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Oh, yes. Bring it on. I like to get more familiar with Russian culture.
I wonder if the author of this Sputnik article from 2009 also risks getting fined half a year's salary in today's Russia?
Wonder what he'll risk in another 7 years? 5 years of hard labor perhaps?
Seems leaving the opinion piece anonymous was a smart move...
I do hope we won't be seeing trials of members of the first Congress of USSR People’s Deputies, who demanded disclosure of the circumstances surrounding MRP inn the first place.
Meanwhile, please go on posting patriotic songs.
Yeekim, do you think I enjoy verifying and debunking articles about Russia eating babies and stuff like that, which appear in every single thread related to Russia? Unless you have honest question, please keep political rants off this thread.
Thank you for permission. By the way, which song from the two I posted recently you find particularly patriotic - about Pushkin or the one with girls launching paper planes?
About this guy in Perm - I didn't read his article. If he wrote that USSR responsible for starting WW2 together with Germany then he is wrong, but it should not be a reason for legal punishment. My attitude here is the same as the attitude towards European laws against people who deny Holocaust. It's a freedom of speech matter, these things should be freely discussed and not regulated by the state.
And yet here we are.
Are there any repercussions in Russia after the US government has stated (officially) that Russian government spies have hacked into the DNC servers?
(also, what opinions do people have on Klinton-protiv-Tramp, other than ‘we don't like Clinton’?)
(also, what opinions do people have on Klinton-protiv-Tramp, other than ‘we don't like Clinton’?)
I would be glad if the story was debunked. I have occasionally fallen for fake stories before - but afaik Kommersant is rather reliable source.
I dont support those Holocaust laws either. Of course, important distinction is that Germany punishes people for denying crimes of its former regime, while Russia apparently has (re)started doing so for mentioning them. Right up to Supreme Court.
The moment you find an approach in an old Sputnik article to be fair and balanced in comparison...
Sorry for the barb about songs. Contrary to what some might think, I dont hate Russia or Russians. I hate seeing chekist thugs effing the place up worse and worse. And news such as this just get me.
No, as far as I know US didn't do anything about it. As for the statement, people's attitude is generally "meh, let them slander, we don't care".
Zhirinovsky-like crazy guy vs coughing wicked witch (of the West)
Nothing good is expected from behind the ocean. Trump is favored a little more because he said something good about Russia, but talk is cheap.
Hopefully it won't get worse than it is now.
I think no, Russia will try not to piss off anybody, especially a non-NATO neighbor. Current saber-rattling is directed against NATO, to demonstrate that we will fight if we have to.
Edit: In Russia it's considered that we are "in defense", so we are not going to provoke more hostility against us, but not in the mood to back down either.
Edit: In Russia it's considered that we are "in defense", so we are not going to provoke more hostility against us, but not in the mood to back down either.
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"Любо, братцы, любо".
An old Cossack song presumably dedicated to the 1783 battle between Crimean Tatar and Nogais cavalry against Don Cossacks.
The text is quite complicated, because it contains words out of use in modern Russian. There are also a couple of mistakes in text.
An old Cossack song presumably dedicated to the 1783 battle between Crimean Tatar and Nogais cavalry against Don Cossacks.
The text is quite complicated, because it contains words out of use in modern Russian. There are also a couple of mistakes in text.
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I will vote multiple million times (the elections are rigged here, as you know it) for anyone who promises to attack and annex those who are paranoid of Russia anywhere in the world, tundra or desert no matter.
So, yes. Be nervous, please!
So, yes. Be nervous, please!
Fight for what? Your survival as a nation state? It's not imperiled at all by external actors.
Aleksey_aka_al
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Well, you see, there's this aggressive dictatorship pretending to be a democracy called... Texico? uhm... Manada? United Kronstadt?.. nevermind. It is located somewhere in North Middle America. They are evil. And they have WMDs (confirmed!).
We should protect our exceptional nation by building peaceful military bases there to contain any possible aggression or terrorist acts. Look, there's a precise map made by our best cartographers:
Spoiler :
I mean, we're exceptionally vulnerable and sensitive compared to other nations, so we must build bases everywhere and secure everyone! You know, like in this game called... Vote & Democratize... uhm, I mean Command & Conquer, sorry. Like there, the whole world is either yellow or red zones, and only a few places are blue, good and civilized.
I get it, you are scared. What would make you less scared? Also, you'll get no dispute that the US has abused their station as the singular world power since the collapse of the USSR. What can we do to be better than our history?
The idea is to demonstrate resolve and prevent the Americans or NATO from making incautious decisions (e.g. attempt to enforce no-fly zone over Syria or to send troops in Ukraine).
How would you feel if Ukraine specifically request assistance from outside actors?
To me this sounds like you want your spheres of influence back and the US is mucking that up. It's a fair point, that is what's happening, and the hypocrisy must be crushing you. FWIW I'd like the US to stop sticking our dicks in the hornet's nests of the world as well but it's hard to elect people who are non interventionist leanings here. We have work to do in the US.
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They did request it multiple times. Not sure what your question is about...
About what US could do to ease current tensions, we discussed this question recently in this thread. In short, some of US analysts and politicians have decent and realistic proposals on Russian policy. Read for example this post: http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/ask-a-russian.189262/page-17#post-14446410
and also my reply to it:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/ask-a-russian.189262/page-17#post-14446656
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