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Swan Oat posted:Congratulations to Moldova and Bulgaria on your new presidents!
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Kurtofan posted:Why in French Because Putin wants to create a Moscow-Berlin-Paris axis of fascism and an attempted removal of the English language as a lingua franca will go hand in hand with that.
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Nov 14, 2016 12:59
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Fabulous Knight posted:Because Putin wants to create a Moscow-Berlin-Paris axis of fascism and an attempted removal of the English language as a lingua franca will go hand in hand with that. It's not an axis, it's a triple or rather quadruple entente of facism, with Putin, Le Pen, May and Trump. Calling it axis nowadays is insulting to the former axis states that have actually learned from the past (well, western Germany has, not sure about Austria/Italy).
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Nov 14, 2016 13:43
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goethe42 posted:It's not an axis, it's a triple or rather quadruple entente of facism, with Putin, Le Pen, May and Trump. Its sad that the best case scenario for France now is president short arse again but that's the sad world we live in. Also May is not a fascist as far as I can tell so I don't know why you lumped her in there with the rest of the despicables.
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Nov 14, 2016 15:07
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goethe42 posted:It's not an axis, it's a triple or rather quadruple entente of facism, with Putin, Le Pen, May and Trump. How does Turkey fit in there? Erdogan is going full Putin 2.0.
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Nov 14, 2016 15:53
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Erdogan, Putin, and Hofer rebuild their empires, the rest of the decade is a repeat of 1910s.
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Nov 14, 2016 16:04
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mobby_6kl posted:Erdogan, Putin, and Hofer rebuild their empires, the rest of the decade is a repeat of 1910s. Finally, zombie Lenin's time will come.
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Nov 14, 2016 16:14
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mobby_6kl posted:Erdogan, Putin, and Hofer rebuild their empires, the rest of the decade is a repeat of 1910s. When May is finished the UK will look positively Edwardian. Minus the empire of course.
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Nov 14, 2016 16:59
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You guys are forgetting Orban and Duda. And I'm sure Greece will follow suit after the thorough humiliation every non-fascist politician has suffered there so far. Italy is not unlikely to turn either. Nationalism is not fascism though, having strongmen (or -women) at the helm doesn't mean they're going to cooperate with each other toward any grand goal. They probably won't even be able to agree on whether EU is good or bad.
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Nov 14, 2016 17:40
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EU saves the world again by being both good and bad at the same time
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Nov 14, 2016 17:48
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It will be so fun when the European Union is dissolved and replaced with a more fascist, controlling version!
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Nov 14, 2016 18:10
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Duda is just a pushover, just like noone mentioned Medvedev when he ruled Russia.
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Nov 14, 2016 18:24
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Russia str- http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37978463 quote:A Russian Mig-29 fighter jet has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea as it tried to land on the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, the country's defence ministry has said.
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Nov 14, 2016 18:54
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Accidents happen. It was pretty stupid to use Mig-29K if Su-33 (or whatever they have in ground bases) can bomb the poo poo out of civillians a lot better. Training exercise? Rivalry between navy and army?
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Nov 14, 2016 19:45
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alex314 posted:Accidents happen. It was pretty stupid to use Mig-29K if Su-33 (or whatever they have in ground bases) can bomb the poo poo out of civillians a lot better. Training exercise? Rivalry between navy and army? The only reason they're doing this is because Russia wants to imagine it has force projection. There's no reason tactically or strategically for them to be using the Admiral Kuznetsov if they have available airbases. It's all for show and they can't even pull that right.
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Nov 15, 2016 08:55
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alex314 posted:Accidents happen. It was pretty stupid to use Mig-29K if Su-33 (or whatever they have in ground bases) can bomb the poo poo out of civillians a lot better. Training exercise? Rivalry between navy and army?
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Nov 15, 2016 09:03
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alex314 posted:Accidents happen. It was pretty stupid to use Mig-29K if Su-33 (or whatever they have in ground bases) can bomb the poo poo out of civillians a lot better. Training exercise? Rivalry between navy and army? Aircraft carriers do CAP in addition to bombing, and the article says it was a "training flight", though who knows. Either way if the Russians where purely concerned about tactical expediency, I suspect they'd have left the Kuz in port and based more bombers at Latakia or something. Like the long range Bear and Blackjack bombing missions, this is an exercise in geopolitical theater (and to an extent a live fire test).
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Nov 15, 2016 09:23
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yeah they also probably want to give their naval aviators some practice, its not really like the admiral kuznetzov has anything more pressing it could be doing
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Nov 15, 2016 09:40
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Huh, so our state-owned public television channel LTV has this show where they conduct low-key investigations on a wide range of topics. Say, how hard is it to make IEDs in Latvia, how to publish a book in Latvia, what on Earth is a Norwegian domestic offender doing in rural Latvia, and such. The latest one was them looking into the Order of the Three Stars award process. Apparently, that caused Constitution protection bureau and Security police to launch an investigation on journalists, including interception of their phone calls, location tracking, and such.
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Nov 15, 2016 10:07
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Trump victory has done a number on polish currency: within days USD-PLN went from 3,90 to 4,10. It's not like I wanted to buy any of those fancy-schmancy electronic gadgets for christmas.. Thanks Trump!
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Nov 15, 2016 11:11
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alex314 posted:Trump victory has done a number on polish currency: within days USD-PLN went from 3,90 to 4,10. It's not like I wanted to buy any of those fancy-schmancy electronic gadgets for christmas..
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Nov 15, 2016 11:34
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Now you can afford a holographic statue of Smolensk wreck. The other way around: we can sell the rights to Smolensk movie cheaper.
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Nov 15, 2016 11:56
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alex314 posted:The other way around: we can sell the rights to Smolensk movie cheaper.
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Nov 15, 2016 12:00
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cinci zoo sniper posted:I was thinking more of, you know, the snowglobe statues for Christmas, just Smolensk with ashes falling around. A snowglobe filled with fog so dense that you can't see anything, not the plane, not the ground. A loud "PULL UP, TERRAIN AHEAD" calls from the base of the globe at regular intervals.
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Nov 15, 2016 12:42
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37983744 economics minister ulyukayev, placed under house arrest for corruption. wonder who he pissed off.
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Nov 15, 2016 13:57
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Won't be surprised if this is between oligarchs, given that $2m bribe was related to an oil deal.
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Pierogi posted:A snowglobe filled with fog so dense that you can't see anything, not the plane, not the ground. A loud "PULL UP, TERRAIN AHEAD" calls from the base of the globe at regular intervals. You mean "MISSLE LOCK ON DETECTED" right?
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Nov 15, 2016 14:05
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Swan Oat posted:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37983744 That's an easy one. he was a vocal opponent of a state owned company Bashneft being "privatized" by another state company Rosneft. quote:It was then privatized during 2002-3 by Murtaza Rakhimov, the boss of Bashkortostan, a crony of Yeltsin's, with a controlling interest in Bashkir Capital, a holding company controlled by Rakhimov's son, Ural Rakhimov. In 2009 a controlling interest in Bashneft was acquired for $2 billion by Vladimir P. Yevtushenkov and placed in his holding company, Sistema, but in July 2014 he was jailed and 72% of Sistema's interest in Bashnoft seized by the Russian government.[1][2] Following seizure of the company in December 2014 Yevtushenkov was released from jail, "charges not proven," but Ural Rakhimov was reported to have fled the country.[3] It is one of the larger producers of oil products in the country.[4] Rosneft is headed by Putin's old time buddy and a part of the state strongmen faction.
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Nov 15, 2016 14:23
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How hosed is the guy? Decade in Siberia level hosed?
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Nov 15, 2016 14:49
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Sechkin is from the SPB security club faction of Putin's circle, and the CEO of Rosneft. This guy is propper hosed.
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Nov 15, 2016 14:59
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No influential Russian politician is "proper hosed", this guy is one of the heads of the liberal wing of the oligarchy. The worst that could happen is he gets disgracefully removed from post and gets to enjoy leisure time as a mega-rich Russian. Siberia and prison is for peasants, def not the neo-aristocracy.
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Nov 15, 2016 15:15
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The worst that can happen to him is polonium tea or Chechen mugger. But yes, not prison, that's for commoners.
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Chechen mugger is for people that criticize Putin. He'll most likely get to enjoy his wealth minus some fee. Depending on his cooperation he might get to pick England, Austria or Switzerland as his destination of choice. Worst case he gets Cyprus.
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Young Freud posted:The only reason they're doing this is because Russia wants to imagine it has force projection. There's no reason tactically or strategically for them to be using the Admiral Kuznetsov if they have available airbases. It's all for show and they can't even pull that right. Yarp. No other reason to move a leaky, smelly, smokey, costly and potentially sinky airstrip off Syria when they have plenty of bases already.
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I wouldn't really go as far as saying that prison is off the charts. Russia's once richest oligarch, Khodorkovsky, did actually get to spend 8 years in prison. He didn't get out before Putin dealt with his empire, and rearranged political and financial domestic landscapes, despite significant international pressure regarding the case.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:I wouldn't really go as far as saying that prison is off the charts. Russia's once richest oligarch, Khodorkovsky, did actually get to spend 8 years in prison. He didn't get out before Putin dealt with his empire, and rearranged political and financial domestic landscapes, despite significant international pressure regarding the case. He went to jail because he crossed Putin, not because of corruption.
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OddObserver posted:He went to jail because he crossed Putin, not because of corruption.
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Welp, gently caress. Russian artillery shelled a school in Mariinka quote:152mm charges hit civilian residential area and local school during the massive night artillery raid Lots of pictures.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:I don't feel these two are different things in high profile corruption cases in Russia. He didn't challenge Putin though, he challenged the military-security block. This is a fight between the different towers of the Kremlin for the remaining sources of money, not because of a challenge to the rotten system itself.
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