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Post by Simon_O_Rourke »

prennert wrote: post #287
Simon_O_Rourke wrote: post #270

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There will, of course, be absolutely no foreign debris on any Russian runways ever, even the ones crudely hacked from the taiga! Looking forward to the operator guidelines on why flying on one engine is required in the near future.

Due to the routes they are left to fly, debris will most likely be Russian. But I bet in case of an incident, propaganda will definitely declare it as foreign debris.

In this instance the "foreign" in foreign debris is anything that's not part of the aircraft but gets sucked into the engine anyway. A goose for example could be considered foreign debris regardless of its citizenship status.

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Post by throwaway290 »

saiya-jin wrote: post #302
throwaway290 wrote: post #273

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As a Russian I'd say this guy lives in some other country. Probably imaginary. Based on how little reality there is in the comment I would not believe comments about airplane brakes either... Not a single person I know much less their kids has "foreign crypto virtual cards" etc. Ofc even if they had they would be locked out of transacting with any serious business that doesn't take crypto. The exodus is real, ask Arm…

I am sure what you describe is your real situation, but there may be more complexity. Its not like 30% of russian population left, rather less than 1% overall. 1 million in 150 million nation is a drop in the bucket. I am pretty sure russian state is able to draft another few millions into meat grinder of Ukraine without a blink of an eye. 1 thing eastern Europe is good at is avoiding official rules and finding ways…

There is a lot of support of course, like in China. Remember TV is still the main media in Russia and it is strictly state controlled. Moreover the gov is not bad at online information warfare and even many Europeans, AU/US people support Putin (as indicated by downvotes I'm getting here and as I even sometimes hear IRL)

The 30% number is among people I have known in life (friends/acquaintances, those who actually left, not counting those planning to leave, that'd be like 70%). I have not checked other stats but I wouldn't be surprised

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Post by rootsudo »

throwaway290 wrote: post #273
piskov wrote: post #195

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The story looks like a penny dreadful of “Russia is doomed” series. 1. There’s no info on that Russian slide about actual planes flying without any breaks at all. There’s a manufacturer defined minimum equipment list that allows planes to have some breaks (actual number depends on the type of a plane) disabled for, let’s say, 10 days at the most. This is absolutely normal as planes cannot be serviced constantly (they…

As a Russian I'd say this guy lives in some other country. Probably imaginary. Based on how little reality there is in the comment I would not believe comments about airplane brakes either... Not a single person I know much less their kids has "foreign crypto virtual cards" etc. Ofc even if they had they would be locked out of transacting with any serious business that doesn't take crypto. The exodus is real, ask Arm…

The Russians I’ve run into in Argentina, Indonesia, Thailand , Philippines, Japan, China, HK and other Asian countries all have crypto cards and use crypto very candidly. They also are filling up and creating demand for crypto services in these areas. I’ve seen Facebook posts and instagram pages marketing Russian crypto services and investment - real estate, business and the vector of payment transfer is crypto and second local bank accounts in these countries.

The exodus is very real, and documented via social media so vividly. You can even go to the local social media pages (e.g. Thais, Indonesians, Argentinian social media pages / language ) and get local perspective and demeanor vs the Russian and Russian adjunct countries. It’s so interesting that English has become a neutral language for business and marketing but all the real “work” is done in either or language.

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Post by throw-ru-938 »

grishka wrote: post #283
EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #246

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About the foreign virtual cards, can you please give me a link where I can get one? Being searching for a long time, only found scam. All legitimate ones require proof of address.

Kazakh and Belarusian banks open cards for Russians with no questions asked. There are services that do it online for you. You only need a passport (the international kind).

Georgia is also a good choice, but you need to be physically present in the country. (It's a nice place though, but maybe not in August.) I don't recommend Armenia, the banks here have cracked down on tourists opening cards, and if you see someone offering you an Armenian card it's 100% a scam.

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Post by steveBK123 »

kgeist wrote: post #259
steveBK123 wrote: post #174

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Russians could stop flying to take vacation in occupied Crimea beachfront instead

There are places in Russia proper which are only reachable by plane due to lack of roads.

Like some of the roads they dug up to prevent getting couped by Wagner?

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Post by throw-ru-938 »

throwaway290 wrote: post #310
holoduke wrote: post #307

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Sorry but i have to comment. Hackernews should not be political but still. In Russia there is currently an all time high support from the current regime. The small moscow bubble you are referring to isnt remotely representing the common Russians. Most of that bubble was anti regime before the war anyway. Braindrain? You know how many Indians and other nations are currently immigrating to Russia? Tech is booming right…

I have never been to Moscow but I'd guess many of the shielded comfortable 0.1% who live there are people who care the least. They know what's happening is bad but they are "above politics" (that is, supporting the regime by default) and will be until s*t hits the fan. See prices for flights from Moscow to Tbilisi on the day of Prigozhin debacle... And the other side is people elsewhere in Russia who are not above po…

To be fair, Western _institutions_ do seem to dislike us, cf. the Czech president's infamous "WW2 Japanese Americans" comment [https://www.janm.org/press/release/janm-decries-remarks-czec...].

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Post by throw-ru-938 »

inferiorhuman wrote: post #229
jrockway wrote: post #214

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We know it's missing, right? In the case the original commenter posted, they'd have to somehow prove it didn't crash.

Like the Malaysian 777, we know it's missing. No idea what happened to it or where it is. Even in the twenty-first century it's not impossible. In the context of the Russian war, the Russian government stole a bunch of planes being leased to Russian airlines by foreign companies and assigned them Russian tail numbers. With that paucity of transparency I'd say it's even easier to hide a plane wreck over there.

2003 was twenty years ago, we didn't have Flightradar24 yet.

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Post by actionfromafar »

throw-ru-938 wrote: post #327
throwaway290 wrote: post #310

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I have never been to Moscow but I'd guess many of the shielded comfortable 0.1% who live there are people who care the least. They know what's happening is bad but they are "above politics" (that is, supporting the regime by default) and will be until s*t hits the fan. See prices for flights from Moscow to Tbilisi on the day of Prigozhin debacle... And the other side is people elsewhere in Russia who are not above po…

To be fair, Western _institutions_ do seem to dislike us, cf. the Czech president's infamous "WW2 Japanese Americans" comment [ https://www.janm.org/press/release/janm-decries-remarks-czec... ].

I think there is more hatred in former Warzaw Pact countries. But overall, I have seen very little in the way of demonising russians, especially those already outside of Russia.

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Post by steveBK123 »

kgeist wrote: post #263
attentive wrote: post #261

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Just a thought, but may be they shouldn't have started a war of invasion then. Not stealing western planes would be good too.

Who are "they"? Civilians who have to fly by plane because they have no other option?

The majority flying Aeroflot at this point are inherently "elite" or "elite-adjacent".

Making their life less convenient is literally the point of sanctions.

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