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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:Russia has bigger problems (space program is comatose for decades) Edit: Saakashvili is popular in Ukraine? Did I miss something? Dwesa fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Dec 5, 2017 |
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Dwesa posted:Uh-oh, now that they lost the option to build national pride through the sports, they are left with only one option - military accomplishments. Georgia and Ukraine both have the "Russia biting off little pieces of their territory" thing going on. Why not?
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Dwesa posted:Edit: Saakashvili is popular in Ukraine? Did I miss something? Although there was some lull inbetween when Saakashvili tried to make it into big boy Ukrainian politics, probably illegally (although who the gently caress knows, government cleared them), so maybe something happened there (or that was just a tipping point).
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Saakashvili was also stationed in Ukraine during his military service and speaks Ukrainian fluently, along with Russian. He seems to be popular amongst ukranian veterans, so he is probably viewed as someone standing up to both Russia and corrupt politicians, as he fell out of out of favor as governor of Odessa when he said it was impossible for him to fight corruption when the president was protecting the people involved.
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Dwesa posted:
Hahaha, no. He has some very loyal fans, but no broad support.
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OddObserver posted:Hahaha, no. He has some very loyal fans, but no broad support. They are all fake protestors. He is polling at 1% approval. He is hated for trying to shake down the Odessian mafia, and was run out of Georgia for crashing the economy with money laundering schemes. Tymoshenko is using money, funneled through VTB bank to try and storm the Rada; which is how Saakshvili came to power in Georgia.
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Hal_2005 posted:They are all fake protestors. He is polling at 1% approval. He is hated for trying to shake down the Odessian mafia, and was run out of Georgia for crashing the economy with money laundering schemes. Tymoshenko is using money, funneled through VTB bank to try and storm the Rada; which is how Saakshvili came to power in Georgia. That's his party polling. Himself he polled a bit under 20% earlier this year, and I expect both personal and party ratings to increase due to the farce the current scandal evens are. But yeah, to clarify Dwesa's question, early after the combat activity began to dwindle he was polling at around 40% approval, which was the highest he ever had in Ukraine, and before he did any real work or "work".
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Hal_2005 posted:They are all fake protestors. He is polling at 1% approval. He is hated for trying to shake down the Odessian mafia, and was run out of Georgia for crashing the economy with money laundering schemes. Tymoshenko is using money, funneled through VTB bank to try and storm the Rada; which is how Saakshvili came to power in Georgia. Tymoshenko and Saakashvili are allied now? Are they part of some international network of disgraced kleptocrats? This is so bizarre.
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Hal_2005 posted:...and was run out of Georgia for crashing the economy with money laundering schemes. .... What do you mean?
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Christmas comes early to Eastern Europe this year: Putin announced that he will be participaring in Russian presidental elections again.
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They should only announce when he is not going to run, that way they will save both manpower and electricity by not having to have a staffer write and send out the announcement.
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quote:Another former Russian Olympic champion and United Russia member, gymnast Svetlana Khorkina, echoed the defiance with which many in Russia greeted the IOC decision. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-olympics-ban-reactions-anger-conspiracies-support/28900475.html Dwesa fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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Dec 6, 2017 16:39
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When you think about it, it was pretty rude of IOC to catch Russia cheating.
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https://twitter.com/novaya_gazeta/status/938427903397777410 ГАЗ ЗА ВАС! ГАЗ ЗА ВАС! ГАЗ ЗА ВАС!
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Dwesa posted:I am sure that nuking winter olympics is the right solution to a state-sponsored doping scandal. Reflexively mentioning that they've got nukes so the world better pay attention to them is how Russians cope with depression. The North Koreans are attempting to follow the same therapy.
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Russia is banning anonymous mobile IM services with the next year. http://www.interfax.ru/russia/589579
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Russia is banning anonymous mobile IM services with the next year. http://www.interfax.ru/russia/589579 Does that include Telegram?
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alex314 posted:Does that include Telegram? Unlikely. The ruling basically stipulates that these messengers are to be used from devices carrying phone non-disposable, contract-bound phone numbers.
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Zudgemud posted:Ah yes, the national team full asthmatics is the supreme ruler now that the cheating nation has been dealt with. The funny thing about that one is that in Poland, one of our sports heroes is Justyna Kowalczyk, a top tier ski racer. Now, if you know anything about ski racing, you'll know it and biathlon are some of the most 'doping useful' sports, as they are dependant on cardiovascular endurance. Doubly so for biathlon, as during the run, you need periods of steadying yourself for shooting, which is faster and more reliable if you use drugs that increase your VO2 max, with a dash of betablockers and whatever. But of course, Justyna is one of the clean ones! She was very much against the asthma of her main opponent, Marit Bjoergen. Says it's obviously unfair that she gets a TUE based increase on limits of metabolites in her blood. ...so she asked for limits to be increased for non TUE athletes, too. I think that says it all really.
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Looks like the plague of drug fentanyl is finally gone from Estonia because all the leaders of gangs, producers and dealers have been convicted. Took some 17 years to get there. So that's great. It'll also be hard for new comers because unlike early 2000s and earlier the police is more effective now. Also Tallinn city council hid for a year an internal audit regarding a recently built ice hall. It described how our former star skater who joined the center party and for that was given the job of being the head of that ice hall, thoroughly failed at her job for last 3 years. She still gets to keep her job, the city council merely recommended that she needs additional guidance at doing her job. And this poo poo goes on and on.  Sure enough, it's not nearly as bad as what folks have to deal with in Ukraine.The weightlifting championships just ended, I can't wait until I find out which medal our guy is going to get. In 10 years. At least as much as I know our lifter, he is firmly anti-doping. I doubt they banned enough countries beforehand.
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This logotype of Russia's 2018 presidential elections cost 37 million rubles (630 thousand dollars) Bask in its glory. https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/beware-of-russias-confusing-2018-logo-59747
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Dwesa posted:This logotype of Russia's 2018 presidential elections cost 37 million rubles (630 thousand dollars) https://twitter.com/CKonovalov/status/935837480619782144 https://twitter.com/CKonovalov/status/935841878800519168 https://twitter.com/akterpnd/status/935847987938578433
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Why is Szydło resigning?
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Rinkles posted:Why is Szydło resigning? No one really knows. People were speculating that it's so the duckman can replace her, but now that they've announced that Morawiecki's taking over the role of his most prominent puppet that theory's out of the window. There are rumours that she and Duda were conflicted and the latter demanded that she be replaced in exchange for returning to being Poland's First Pen.
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Dwesa posted:I am sure that nuking winter olympics is the right solution to a state-sponsored doping scandal.
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Rinkles posted:Why is Szydło resigning? "The Moor has done his work, the Moor may go."
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Rinkles posted:Why is Szydło resigning? Probably a show to distract from grabbing total control over the court system.
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Rinkles posted:Why is Szydło resigning? Hard to say. There were rumors about a great government reconstruction and for three weeks people speculated who's going to be replaced. Waszczykowski was one of the surest candidate, and people were speculating that Macierewicz, Szyszko and several other people also get sacked. Szydlo was pretty sure to go, but everyone expected Kaczynski to replace her. The day of reconstruction comes and it's a wet fart. Only Szydlo gets replaced and remains a minister with no agenda. Morawiecki is the new Prime Minister, but also holds the Ministry of Finance as he did before. The rest still have their jobs as before.
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Here's an interesting development no one saw coming https://twitter.com/Stratfor/status/943631310458966018
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Dec 21, 2017 03:12
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What the gently caress, Russia???
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As long as there is at least one channel broadcasting it, I am content.
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Dec 24, 2017 13:00
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You jinxed it yesterday, you cad.
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I think someone hacked their website, the letters are all hosed up.
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Wesołych Świąt, thread!
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Dec 25, 2017 14:48
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Same. Full on pierożki and barszcz.
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Merry Christmas https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-christmas-encounter-with-the-russian-soul-1513983153 quote:A Christmas Encounter With the ‘Russian Soul’
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lol, nice white knighting of russians there.
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icantfindaname posted:Merry Christmas So, I don't know about Russia or the western countries, but here in Poland there's something called "znaleźne". Basically, you're legally entitled to receive up to 10% of the value of a lost item you've found and returned to its owner. In practice with wallets it's 10% of the money inside.
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Pierogi posted:lol, nice white knighting of russians there. You mean me, or the article?
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Aumanor posted:So, I don't know about Russia or the western countries, but here in Poland there's something called "znaleźne". Basically, you're legally entitled to receive up to 10% of the value of a lost item you've found and returned to its owner. In practice with wallets it's 10% of the money inside.
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