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Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by kragen »

marius_k wrote: post #128
kragen wrote: post #2

You're absolutely right. Worth mentioning that even though Binance was founded by a Chinese guy and is banned in the US, they're saying they'll cooperate with sanctions. So if your savings are in Binance, maybe move them to a wallet where you hold the keys, not some server overseas.

Can we sanction Putins orgs on blockchain? Ask HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30510973

If we were looking for ways of storing and exchanging money where popular groups can confiscate the holdings of unpopular groups with impunity, we already have one; it's the banking system. We don't need a blockchain for that. It sounds like what you want is for cryptocurrencies to not exist, which is a reasonable point of view, one I held for many years.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by shushpanchik »

Ancapistani wrote: post #918
9214 wrote: post #577

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks you, but I'm way past this — mostly because I reevaluated my stance towards academia and have a family to support here. To clarify: I contacted one of the professors directly, whom I visited, who was aware of my background (my employee at the time introduced us and wrote an informal letter of recommendation), and who collaborated on a startup project I mentioned.

> and have a family to support here. Not to sound like an ass, but if that's your limiting factor and you're making anywhere near the salary you listed as average, don't worry about it. If you can figure out a way to get yourself to a better position, I'll figure out a way to get you 400 USD / year.

> If you can figure out a way to get yourself to a better position, I'll figure out a way to get you 400 USD / year.

Are you sure about that? Even now it's pretty hard to send money to Russia - SWIFT is not working for most banks, Wise stopped RUB transfers, etc.

In 1-2 weeks time there would be no legal way to send money to your family back in Russia, I'm pretty sure.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by kome »

fsckboy wrote: post #887
kome wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's not whataboutism. It's a very valid point. American power is imperial. Putin is imperial too. The amount of harm that the US committed cannot be forgotten. As I won't forget Putin.

imperial means empire. please tell me, what is the extent of the American Empire?

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_policy_i...

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by kragen »

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #80
kragen wrote: post #2

You're absolutely right. Worth mentioning that even though Binance was founded by a Chinese guy and is banned in the US, they're saying they'll cooperate with sanctions. So if your savings are in Binance, maybe move them to a wallet where you hold the keys, not some server overseas.

Binance said they will freeze accounts of sanctioned persons. Not all Russians are under sanctions, only a small subset of them.

Who will be sanctioned is unpredictable. A week ago nobody was sanctioned.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by kragen »

MrDisposable wrote: post #24
cf141q5325 wrote: post #12

You 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…

> "incorporation in an EU country" Illegal, due to the "КИК" law, and, if I remember correctly, punishable by a heavy yearly fine (about $50K ath the current exchange rate). > "Electronic Money Institutes for at least some really basic banking" Outgoing transfers to foreign banks and electronic money institutions are now illegal, due to the yesterday's order that forbids Russian residents to transfer money to their o…

Is it also illegal to buy Bitcoin?

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by CRConrad »

faaal wrote: post #221
BerislavLopac wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't speak about Middle East, but the wars in Yugoslavia were most definitely not started by the U.S.

"Throughout the 1980-90s, the US, with the aid of the IMF and NATO, actively destabilized and aided in the breakup of Yugoslavia, with the goal of weakening and destroying the last surviving socialist bloc in Europe." -- https://github.com/dessalines/essays/blob/master/us_atrociti...

Oh, you're even quoting a source!

Because some rando on GitHub is such an authoritative one!

Sheesh...

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by thesmok »

GekkePrutser wrote: post #814
tuukkah wrote: post #674

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It was never a civil war; from the beginning, it was a Russian invasion implemented partially with some locals as a proxy.

True, I was following the official wording because even us in the west didn't want to call that an invasion for fear of inciting Putin. Of course that ship has sailed so we can now call it what it is. But basically the status quo is that these areas would be no good for Ukraine anymore because they're shot to crap and full or armed rebels (or green men). It's not like it's actually useful territory for building housi…

Donbass got a lot of coal, and we still need coal. Donetsk was a very rich city before 2014, and we want to restore that. Donbass history is rooted in Ukrainian and German history, not Russian.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by kragen »

shushpanchik wrote: post #952
Ancapistani wrote: post #918

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and have a family to support here. Not to sound like an ass, but if that's your limiting factor and you're making anywhere near the salary you listed as average, don't worry about it. If you can figure out a way to get yourself to a better position, I'll figure out a way to get you 400 USD / year.

> If you can figure out a way to get yourself to a better position, I'll figure out a way to get you 400 USD / year. Are you sure about that? Even now it's pretty hard to send money to Russia - SWIFT is not working for most banks, Wise stopped RUB transfers, etc. In 1-2 weeks time there would be no legal way to send money to your family back in Russia, I'm pretty sure.

Bitcoin.

Re: Tell HN: If You Are in Russia

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Post by CRConrad »

ceilingcorner wrote: post #603
adriancr wrote: post #515

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> Seems like this barrage of sanctions and anti-Russian sentiment will do nothing but push Russia further toward China. It seems like it's doing massive damage to the Russian Economy. They can go towards China but that won't help much, plus China has ambitions of its own so it may end up de facto a vassal of China if it's not careful... > No one seems to care about arriving at a solution that will minimize bloodshed.…

If the sanctions didn’t work before, I don’t know why they would work now. I don’t have the answers, but certainly any move toward more militarization of the world is usually a bad thing.

> If the sanctions didn’t work before, I don’t know why they would work now.

Because these are different and harsher sanctions. That's why people are complaining more about them now, and why they might might perhaps finally work.

> I don’t have the answers,

Yeah, that's becoming abundantly clear.

> but

...you like to bloviate?

> certainly any move toward more militarization of the world is usually a bad thing.

"Every country has an army. Its own, or someone else's." (Can't recall where the quote is from, but that doesn't make it any the less true.)

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