The Suspected Poisoning of Alexey Navalny, Putin’s Most Prominent Adversary

Post by Kinrany » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 5:47 AM UTC

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This comment would be considered bigoted by some or at least when applied to some other nations. But I agree with you. I came from there about when communism crashed and had high hopes, which have now been destroyed. Russians just don't have the same wishes that people in the west do. They just want a grand and powerful nation that is feared by others. They don't mind living rather poor as long as they have nukes and…

This is especially interesting to me -- that the collective mentality of a people, first of all, is a real thing. And that it can really influence how the country itself evolves. And whether it can feed back on itself in bad ways and produce cycle of people and government and culture that lock a country into a bad situation...

Post by vogre » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 6:41 AM UTC

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So you don't think the Yemen situation is worse than Crimea (which is a complicated issue in itself?). Or even SA financing the expansion of Wahhabism? I think SA gets too little sanctions for what they do. Too little. And by the way, I'm totally in favour of Russia sanctions. I'm not questioning any of that.

What's complicated about Crimea?

Post by sam_lowry_ » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 7:43 AM UTC

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Technically, yes. A sovereign country can invite another sovereign country to host their missiles, especially if they have a powerful enemy nearby, ready to launch theirs.

> placing foreign nuclear missiles in your country to threaten another country Clearly that's not "domestic".

Post by sam_lowry_ » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 11:20 AM UTC

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Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Russians in 2017: "...the Russians, who typically, almost genetically driven to co-opt, penetrate, gain favor..." [1] [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/james-clapper...

Says the habitual liar James Clapper who verifiably lied under oath several times.

Post by thrwway34 » Fri, Aug 21, 2020, 1:20 PM UTC

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What's complicated about Crimea?

Crimea is historically(last 250 years) Russian territory with Russian population which always leaned towards Russia. During reclaim there were not any resistance from the local population. It says a lot.