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Grouchio posted:They've been doing that at least since they've been granted independence. I had assumed such an identity crisis was foremost on Greece's list before the first debt bubble popped. I even did a cartoon on it back in grade-school. omg grouchio scan it please
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HorrificExistence posted:omg grouchio scan it please
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https://nabu.gov.ua/novyny/meru-odesy-i-trom-posadovcyam-odeskoyi-miskrady-povidomleno-pro-pidozru-shche-troh-osib http://dumskaya.net/news/zhurnalist-gennadiy-truhanov-zaderzhan-v-aeropor-082503/ Odessa mayor Trukhanov detain on corruption charges in Kyiv, after returning from bizarre "vacation" that's been going on since late December last year. OddObserver fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Feb 14, 2018 |
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The situation with the new antonov planes seems really dire: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/rossiya-slams-an-148-reliability-347983/ quote:The airline has been using the aircraft since June. In the three months to September, including aircrew training flights, the company's five An-148 aircraft flew 1,725h with Rossiya. In that time, 235 problems occurred, requiring over 2,000 man-hours of repair work.
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Feb 14, 2018 13:47
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Deliberate sabotage? 
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mobby_6kl posted:Deliberate sabotage? Those drat Kulaks are at it again
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Preliminary reports indicate that the Pitot tubes were iced over. So, did the deicing systems malfunction or were they turned off?
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Considering the record these planes seem to have, I'm going to bet on broken, though underpaid pilots loving up checklists wouldn't be something terribly new.
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Got linked this, it owns af
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Ardennes posted:
Because of de Gaulle.
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Feb 21, 2018 18:44
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Grouchio posted:They've been doing that at least since they've been granted independence. Macedonians and Greeks are squabbling over the name and the legacy it has, not modern culture. Macedonian Slavs aren't pretending to be Greek or whatever.
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Feb 22, 2018 09:28
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I thought it is known Alexander was Albanian So was Leonardo da Vinci, apparently 
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https://twitter.com/Independent/status/966632384174219265
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So Putin keeps his job then? 
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No, he might retire.
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Happy "Defender of the Motherland" day to Russian Goons! 100 years ago Red Army was formed.
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mobby_6kl posted:No, he might retire.
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he's been hinting he's too old for this poo poo for like 10 years now, lol he literally can't retire because he doesn't have anyone who'd replace him though, afaik
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Grouchio posted:On what basis? Modern russia is way beyond even pretending they need legal reasons for arresting or assassinating internal rivals. There's no democracy or rule of law, there's no civil society, no meaningful opposition. Anything remaining is just a show that will stop or be de-clawed the moment it becomes inconvenient. I really wonder what post-putin russia will look like though, who or what would fill that power vacuum into a system that rests nearly all power at the top.
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Baronjutter posted:I really wonder what post-putin russia will look like though, who or what would fill that power vacuum into a system that rests nearly all power at the top. Bad option: 90's free for all redux.
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Rent-A-Cop posted:Good option: New Putin same as the old Putin. At least the later option is rolling the dice again to maybe this time not end up another kleptocratic dictatorship?
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Baronjutter posted:At least the later option is rolling the dice again to maybe this time not end up another kleptocratic dictatorship?
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Grouchio posted:On what basis? Anyway, remember how there were a bunch of high level former EU politicians shilling for Ukraine? Yeah, about them:
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mobby_6kl posted:Anyway, remember how there were a bunch of high level former EU politicians shilling for Ukraine? Yeah, about them: Do we have any names?
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I don't think so, at least officially, but the rumor is that it's an Austrian chancellor and Italian PM I've never heard of before, so maybe they couldn't afford the top tankies like Schroeder. https://twitter.com/DrDenaGrayson/status/967163316173983749 Manafort's really turbofucked now though, which is at least something
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Estonia 100. Not all of it as an independent state, but you don't stop counting your age for all the years you were imprisoned. And the parade was terrific. Also had British Challenger 2, SPG-s and IFV-s. Also a special shout out to the Danes, who were quite numerous. another edit: and come to think of it, several countries will be celebrating their 100th anniversary this or next year because three empires ceased to exist 100 years ago. jonnypeh fucked around with this message at 12:17 on Feb 24, 2018 |
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My question is will the Ukrainian government bring up any charges against Manafort as well? It seems with this evidence that Manafort was using illegal means to prop up Yanukovych.
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:My question is will the Ukrainian government bring up any charges against Manafort as well? It seems with this evidence that Manafort was using illegal means to prop up Yanukovych. They'll have a tough time prying him loose. Perhaps they need a group of champion influencers...
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:My question is will the Ukrainian government bring up any charges against Manafort as well? It seems with this evidence that Manafort was using illegal means to prop up Yanukovych. I am at least 80% sure some current political figures are also implicated, so they'll probably do nothing.
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Russia doing some spring cleaning I see: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/05/salisbury-incident-critically-ill-man-is-former-russian-spy-sergei-skripal
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Speaking of spring cleaning, the Slovak government is in crisis following the murder of an investigative reporter who had been researching the activities of Italian Mafia in Slovakia. All the actions by state officials since then have been very panicky and suspicious, the journalistic community seems to be pretty unanimous in holding the government responsible for the murder, and people are demonstrating in the streets. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/fallout-from-journalist-s-murder-sends-slovakia-into-political-crisis-1.3415951
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steinrokkan posted:Speaking of spring cleaning, the Slovak government is in crisis following the murder of an investigative reporter who had been researching the activities of Italian Mafia in Slovakia. All the actions by state officials since then have been very panicky and suspicious, the journalistic community seems to be pretty unanimous in holding the government responsible for the murder, and people are demonstrating in the streets. On Monday, Mr Fico suggested Mr Kiska was somehow working in cahoots with billionaire Hungarian-American philanthropist George Soros This from the "social democrat". LOL, I'm looking at the wiki of their last election and his party is practically the only left-ish party of any power, the rest are all center-rightwingers, including neonazis (14 seats!!!). Terrible.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/asia/nastya-rybka-trump-putin.html This has been an interesting development quote:In the interview at the immigration center on Monday, Ms. Vashukevich said that she had often recorded conversations between Mr. Deripaska and his associates, and that she had 16 to 18 hours of recordings, including conversations about the United States presidential election. I don't know what timeline this is anymore, but it just keeps getting weirder. HUGE PUBES A PLUS fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Mar 6, 2018 |
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HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/world/asia/nastya-rybka-trump-putin.html As much I'd like this to be something more substantial, it could as well be just a desperate-ish gambit to protect herself from deportation to Belarus first, criminal charges in Thailand second.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:As much I'd like this to be something more substantial, it could as well be just a desperate-ish gambit to protect herself from deportation to Belarus first, criminal charges in Thailand second. I realize that, but it's still hilarious the USA has come to the point where the entire world knows how chaotic our administration is right now.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...b7bd_story.html Former Russian spies are getting sick again; must be an election year.
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The Czechs just forced out the head of internal affairs for security forces after some pretty sizable demonstrations that he claims were just a few dozen or hundreds of people (photos). The guy is a communist who beat up protesters in '89 and still says he doesn't regret it. That's not a very popular stance lol.
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mobby_6kl posted:The Czechs just forced out the head of internal affairs for security forces after some pretty sizable demonstrations that he claims were just a few dozen or hundreds of people (photos). The guy is a communist who beat up protesters in '89 and still says he doesn't regret it. That's not a very popular stance lol. How did such a person managed to get into internal affairs? Did the Czech Republic have any sort of post soviet illumination process? For example in Lithuania if you did anything like the guy did, even now you could not get a job in the government sector, especially if the position is based on political trust...
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Karmalis posted:How did such a person managed to get into internal affairs? Did the Czech Republic have any sort of post soviet illumination process? For example in Lithuania if you did anything like the guy did, even now you could not get a job in the government sector, especially if the position is based on political trust... The current government is a bizarre alliance of a billionaire and the Communist Party that keeps him from being voted out. So it leads to bizarre trading of favours, like a Communist politician with a "storied" history getting significant posts in the security apparatus. But as for the broader question - yes, state officials have to go through a clearance process that screens them for ties to the Communist regime. However, this guy is an MP who was elected to his position as an internal affairs chief by the Parliament, and as such is not subject to such scrutiny, afaik.
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Karmalis posted:How did such a person managed to get into internal affairs? Did the Czech Republic have any sort of post soviet illumination process? For example in Lithuania if you did anything like the guy did, even now you could not get a job in the government sector, especially if the position is based on political trust... Chairman of the parliamentary security oversight committee. And even in the very first free election Czech communists like twenty percent of votes. The party never fell completely out of favour.
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