on Mar 29, 2016 |
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Well, quickly reading through the article: The journalist in question got assaulted by the Chinese, who ripped the flag off his back and beat him with metal flagpoles; he got away with just a bruised face. Police then took him to protective custody. Then he recaps: he was photographing the protesters that were taking down Chinese flags and replacing them with Tibetan ones. Police arrived, started collecting flags and activists, then two buses of Chinese with their flags showed up. Activists got taken to the station, Chinese calm down, then three bypassers started shouting at the Chinese that they're communists and the Chinese assaulted them with their fists. Police stands there watching, apparently doesn't want to create a scandal by arresting the Chinese. Brawl escalates, photographer gets whacked over the head with a Chinese flag and his own flag is taken. The reporter gets taken by the police, who cite disobeying an order from the police, he protests, they haul him off to interrogation anyway. At the station he keeps asking what is he accused of, no answer, and eventually they let him out in time to catch his train. drilldo squirt posted:What's democracy like in the czech republic? I can't see bussing in foreigners to beat up citizen protesting with police aid to suck up to china being good for a reelection campaign. mobby_6kl posted:Is this poo poo still going down somewhere? I'm considering going to check out this circus after work. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Mar 29, 2016 |
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That's a satiric website, right? ...Right?
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Zeroisanumber posted:Any amount of reading about Polish history will tell you exactly why Poland is wary as gently caress of Russia.
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Plus the Czech views probably aren't long for this world - the propaganda machine is up and running and more and more people are buying into it. You know the drill: refugees and muslims in general are there to kill our culture, USA is behind it and caused it all, the EU has betrayed our civilization, only Putin can save us. Doesn't help that the president is pretty openly an useful idiot willing to do anything for a pat on the back from the Kremlin. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Apr 1, 2016 |
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Apr 1, 2016 21:06
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That's the thing: there's a lot of common history but that means they hate each other. Particularly notably in what's now Slovakia.
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Another big part of the the secularization of what's now the Czech Rep was also historical whitewash. A lot of thinkers and artists regarded the Hussite revolution in 15th century as a high point in history. Now, this suited not just the communists (praising the anti-religious sentiment and quietly ignoring the entire point of the thing) but also the anti-Nazi dissidents before them (Slavic versus Germanic, this angle was also present for the good part of the Austria/Hungary period for obvious reasons) and even the founders of Czechoslovakia (which was very much Masaryk's child and that man, while deeply believing, didn't want to have anything to do with the Church). So you get people being repeatedly told that the Church is monarchic, germanic, dogmatic, ripping off the poor, controlling the rich and all the time trampling on the little Czech guy because way, way before in history he kicked its rear end (CZECHIA STRONK - gently caress off, I'm Czech, I can say that - the idea is that there's this idealized history in which the world is trembling in fear of us as opposed to not giving a gently caress as usual). There's been some form of anti-catholic thought present in just about any movement that participated in shaping the Czech culture in more than a hundred years.
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sparatuvs posted:
Not enough info yet but yeah, this looks like yet another Russian land grab.
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sparatuvs posted:Russia invading Azerbaijan won't start ww3, it'll just be another nail in the coffin of the Putin regime. Wish I shared your views re: coffins, but it looks like Putin keeps getting out of it before the nailing is quite done.
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My money's on every single governmental figure in the EE being paid by the Kremlin.
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The question is whether it's going to have any consequences. Here (Czech) a corruption scandal generally isn't enough to remove a politician - I assume it's very much the same further to the east.
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Next step: witch hunts.
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Doctor Malaver posted:http://praguemonitor.com/2016/04/04/kurdish-militia-ypg-opens-office-prague
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