Yandex to divest its Russia-based businesses

Post by thriftwy » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 12:48 AM UTC

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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…

> 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. Look, we tried normalising relations. In the end, Russia just takes what it can. It’s lunacy to believe that everything would be better if European countries just rolled over, accepted being bullied, and just gave Putin what he wants. It’s insane.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 1:04 AM UTC

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If these countries are "armed to the teeth", Russia will invade some of these countries. Both sides will point fingers at each other while some Eastern European homes burn. Eventually the prospect of horrible death while grasping the Western-provided arms will dissuade these countries from being armed to the teeth. I sincerely believe the preferred lifestyle of Eastern Europeans is sitting on a porch of their nice ti…

Good that we established who was, is, and will be the aggressor. I'm looking forward to the mental gymnastics about those who invade being actually the ones who defend themselves. As is the tradition in the Russian propaganda, invasion of Finland, Baltics, Poland etc. were all just defensive wars. But I'm more optimistic about that and don't believe your empty threats. If the NATO strengthens its eastern border, Russ…

Post by gryzzly » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 1:08 AM UTC

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Everyone who ever waged war since the dawn of time though they are justified or entitled to do it. Russia invaded Ukraine to defend endangered Russian minorities. Israel pounds tens of thousands of civilians that they were already treating inhumanely into dust to defend against terrorists. US blew up villages in Asia or weddings in the Middle East to defend democracy. Germany plunged Europe into war to defend the dre…

Post by throw-the-towel » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 1:29 AM UTC

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> who had been living under Russian tyranny for several centuries Most of these countries Russia never touched, or fought off of Turks and then let them be. They never lived under Russia's anything . Were it Czechs live under several centuries of Russian tyranny? Because these ones are particularly obnoxious now, despite many years of feeding off of Russian statesmen in Karlovy Vary. I don't think you even remotely u…

Czechs were only part of the Russian Empire for about 45 years, and only in the 20th century. Could have been worse. I think you just struggle to understand how fundamentally your country is hated by Eastern Europeans. Russia is like Germany, if Germany still was proud of its Nazi heritage. You just don't get it, it's sad, you're so hated but you have no idea why, you're just so blinded by ultranationalism. Russia co…

Post by throw-the-towel » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 1:36 AM UTC

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As the war drags on we can expect to see escalation in Ukrainian strikes against Russian infrastructure targets such as refineries. Russia is already short of air defense systems and isn't able to provide much coverage for civilian targets. Whether this works will depend on the level of sustained foreign aid for Ukraine. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/01/25/ukrain...

With the current rate of attacks Ukraine is not able to cause any noticeable infrastructural issues, and anything beyond approximately the Volga river is not reachable by any weapon systems. It's sort of a moving target like "How long would it take for Freddy Krueger to kill all Chinese teenagers"