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Are you saying Ukraine has not been lobbing bombs into Donbass for the better part of 10 years?
Are you saying that Russia didn't invade Ukraine?
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If the Russian army is in a much better shape than in 2022, why are they stuck?
Have you noticed near to everything "we" say, as far as analysis of this war goes, ends up being simply not true? Russia's running out of missiles, the Russian economy is collapsing, this counter-attack's going to destroy Russia, this weapon or that weapon will be a 'game-changer.' So forth and so on. And now we're at "well it's just a stalemate." The latest 'big battle', so far as I know is ongoing in Avdiivka. [1]…
Avdiivka is a village of 1000 inhabitants, and it's the biggest Russian assault since Russia took the town of Bakhmut about a year ago. With this pace, Russia is going to take Kyiv in the year 3000.
This is likely related to the US imposing secondary sanctions early this year. Yandex would lose access to their US/EU bank accounts if they were still operating in Russia.
Not just that. Russia is going to confiscate all Western assets in Russia as a counter measure. Valued roughly at 200B USD, mainly owned by EU countries. Yandex would lose their Russian business in any case.
I would interpret this divestment as Russian intention to use Yandex as a tool for doing foreign influence, similar to RT or their social networks manipulation. It should be sanctioned.
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> Russia invaded Ukraine to defend endangered Russian minorities. No.
Did you read on? You may have put as much effort into understanding what I wrote as you put in the reply. Do you genuinely think the answer is "no" just for that first example or that's just where you stopped reading because you knew better anyway? I'll spare you the additional effort. The answer is actually "no" for every single one on that list. None of those wars were/are just but that never stopped any of the agg…
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Maybe the problem is the shortness of sight rather than the lack of an end? Rest assured, if the powers that be decide that "Russia is good now" they will convince you of the same within 6 months.
My grandparents carried some anti-German sentiments 70 years after the war ended. Maybe you are able to switch your opinions that quickly, most people can't.
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What does where Osama was killed a decade later have to do with where he was operating out of in 2001?
Odd. I do not remember US meting out the same type of punishment to Saudi Arabia.
If you're referring to the fact that the relatively newly declassified parts of the 9/11 commission report suggest that several powerful members of the Saudi government and royal family were involved in the attacks, then I agree with you that we should have (and still should) insist that the Saudis extradite those involved and take strong military action against the Saudis if they don't. But I don't see how this makes our attack on Afghanistan for refusing to extradite Bin Laden unjustified, it just makes us inconsistent.
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There is no good way out of the situation where both sides are armed to the teeth. The best bet is a political failure of one of the sides. If that does not happen, these sabers will be rattling from time to time. If Russia's (and China's) immediate borders are packed with countries armed to their teeth, there would be wars. Buffer states happen for a reason. I believe USA kind of understands this (see how they react…
> If Russia's (and China's) immediate borders are packed with countries armed to their teeth, there would be wars. I like this Putin's style of passive threats like "there would be wars". Just say the threat explicitly, Russia would invade their western neighbors. > Buffer states happen for a reason. Ukraine was a buffer state, yet it was invaded by Russia three times in the last 10 years. People have now justified d…
Arms do not win wars without people holding them, and even then, fighting off an agressor does not mean your country isn't ruined.
Ukraine was in the process of ditching its buffer state status by choosing a side. They bragged for a decade how they are going to do that. Needless to say it didn't go so well for them, and only them so far. Other countries in thir position turned out to be smarter as not to win the first Russian invasion target prize.
Please note that I'm not asking for a moral judgement because everybody else who may pass it has worse skeletons in their own closet than Russian Ukraine affair.
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https://youtu.be/t-VUAeRMGQU?si=0wNOnWtIiTBYh2XR&t=287
Interesting - although I think this is clearly intended as somewhat of a propaganda video.