Quote:
Originally Posted by tercet
Well sorry I just meant a bunch of allies will finally go after Putin/Russia due to all the **** happening in Belarus, Ukraine, Navalny etc?
More magnitsky sanctions and perhaps some military stuff finally too?
Since Trump is in bed with Putin with his finances/Deustche Banke obv wont happen till he is out of office.
At least the Magnitsky acts are in place in some places, unfortunately the EU has yet to ratify its own version. I wouldn't expect any military responses, but perhaps diplomatic responses and definitely intelligence responses.
Military responses are a double-edged blade, since they will likely strengthen Putin's internal support and also boost the popularity of ultra-nationalists. Europe has to be ready for for the post-Putin world as well.
Quote:
Originally Posted by d2_e4
This is quite close to my heart, and it makes me very sad. From Anna Politkovskaya to more. I was born in the USSR (or the CCCR, as TD puts it). What ****s me off is that I have immediate family - parents- who consider this normal. "Well, if you go against the 'system', you have an accident". No. That's not how this works, and it's not how it should ****ing work. **** all these people, like my parents, who normalise this.
Yes it is sad. Wonderful people, wonderful culture, beautiful country and wonderful language. And then we have this absolute ****fest of a regime on top.
In school we always called it the Soviet Union and the abbreviation we learned was CCCP. Then we had nuclear attack drills, so those lessons kinda stuck.