Russian Politics Thread

[ikalugin]

The *evidence* is of, ehem, varying quality.


https://tarkhil.medium.com/два-слова...;-d0fb5db37473
A good longread (in Russian) on the general phosphoorganic poison topic.


That said - the recent events do rise valid questions about things such as illegal personal data markets, so maybe some good would come out of them.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

The *evidence* is of, ehem, varying quality.


https://tarkhil.medium.com/два-слова...;-d0fb5db37473
A good longread (in Russian) on the general phosphoorganic poison topic.


That said - the recent events do rise valid questions about things such as illegal personal data markets, so maybe some good would come out of them.

The bait worked Neal

Keep up the good work

[ikalugin]

Do you mean to say that it was an intentional trawling attempt?


I am trying to engage here, and on other platforms in good faith.
If I was being trawled intentionally by the moderator team here I am not sure if it would be worthwhile to stay.

[Mr Quatro]

^ You Russians are so funny ... we love you comrade

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

Do you mean to say that it was an intentional trawling attempt?


I am trying to engage here, and on other platforms in good faith.
If I was being trawled intentionally by the moderator team here I am not sure if it would be worthwhile to stay.

I assure you comments by Mr Quatro are his thoughts only.

My post is not part of the moderation team, it is my personal interest in world news events, same as you and everyone else.

[Skybird]

Nawalny's coup is a coup indeed, and may be true most likely at least, but there was little doubt on Russia'S guilt, if any, already before that. Their defence attemnpts and claims bordered bith hilariousness and impertinence.

Consequences for the future should be: no further new treaties and deals between Europe and Russia. But its the EU, always in good faith, always in good-willingness, always in good hope, so... dont count on it.

Puts Germany again into an uneasy seat regarding Nord Stream 2, but I think it will nevertheless see it through. Possible however that it will be the last treaty or deal done with Russia for a long time to come.



The Russian reaxctions are just what they always do: when gettign caugfht, putting another load of BS on top of the previous one. Its an old pattern.


On the other hand the EU is about signing a trade deal with China, that way rewarding China'S aggressive Uighur, South Chinese Sea and Hongkong policies and its bullying in its neighbourhood, and also rewarding the aggressive digital expansion along their silkroad project that in reality is not so much about just trade flow, but getting the international currency system under their control and by that using their currency as a wepaon to ionfleunce other nations, like the dollar regime stll does today.

Germany notoriously thinks it could influence the development of China towards a more liberal and democratic society by being extremely permissive in its economic policy and even still paying China development aid (!!). Well. Well-meant idiocy nevertheless is idiocy. And the Germans can stick to it for decades - proven fact.


We will reap what we sow there. The harvest will be as deserved.

[Skybird]

Russia's federal prison service has given Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny an ultimatum that he either report to its office by Tuesday morning or face jail if he comes back to Russia after the deadline.

The Federal Prison Service (FSIN) issued a statement on Monday accusing Navalny of violating the terms of a suspended prison sentence he is still serving out in relation to a conviction from 2014.

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-tells-k...ail/a-56079126

This now probbaly means he is to stay in Germany, I assume?! His assistant has been arrested two days ago already, in obvious retaliation against Navalny.

Meanwhile, the Russian government delivers retaliatory strikes over EU sanctions against German, Dutch and other European diplomats who are being banned from visiting Russia.

Nord Stream 2 yes or no - its a yes, as it seems, the Germans have already indicated that they will not change their stand even after Biden's inauguration -, this cannot hide that Russian-German relations are as bad as they have ever been since WWII. And they should be that bad. Pacta sund servanda for existing treaties - but new treaties and deals between Germany and Russia, or the EU and Russia, really are in no way wanted or needed, and I cannot see this changing any time soon. Not under Putin. It may change - or not! - once we know who comes after Putin.

[Catfish]

The russian government (or better Putin) does not deliver "retaliatory" strikes by banning diplomats, the western answer to his provocation and assasssination attempt was retaliatory. What Putin did and does is unilaterally attacking and killing of inconvenient persons all over the world.