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As long as Lukashenko rules there. But when the people overthrow him, things will be different.
Why is the Eurasian Union being underreported?
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As long as Lukashenko rules there. But when the people overthrow him, things will be different.
CavLancer
This aint fertilizer
Things will always be different, particularly if the people overthrow them.
Aleksey_aka_al
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Here's something. Anti-Saakashvili struggle in Georgia:
2011
Link to video.
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2013
Brooms, symbol of prison repressions.
Link to video.
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2013
Thrown eggs.
Link to video.
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2013
Opposition meeting in Tbilisi.
Link to video.
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2013
Anti-gay Orthodox Christian protestors.
Link to video.
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2013
Tbilisian mayor is been beaten.
Link to video.
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2011
Riot. Gas. Violent police. People killed.
Link to video.
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2007
Euronews (ohoho, really?). Riot. The crowd being watered and calmed down with advanced anti-riot tech.
Link to video.
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There are dozens of this in the net.
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Keep delivering lulz, please!
BvBPL
Pour Decision Maker
Several commentators have discussed how the Eurasian Union appears to be a revival of neo-Stalinism and neo-Nazism. The principals of the Stalinism promoted appears to be centered around anti-Semitism and the promotion of state power and authority.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
How many times is that utter nonsense going to be paraded about as an excuse to rationalize calling the Russians "fascists"? 
There is no more Cold War. Get over it.
There is no more Cold War. Get over it.
warpus
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There isn't much in the media about this because nothing has really happened.
Russia and Belarus have been talking about a union for ages and nothing ever came of that. Once things start happening, I'm sure you'll see more coverage.
Russia and Belarus have been talking about a union for ages and nothing ever came of that. Once things start happening, I'm sure you'll see more coverage.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Or we could engage in tin foil hat conspiracies instead.
The EU banding together? Makes a lot of sense.
Russia and a few other nearby countries doing essentially the same thing on a much smaller scale? A return to the days of the evil Soviet Union. Anybody got any dominoes?
The EU banding together? Makes a lot of sense.
Russia and a few other nearby countries doing essentially the same thing on a much smaller scale? A return to the days of the evil Soviet Union. Anybody got any dominoes?
BvBPL
Pour Decision Maker
Well, what's happening is that pro-Russian, pro-Eurasian Unions are demonizing Jews and homosexuals as a means to elicit the support of the Ukrainian people. A closer relationship with Europe is being tied in as a closer relationship with homosexuals. Just because the union does not exist as of now as an international body doesn't mean that the hate that the Union's boosters isn't newsworthy.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
You mean the Ukranian people who aren't the "fascists" while the Russians are, as claimed by that wacky article you reposted? Shouldn't you also be mentioning the Holocaust as well? 
Aleksey_aka_al
Smiley
Lol. So Maidan and Lvov are pro-Russian?
Real-life Maidan:
"Not with the authority of Jews!"
"Trample down Jews!"
14/88 == Heil, Hitler!
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Of anti gay parade protests in Lvov I've posted to the thread about Anti-Maidan.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Well, you see, there are good bigots and there are bad bigots. The ones that don't support evil Russia are the good ones.
BvBPL
Pour Decision Maker
The Russian line is more compelling because of existent prejudice within the country.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
While ignoring the very same prejudice in the region in general? Why is it so "compelling" in one country but not the rest?
Again: What's new or Soviet about a Russian empire? Antisemitism, state authority are traditional Russian ideas. Nothing "new" or Soviet about it. And the resurgence of the Orthodox church falls into the same pattern.
Lord of Elves
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May 15th, 2114: the Eurasian Imperium invades continental Europe. Formaldehyde, posting from an intensive care unit, reminds us that the Eurasian Ascendancy Council has always been aggressive towards Europe and that the only people who are concerned are alarmists trying to relive the Cold Fusion War of 2062. 
BvBPL
Pour Decision Maker
Nice to know he'd still be gainfully employed by Minitrue at that time.
"We've always been at war with Eastasia."
"We've always been at war with Eastasia."
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Now a relatively weak Russian military, ranked 5th in the world in terms of troops and somewhere between 3rd and 5th in terms of funding (depending on the source), is going to subjugate Europe.
Debunked dominoes from the 50s must once again be huge sellers with many conservatives.
Debunked dominoes from the 50s must once again be huge sellers with many conservatives.
Tahuti
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Now a relatively weak Russian military, ranked 5th in the world in terms of troops and somewhere between 3rd and 5th in terms of funding (depending on the source), is going to subjugate Europe.
Debunked dominoes from the 50s must once again be huge sellers with many conservatives.
While it would be indeed ridiculous to claim Russia is the same military threat it used to be during the Cold War, connecting military power to proportion of military spending to GDP is really flawed reasoning. The USA doesn't seem to win against the Taliban and probably wastes significant amount of military spending. Russia may very well use its military spending much more efficiently than does the USA.
There are plenty of variables involved in measuring military strength, none of them reliable. It also boils down to tactics and skill of its commanders and that almost impossible to measure anyway.
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Only if you wish to use nonsensical hyperbole instead of facts. And that graph shows military spending, not in proportion to the GDP.
Russia is no more a global threat than the UK or France is. There is only one country which now has the potential to meet that description. See the above graph for details.
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