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There's a good article in German that goes over the details and background of the Berlin trial. It's long, but here's an extract quote:Oppressive burden of proof The hearing begins at 11am local time, and we're expecting the verdict pretty quickly.
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Speaking of Germany (or the EU in general) and Russia, how far back does the EUs dependency on Russian natural gas go? Does it go back to Soviet days? I think it's weird now how all of a sudden Russia can hold the EU hostage by threatening to cut off their gas supply like this seems to be a more recent phenomenon.
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# ? Dec 14, 2021 22:18 |
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Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe (Why would you feel the need to announce this, Russia? Do you intend to use them?)
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# ? Dec 14, 2021 22:58 |
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Grouchio posted:Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe It's just part of a long time beef Russia's been having with USA. Washington's saying that Moscow's breaching the INF treaty so there is no point in continuing it. Moscow's saying that Washington's trying to break their commitments to the treaty, so they have no alternative but to increase pressure by bringing missiles to Europe (which Washington says they already have here). Therefore no, Russia doesn't intend to use them but they will use INF as part of their propaganda about NATO betraying Russia at every turn.
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# ? Dec 14, 2021 23:12 |
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Grouchio posted:(Why would you feel the need to announce this, Russia? Do you intend to use them?) The world needs to learn about their peaceful ways.
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Grouchio posted:Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe No, they won't use them because it'd violate MAD. Putin's not dumb.
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Charliegrs posted:Speaking of Germany (or the EU in general) and Russia, how far back does the EUs dependency on Russian natural gas go? Does it go back to Soviet days? I think it's weird now how all of a sudden Russia can hold the EU hostage by threatening to cut off their gas supply like this seems to be a more recent phenomenon. It goes back to Reagan administration’s failure to stop Soviet gas pipelines construction in the 80s.
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# ? Dec 14, 2021 23:23 |
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Trade with Russia has been a thing through the cold war. It should also be noted that there have been tussles about gas throughout the entire time. But trade has always been used to have leverage in time of crisis that would not exist if trade was halted.
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# ? Dec 14, 2021 23:37 |
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Big day on the eastern front. With Russia running battle drills in Donbas, NAti and Ukraine giving a big talking point speech, and the Ukrainian legislature giving approval to house foreign troops for military drills. These things being done out in the open is curious to say the least. The reason I say that is it they were meant to be meaningful doing so in the shadows masks the strength or scope of the exercise. However having polish troops standing in Мариуполь, does mean the Russians would have to justify going into a full fledged war on Europe which I doubt. On Thursday, 16 December 2021, the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, will receive the President of Ukraine, Mr Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Secretary General and the President will give a joint press point at NATO HQ after their meeting Russian forces in Donbas have carried out drills to exercise switching to full combat alert among the motorized infantry, artillery and armored units and getting them deployed to assembly points The Verkhovna Rada approved the decision of the President of Ukraine on the admission of units of the armed forces of other states to the territory of Ukraine in 2022 to participate in multinational exercises German FM @DmytroKuleba: "The fact Putin is searching for a new ideological justification concerning Ukraine suggests that he is on the verge of something big: an attempt to fundamentally rewrite the security order in Europe, to part the continent into new spheres of influence Oh and funny stuff here, Blinken faced an unusual situation during his visit to Indonesia: a competing visit from Putin's NSA Patrushev. "I noticed his plane on the runway next to ours," Blinken says. He's not sure why he's here, notes the top Eur diplomat is in Ukraine now, then onto Moscow
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Grouchio posted:Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe As with everything with nukes, the point is not to use them, the point is to discourage them being used against you. Having multiple methods, speeds and ranges for deploying nukes makes it next to impossible for an adversary to find a weak spot where they might be able to use a nuke and save themselves from the retaliation. The US certainly can't stop Russia's ICBM's now, but they are working to get to that point and making a lot of progress. So rather than rely on a tool that might be compromised in the future, deploying medium range nukes that give next to no warning gives Putin that much more security. On top of the usual propaganda boost from deploying big weapons.
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 10:07 |
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Brown Moses posted:There's a good article in German that goes over the details and background of the Berlin trial. It's long, but here's an extract He has just received a life sentence.
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 11:29 |
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Spiegel reports the judge accepted the order came from the Russians as well, so now it's all down to the political reaction.
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 12:18 |
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Here's the Spiegel write up, Google Translated belowquote:In the trial for murder in the Kleine Tiergarten in Berlin, defendant Vadim Krasikov was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and illegal possession of weapons. The Berlin Supreme Court considered it proven that the Russian citizen had shot a Chechen-born Georgian in the park in the middle of the capital in August 2019.
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 12:41 |
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Is there precedent of a case like this? What happens now? There's a bunch of cases where assassins are just hidden by Russia and get government positions an rewards. Pretty cool to have him rot in prison, even if the quality of life in a German prison is better than his normal life judging by the lovely khrushchevka of navalny's assassin
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 12:57 |
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Wonder who the Russians are gonna take hostage to get him back, seems like it would be bad for morale in the murderer corps to just let him rot?
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aphid_licker posted:Wonder who the Russians are gonna take hostage to get him back, seems like it would be bad for morale in the murderer corps to just let him rot? I don't think they are disputing the murder itself, only his connection to the Russian state. So, why would the honorable Russian state want a depraved murderer back? And anyway, I don't think Putin likes losers who get caught. Best case scenario for them is that he slips and falls out of a window.
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 17:30 |
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I am sure this totally private citizen's totally independent action against a traitor to the Fatherland will be thoroughly rewarded with statements from the foreign ministry about the troubling state of German justice system. (And nothing beyond hot air).
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 17:40 |
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China's Xi reportedly backs Putin in Russia's bid for security guarantees from the West here we go boys. The multi polar world is back in action. мы никогда не будем рабами Here's some more good stuff from the busy day of negotiations: Zelensky discussed with the new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz the possible membership of Ukraine in NATO (This will surely stop Russian aggression!) Washington: Moscow has handed us proposals on European security, and we will discuss them with allies Yeah this is going to go south really loving quickly now. the Europeana discuss ukraines future as a NATO partner ? What the gently caress? The alliance will be weakened by this wish washy poo poo. You will regret this! WAR CRIME GIGOLO fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Dec 15, 2021 |
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:China's Xi reportedly backs Putin in Russia's bid for security guarantees from the West Is there a reason you aren't using the quite function for this, because it makes it seem like word salad this way.
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# ? Dec 15, 2021 20:11 |
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lol https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1471433806796271617 please tell me the defense was "but we have no troops deployed in the LNR and DNR"
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# ? Dec 16, 2021 12:02 |
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:lol https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1471433806796271617 Nonsense, DNR and LHR in the document mean do-not-resuscitate and love-hate relationship. NATO Mossad hawks faking evidence once more!
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# ? Dec 16, 2021 12:22 |
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military personnel providing humanitarian aid, obviously
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# ? Dec 16, 2021 12:23 |
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:lol https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1471433806796271617 Oh no, they forgot the pretense.
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# ? Dec 16, 2021 12:45 |
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:lol https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1471433806796271617 The link doesn't seem to work. Did they delete it already? E: Saved on Web Archive https://web.archive.org/web/2021121...=&text_number=1 \/\/\/ It's not in the link that's in the tweet, so it was clearly deleted. Paladinus fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Dec 16, 2021 |
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Paladinus posted:The link doesn't seem to work. Did they delete it already? It's there.
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CMYK BLYAT! posted:lol https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1471433806796271617 Surely just a confused judge. Someone will talk them shortly to lift the confusion.
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# ? Dec 16, 2021 16:58 |
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Hopefully the talk will be far away from any opened windows, lots of weird accidents happen.
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GABA ghoul posted:Surely just a confused judge. Someone will talk them shortly to lift the confusion. The official explanation is that it's just what the defendant claimed, but he can't be trusted, obviously, because he's a fraudster.
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# ? Dec 16, 2021 19:06 |
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Quiet day today on the western front. 9 Ceasefire violations today. Up from 2 the day before. Now the solution will be shielding Ukraine by fast tracking NATO membership. My question is what will the recourse be if Russia catches wind that it's going to happen? My thought is they take the L on sanctions to not have NATO missile batteries 200 miles south of Moscow. As this would be literally what they are fighting against by positioning 200k troops on the border. The army is also preparing supply lines and medical posts for lasting combat.
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 04:48 |
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ukraine is not joining nato
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 06:50 |
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i say swears online posted:ukraine is not joining nato I agree with you. But the language in some of these speeches implies the opposite. The example below is not related to this NATO statement quote:French Foreign Minister: We must engage in negotiations to find a political solution to Ukraine crisis
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WAR CRIME GIGOLO posted:I agree with you. But the language in some of these speeches implies the opposite. The example below is not related to this NATO statement
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Belarusian border control claim a Polish soldier called Emil Czeczko crossed the border and asked for political asylum in Belarus. So far they only posted a couple of photos from last year. No official statement from Poland yet. E: His unit confirmed that he's missing, but didn't confirm he was in Belarus. https://twitter.com/16Dywizja/status/1471782699371274244 Meanwhile, he's doing an interview with a Belarusian state TV channel, I guess. Paladinus fucked around with this message at 11:28 on Dec 17, 2021 |
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something about the box of tea and sweets just brings that to the next level
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 12:09 |
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That set is giving me serious 90s public TV flashbacks Those ugly armchairs, that even uglier tablecloth, those random plants
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steinrokkan posted:That set is giving me serious 90s public TV flashbacks Those ugly armchairs, that even uglier tablecloth, those random plants belorussian media has never really progressed past early 2000s sensibilites
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 12:21 |
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https://ria.ru/20211217/bezopasnost-1764226189.htmlquote:-exclude further NATO expansion and Ukraine's accession to the alliance; https://twitter.com/DmitriTrenin/status/1471799631243886598
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Russia can gently caress off with this functional attempt to revise USSR into existence. I am, though, impressed by the brazen inclusion of terms such as “don’t do things other side my perceive as a threat”.
cinci zoo sniper fucked around with this message at 13:51 on Dec 17, 2021 |
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# ? Dec 17, 2021 12:36 |
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Does he think Lukash has balls of steel??
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Polish defence minister now claims the soldier had problems with the law and shouldn't have been at the border in the first place, and was about to be discharged anyway. https://twitter.com/mblaszczak/status/1471802397605384193 Not sure I'm buying it, to be honest.
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