Are you seriously trying to help Russians evade sanctions that the West want to put on them? Not sure what you are trying to do with this
It's not like they're under a cuban like blockade...
Tell HN: If You Are in Russia
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#842I suspect brownish people must feel pretty depressed right now. Seeing how their countries got destroyed with literally zero consequences for the war crimes of the "west". Disasters like this one is exactly what hegemonies lead to. And is Europe racist? Oh yes, we are. The cries against having brown people given asylum came from every corner of society. And now everyone is welcoming our brothers and sisters, as they…
If you are thinking about the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, those were very different situations.
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#843Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's important to distinguish Putin and Russia here. I don't think Russia sees Ukraine as their business.
I am refering to the state power Russia. Do you think the state in general does not support this? What was senate thinking would happen when they voted for proclaiming the separatists independence and authorised military force? Maybe they thought there would be a repetition of the rather clean Krim expedition. Maybe the shadow elite are against the war. I don't know.
>What was senate thinking
This is not comparable to how one gets elected to an upper house in most countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_council_of_russia#E...
These are rubber-stamping yes-men of a single party state, obedience is the only thing required, thinking is not involved.
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#844Earlier quoted context omitted.
> any contact to less developed civilizations is strictly forbidden >> If we followed these principles, the world would be much happier and peaceful place. And less developed civilizations would have polio, ox carts, and witch medicine.
Instead, they got slavery, colonialism, multinational corporations, foreign installed puppet governments, debts, modern slavery, outside financed extremist groups and civil wars, ... Just try to look objectively, and you'll see that a vast majority of people in Iraq, Libya, Iran, and Afghanistan lived much better and safer life then after a series of foreign interventions and introduction of "democracy". If we go a b…
The myth of the good savage conveniently forgets that most, if not all of this things were present yet in spades in the primitive societies, with other names, but not so different in fact.
And people in those countries also live a safer life with modern medicine, airbags, concrete in buildings, modern roads or telephones that they don't developed. You can't take just the good parts of modern societies while claiming that those societies are evil and refusing to improve them. This is just hypocritical.
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#845Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's interesting. I'm not sure where the technicality resides. If that situation is the case, I assume that it would be quite catastrophic for anyone using non-Russian services for IT.
That is correct. Hence this Tell HN, unfortunately it got flagged.
Why did it get flagged?
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#846Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe as a person living in the Baltics you need to endure the cold and not fund the Russian war machine through natural gas. An unfortunate reality really
While this comment seems overly cynical, the fact that Europe depends to such a large degree on Russia for its energy needs is a big failure. Now that the cards are on the table we (as Europeans) need to take some hard decisions and face the consequences of our own complacency. Energy security and defence capabilities should be fully self reliant.
Right, you can’t say (paraphrasing here) “ordinary Russians must suffer for change to occur” while you’re literally paying a Russian state-owned entity to keep the heat on. Your government’s complacency partially funded this war and if you want to see people on the other side be punished for their mistakes you’d better own up to yours as well.
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I had an acquaintance in Russia. He got chronic stomach problems since he couldnt afford a diverse diet due to the sanctions on food imports (the Russian sanctions on the EU aimed at making the Russian economy more resilient). Last time i heard from him he manage to move a nestegg into Dollar taking a hefty cut due to devaluations. I lost contact when Russia blacklisted the site we knew each other from and he didnt w…
Oh, wow. Real people suffer because of sanctions.
Only thing I regret that they didn't suffer enough to withdraw troops from my country. Stomach problems hardly compare to ruined cities and lives lost. Screw Russia and your rhetoric.
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#848You might want to check stuff like virtual office service, incorporation in an EU country, they start really cheap, as well as getting a VPS to bounce from. And stuff like Electronic Money Institutes for at least some really basic banking. Fair warning though, some of these things look rather shady so use some common sense and be careful with your local legislation (See MrDisposables response) edit: To elaborate on t…
I hope this loopholes would be closed and Russian economy crumble. Stop supporting warmongers, then we can build businesses.
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#849Earlier quoted context omitted.
CNN finds that twice as many Russians believe it would be right for Moscow to use military force to prevent Kyiv from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as say it would be wrong. One out of every two Russians (50%) says it would be right, while only a quarter (25%) say it would be wrong. The other quarter (25%) are unsure, according to the survey. But the poll also found that more Russians think it…
These polls paint a somewhat different picture. I'm not claiming that they're more accurate than yours. Just that it's difficult to understand the situation as an outsider. Sample size is at least 1600 people and was done by the independent Levada Center. > Who do you think initiated the aggravation of the situation in eastern Ukraine?: 50%: U.S., NATO countries > In the event of an outbreak of hostilities in eastern…
>> Who do you think initiated the aggravation of the situation in eastern Ukraine?:
> 50%: U.S., NATO countries
What would have been somewhat encouraging would have been if the other 50% were like 45-49% "Russia" and 1-4% "Undecided" or "Other". Turns out, though, that:
> 16% think that Ukraine was the initiator. Meanwhile, only 4% named Russia
So, either they are pretty much deluded nationalists, or Putin's state-media brainwashing has been overwhelmingly successful.
(Any particular reason you left that bit out of your comment?)
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#850Earlier quoted context omitted.
US has been blowing up afghan villagers (and kids/babies) for last 20 years. You only noticed this now?? Have you been living inside a watermelon.
The US spent many billions of dollars feeding Afghanistan, building infrastructure, educating its people, and trying to protect them (especially women) from the Taliban. It didn't work, unfortunately.
Production of opium and its derivatives before it was under US control and after.
These are the only 2 numbers you should look at.