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Music/Radio / Re: Fireboy DML Playboy: Album Of The Decade by chameleon98: 4:29pm On Aug 11, 2022 |
Nonsense musician 3 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia ‘accidentally Reveals’ 10,000 Of Its Soldiers Have Been Killed by chameleon98: 3:24pm On Mar 22, 2022 |
The United States lost 7,000 soldiers over two decades in Iraq and Afghanistan. while Russia’s losses 10,0000 in 4 weeks. I can’t make it make sense. Was the goal to make Ukraine look ruthless and evil by shoving soldiers into a meat grinder? Get the Russian people’s avid support through the sunk cost fallacy somehow? |
Foreign Affairs / Re: French Activists Seized Putin's Daughter's Villa For Refugees From Ukraine by chameleon98: 6:35am On Mar 14, 2022 |
She can retire to a small town in Wisconsin like Stalin’s daughter did. 1 Like 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / French Activists Seized Putin's Daughter's Villa For Refugees From Ukraine by chameleon98: 6:34am On Mar 14, 2022 |
Documents in the name of the wife of Katerina Tikhonova were found in the house The seized villa is waiting for a family of refugees from Ukraine / Collage “Today” Against the backdrop of various sanctions against wealthy citizens of Russia, the Europeans were imbued with the idea of confiscating the assets of Russians with their further transfer to the use of Ukrainians suffering from Russian aggression. A resident of the French resort town of Biarritz did this without a trial and a corresponding decision from local authorities. This is reported by telegram channels. People’s confiscation Local activist Pierre Afner reportedly broke into Putin’s daughter’s Alta Mira villa at 9 avenue du general Mac-Croskey Biarritz. We are talking about the youngest daughter of an international criminal, Katerina Tikhonova, who is the director of the National Intellectual Development Foundation. Youngest daughter of Vladimir Putin The French activist changed the locks on the villa, planted a Ukrainian flag there and said that this house is ready to accept refugees from the Putin regime, primarily Ukrainian citizens. In the seized villa, in addition to the magazine “GDP. Development Strategy,” there were documents concerning the owner of the private investment group Volga Group, Putin’s friend in the 1990s, Gennady Timchenko, and Kirill Shamalov, Katerina’s husband. A copy of Kirill Shamalov’s passport was found, as well as an electricity bill translated into French at the place of registration in Moscow. Such documents could be needed to open a bank account in France, the purchase of a villa itself, etc. This villa is known to be valued at around $3.7 million. The asset was purchased by Katerina’s husband from Timchenko, a commodity trader who has known the Russian president since the 1990s. 1 Like
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Foreign Affairs / U.S. Warns ‘full Force’ Of NATO Would Respond If Russia Hits Poland by chameleon98: 1:06am On Mar 14, 2022 |
VIEW LIVE COVERAGE FEED SHARE 10 hours ago U.S. Warns ‘Full Force’ of NATO Would Respond if Russia Hits Poland By Paul Kiernan National security adviser Jake Sullivan said NATO would respond even in the event of an accidental or unintentional strike by Russia upon Poland.OLIVIER DOULIERY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES WASHINGTON—U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned of a full-fledged NATO response if a Russian strike were to hit member-state Poland, after an attack on a Ukrainian military base roughly 10 miles from the border. “If there is a military attack on NATO territory it would cause the invocation of Article 5, and we would bring the full force of the NATO alliance to bear in responding to it,” Mr. Sullivan said in an interview Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” He was referring to the provision of the treaty that provides that if any NATO member is the victim of an armed attack, every other member will consider it to be an attack on all members. The Russian airstrike, which killed 35 people near the Polish border early Sunday, came one day after Moscow warned the West that it would consider arms deliveries to Ukraine as legitimate targets. Mr. Sullivan said the U.S. will continue supporting Ukrainian forces with military assistance. He also reiterated President Biden’s vow that the U.S. and its allies will “defend every inch” of the NATO territory and would respond even in the event of an accidental or unintentional strike by Russia. “All I will say is that if Russia attacks, fires upon, takes a shot at NATO territory, the NATO alliance would respond to that,” Mr. Sullivan said. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-03-11/card/u-s-warns-full-force-of-nato-would-respond-if-russia-hits-poland-zEmQR8bzJCRx5QiKilww 1 Like 1 Share
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Politics / Japan Angered By Russia's Plans For Disputed Kurils by chameleon98: 6:48am On Mar 13, 2022 |
While the world focuses on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, tensions between Moscow and Tokyo are rising. Disagreement over who owns the Kuril Islands just off the coast of Hokkaido is one of the world's longest-running territorial disputes and has parallels with the Ukraine crisis. Japan expressed regret Thursday after Russia signed into law a bill establishing a tariff-free zone on four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan. The Russian move came as Tokyo and Moscow have been discussing a plan to hold joint economic activities on the islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, without harming the legal stance of either country. "It is not in line with Japan's position on the four islands or the aim of the joint economic activities the two sides have been discussing. It is deplorable," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno at a regular news conference, adding Japan conveyed its position on the matter to Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested in September that Russia was seeking to attract foreign investment to the islands by exempting companies from key taxes, including corporate and property taxes. The spat over the group of islets off Hokkaido has prevented the two nations from signing a postwar peace treaty. Japan maintains the former Soviet Union illegally seized the four islands while Russia claims they were obtained legally as a result of World War II. https://www.dw.com/en/japan-angered-by-russias-plans-for-disputed-kurils/av-61084698 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Russian Attacks 9 Ukrainian Medical Facilities by chameleon98: 6:22am On Mar 13, 2022 |
Putin really stepped in it with this Ukraine invasion. Even China is like WTF? The fucking Taliban even put out a press release saying they oppose Russias actions. You know you really bleeped up when even the Taliban is telling you to chill. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Russian Attacks 9 Ukrainian Medical Facilities by chameleon98: 6:13am On Mar 13, 2022 |
Can't take on military targets so they go for hospitals... well good work putin |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Russian Official Warns Finland, Sweden Against Joining NATO by chameleon98: 1:02am On Mar 13, 2022 |
Russia says: "Don't join NATO!" Russia does: <invades non-NATO member> As they say, actions speak louder than words. Especially actions accompanied by explosions, death and dismemberment. 116 Likes 10 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Russian Official Warns Finland, Sweden Against Joining NATO by chameleon98: 1:00am On Mar 13, 2022 |
STOCKHOLM (BLOOMBERG) - Finland and Sweden countered Russian warnings of retaliation should the Nordic nations join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-12/russian-official-warns-finland-sweden-against-joining-nato 8 Likes 1 Share
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Politics / Re: China Calls For Verification Of Russian Claims Of US Bioweapons Help To Ukraine by chameleon98: 11:09pm On Mar 12, 2022 |
I think China wants to stop the fighting with no one really winning, so this makes sense, the more Russia stirs things up, the more pressure gets put on China, and China just wants out of this before somehow China starts taking economic damage 1 Like |
Politics / China Calls For Verification Of Russian Claims Of US Bioweapons Help To Ukraine by chameleon98: 11:03pm On Mar 12, 2022 |
China has urged the United Nations to “properly address” Russian claims that the US is building a military biological programme in Ukraine – allegations that the United States has dismissed as misinformation. At a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, Chinese ambassador Zhang Jun said the relevant parties should give comprehensive clarification, and accept multilateral verification. “China has noted with concern relevant information released by Russia,” Zhang said, according to China’s permanent mission to the UN. Zhang said Beijing looked forward to receiving more specific information on World Health Organization advice to the Ukrainian government to destroy pathogens located in laboratories to prevent the spread of disease. Support for Russia on bioweapons claims is support for Ukraine attack: US 12 Mar 2022 Russia first claimed on Monday that its forces had found evidence of Ukrainian attempts to eradicate traces of a military biological weapons programme in Ukraine financed by the US. The US denies the allegations, with Pentagon spokesman John Kirby saying on Wednesday that the claims were “classic Russian propaganda”. On Friday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the UN, accused Russia of “attempting to use the Security Council to legitimise disinformation and deceive people to justify President [Vladimir] Putin’s war of choice against the Ukrainian people”. “And China, too, has been spreading disinformation in support of Russia’s outrageous claims,” the US mission to the UN quoted Thomas-Greenfield as saying. “Ukraine does not have a biological weapons programme. There are no Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the United States – not near Russia’s border or anywhere.” Zhang hit back, saying the US envoy had “made groundless accusations” against China. “The US always says they advocate transparency. If they believe the relevant information is fake, they can just provide us with relevant data for clarification, so that the international community can draw a conclusion by itself,” he said. Zhang also repeated China’s calls for talks between Moscow and Kyiv, saying the multiple rounds of direct dialogue so far had been positive steps towards peace. UN dismisses Russian claim of Ukraine-US biological weapons programme 12 Mar 2022 Russian ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said “the Kyiv regime is urgently concealing traces of a military biological programme that [it] implemented with support of the US Department of Defence.” He said the Russian Defence Ministry had “documents” confirming that Ukraine developed a network of at least 30 biological laboratories hosting extremely dangerous biological experiments, including studies into using migratory birds and bats to spread biological agents such as plague and coronaviruses. “This work is funded and directly supervised by the Defence Threat Reduction Agency of the United States,” he said. China is pushing its own Covid-19 lab leak theory in battle of narratives 21 Jul 2021 China has also been calling for an investigation of US laboratories such as Fort Detrick, a military medical research base in Maryland, in its attempts to broaden the investigation into the origins of Covid-19. On Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said “the international community has long had grave concerns about US bio-military activities”. China urged the US to give a clear account of its bio-military activities both at home and abroad and accept multilateral verification, he said. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3170253/china-calls-verification-russian-claims-us-bioweapons-help?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage
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Politics / Russian Central Bank Decides Not To Reopen Stock Market Trading Next Week by chameleon98: 10:56pm On Mar 12, 2022 |
Russia’s central bank on Saturday said it has decided not to reopen stock market trading on the Moscow Exchange from March 14-18, with the exception of some non-open-market transactions an transactions using the SPFI payment system. It said the foreign exchange market, money market and repo market would open at 0700 GMT on those days. The bank said it would announce the operating mode for the following week at a later date. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey) March 12 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank on Saturday said it has decided not to reopen stock market trading on the Moscow Exchange from March 14-18, with the exception of some non-open-market transactions an transactions using the SPFI payment system. It said the foreign exchange market, money market and repo market would open at 0700 GMT on those days. The bank said it would announce the operating mode for the following week at a later date. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-central-bank-decides-not-reopen-stock-market-trading-next-week-2022-03-12/
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Crime / Opposition Youth In Russia Start Campaign For Putin's Impeachment by chameleon98: 3:14pm On Mar 10, 2022 |
Russia's St. Petersburg youth opposition movement has announced a campaign to impeach Vladimir Putin. The Center for Combating Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine announced this via its Telegram channel. The movement unites young people who disagree with the Kremlin’s policies. "They are convinced that the Russian president has violated international and Russian law by declaring a military operation in Ukraine, causing irreparable economic and political damage to Russia," the ССD said. Movement activists suggest appealing to deputies and senators of the Russian State Duma to get them to initiate removing Putin from the presidency. https://en.lb.ua/news/2022/03/09/10577_opposition_youth_russia_start.html 1 Like
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Sports / Re: UK Government Sanctions Roman Abramovich by chameleon98: 11:25am On Mar 10, 2022 |
Has of yesterday there were reports that he planned to keep them... one Swiss consortium have already submitted a bid but his mind wasn't made up on selling Nbotee: |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Stranded Russian Troops Face Dying In Tanks Due To Extreme Cold by chameleon98: 4:05am On Mar 10, 2022 |
Putin will probably just send more troops if these ones die tho. Really disgusting, humans are just commodities and resources to him. 11 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Stranded Russian Troops Face Dying In Tanks Due To Extreme Cold by chameleon98: 4:04am On Mar 10, 2022 |
Who would've thought that a Russian, of all people, would make the same classic mistake as Napoleon AND Hitler!!! USSR also made this mistake. In winter war against Finland. 17 Likes 1 Share |
Foreign Affairs / Negotiations: Russia Says It ‘will Not Give Up’ A Single Point To Ukraine by chameleon98: 3:37am On Mar 10, 2022 |
The representative of the Russian delegation stated that Russia would not give in to the Ukrainian side on any negotiating point. He made the remarks on 9 March, a day after Putin's de-Ukrainization – which he called "denazification" – disappeared from his list of demands on Kyiv. Source: TASS with the reference to a member of the Russian delegation in talks with Kyiv, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky Details: Slutsky noted that negotiations are in fact needed to reach an agreement on key military, political, and humanitarian points. He then added that the Russian delegation "will not give up on any negotiating point." Background: On 8 March, Russia told Ukraine that it could end the war at any moment if Kyiv agreed to Moscow's "conditions." According to Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary: "(Ukrainians) must amend their Constitution, according to which Ukraine will reject any goal of joining any block. We have also said that they should recognize Crimea as Russian territory, and that they should recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. And that's all." The term "denazification" has disappeared from the requirements, despite its frequent use by Russian officials up till now. Reminder: Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, says he has limited expectations from a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, which is scheduled for 10 March in Turkey. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/9/7329843/
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Foreign Affairs / Re: US To Send $13.6 Billion Aid To Ukraine by chameleon98: 3:06am On Mar 10, 2022 |
That's about 10% of Ukraine's 2021 GDP.... The measure includes $4 Billion for the 2 Million refugees expected to need aid, or $2000 per refugee. 2 Likes |
Foreign Affairs / US To Send $13.6 Billion Aid To Ukraine by chameleon98: 3:05am On Mar 10, 2022 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal early Wednesday providing $13.6 billion to help Ukraine and European allies plus billions more to battle the pandemic as part of an overdue $1.5 trillion measure financing federal agencies for the rest of this year. Though a tiny fraction of the massive bill, the money countering a Russian blitzkrieg that’s devastated parts of Ukraine and prompted Europe’s worst refugee crisis since World War II ensured the measure would pass with robust bipartisan support. President Joe Biden requested $10 billion for military, humanitarian and economic aid last week, and Democratic and Republican backing was so staunch that the figure grew to $12 billion Monday and $13.6 billion just a day later. “We’re going to support them against tyranny, oppression, violent acts of subjugation,” Biden said at the White House. Party leaders planned to whip the 2,741-page measure through the House on Wednesday and the Senate by week’s end, though that chamber’s exact timing was unclear. Lawmakers were spurred by the urgency of helping Ukraine before Russia’s military might makes it too late. RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR Russia-Ukraine war: Key developments in the ongoing conflict Europe faces pressure to join US, British ban on Russian oil Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt Besieged Ukraine city of Mariupol buries dead in mass grave They also faced a Friday deadline to approve the government-wide spending measure or face a weekend election-year federal shutdown. As a backstop against delays, the House planned to pass a bill Wednesday keeping agencies afloat through March 15. Over $4 billion of the Ukraine aid was to help the country and Eastern European nations cope with the 2 million refugees who’ve already fled the fighting. Another $6.7 billion was for the deployment of U.S. troops and equipment to the region and to transfer American military items to Ukraine and U.S. allies, and there was economic aid and money to enforce economic sanctions against Russia as well. “War in Europe has focused the energies of Congress to getting something done and getting it done fast,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the measure would provide loan guarantees to Poland to help it replace aircraft it is sending Ukraine. “It’s been like pulling teeth” to get Democrats to agree to some of the defense spending, he said. But he added, “It’s an important step. It needs to be passed. It needs to be passed quickly.” The bipartisan rallying behind the Ukraine aid was just one manifestation of Congress’ eagerness to help the beleaguered country, though not all of it has been harmonious. Republicans accused Biden of moving too slowly to help Ukraine and NATO allies and to impose sanctions against Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin. Democrats countered that time was needed to bring along European allies that rely heavily on Russian energy sources. And a bipartisan push to ban Russian oil imports had become nearly unstoppable before Biden announced Tuesday that he would do that on his own. The huge overall bill was stocked with victories for both parties. For Democrats, it provides $730 billion for domestic programs, 6.7% more than last year, the biggest boost in four years. Republicans won $782 billion for defense, 5.6% over last year’s levels. In contrast, Biden’s 2022 budget last spring proposed a 16% increase for domestic programs and less than 2% more for defense — numbers that were doomed from the start thanks to Democrats’ slender congressional majorities. The bill was also fueled by large numbers of hometown projects for both parties’ lawmakers, which Congress had banned since 2011 but were revived this year. The spending — once called earmarks, now dubbed community projects — includes money for courthouses in Connecticut and Tennessee and repairs to a post office in West Virginia. And it names a federal building in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, after Sen. Richard Shelby, the state’s senior GOP senator, a chief author of the bill who’s retiring after six terms. Democrats won $15.6 billion for a fresh round of spending for vaccines, testing and treatments for COVID-19, including $5 billion for fighting the pandemic around the world. That was below Biden’s $22.5 billion request. Republicans said they’d forced Democrats to pay for the entire amount by pulling back money from COVID-19 relief bills enacted previously. Much of the money was to go to help states and businesses cope with the toll of the pandemic. There’s added money for child care, job training, economic development in poorer communities and more generous Pell grants for low-income undergraduates. Public health and biomedical research would get increases, including $194 million for Biden’s “Cancer Moonshot” effort to cure the disease. Citizenship and Immigration Services would get funds to reduce huge backlogs of people trying to enter the U.S. There would be fresh efforts to bolster renewable energy and curb pollution, with some of that aimed specifically at communities of color. There is added funding to build affordable housing. And the measure distributes billions of dollars initially provided by the bipartisan infrastructure bill enacted last year for road, rail and airport projects. The bill “delivers transformative federal investments to help lower the cost of living for working families, create American jobs, and provide a lifeline for the vulnerable,” said House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. The bill renews programs protecting women against domestic violence and requires many infrastructure operators to report significant cyber attacks and ransomware demands to federal authorities. The Defense Department would have to report on extremist ideologies within the ranks. The measure retains strict decades-old curbs against using federal money for nearly all abortions. It has $300 million in military assistance for Ukraine and $300 million to help nearby countries like the Baltic nations and Poland. Service members would get 2.7% pay raises, and Navy shipbuilding would get a boost in a counter to China. It “rejects liberal policies and effectively addresses Republican priorities,” said Shelby, top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Since the government’s fiscal year began last Oct. 1, agencies have been running on spending levels approved during Donald Trump’s final weeks in the White House. Congress has approved three short-term bills since then keeping agency doors open. ___ \ https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-covid-health-business-fa702b0f9efa4805b622739d302bc4cf 1 Like
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Why Isn't Elon Musk Called African-american? by chameleon98: 9:43pm On Mar 09, 2022 |
this answer is the best answer for your question WoundedLamb: 1 Like |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Putin's Girlfriend Alina And Their Four Children Go Into Hiding In Switzerland by chameleon98: 9:19pm On Mar 09, 2022 |
Switzerland is a neutral state... they rarely interfare in international politics Ogilinsaka: |
Foreign Affairs / Re: Why Isn't Elon Musk Called African-american? by chameleon98: 9:07pm On Mar 09, 2022 |
The tag African-American is for the decedent of the black American slave... if you immigrate to the u.s today. you are an African immigrant not African-American... when you get citizenship then your name tag may be elevated gistmega: 2 Likes |
Foreign Affairs / Ukrainian Children’s Hospital Completely Wiped Out By Russian Bombing by chameleon98: 9:00pm On Mar 09, 2022 |
Russian bombing has completely destroyed a children’s and maternity hospital in the besieged port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/09/ukraine-war-childrens-hospital-in-mariupol-wiped-out-by-russian-bombing-16246328/ 3 Likes 1 Share
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russian Oligarch Comes Out Against Putin By Calling For Immediate End To Ukraine by chameleon98: 6:17am On Mar 09, 2022 |
i just pray we don't hear of this man death by tomorrow 2 Likes |
Foreign Affairs / Russian Oligarch Comes Out Against Putin By Calling For Immediate End To Ukraine by chameleon98: 6:15am On Mar 09, 2022 |
Oligarch Vladimir Lisin, the chairman and main shareholder of the NLMK Group, one of Russia’s largest steel makers, has called for an immediate end to the Russian war in Ukraine. The Moscow-based billionaire reportedly sent a letter to NLMK staff, which was subsequently widely shared on social networks. The steel tycoon wrote that “the death of people in Ukraine is a tragedy that is hard to justify or explain.” In the letter, Lisin, together with the board of directors, expressed hope that the war would end soon and they urged Putin and other leaders to find a peaceful, diplomatic resolution. A spokesman for the company confirmed to various news outlets the authenticity of the letter. Lisin is not the first oligarch to go against the Russian government. Yesterday, Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska reacted to a speech by American historian Yuval Noah Harari about the Russia-Ukraine war. He said he agreed that the war should end as soon as possible. Practically every Western governments have imposed severe sanctions on many Russian oligarchs considered to be close to the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin. However, so far Lisin has managed to avoid the sanctions. https://www.cityam.com/man-of-steel-russian-oligarch-vladimir-lisin-comes-out-against-putin-by-calling-for-immediate-end-to-ukraine-war/
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Celebrities / Re: Ukrainian Star, Pasha Lee Dies Fighting Russian Troops In Ukraine by chameleon98: 6:12am On Mar 09, 2022 |
Russia in 1994: give up your nukes and we will leave you alone. Russia in 2014: give us Crimea and we will leave you alone. Russia in 2022: Give us Donbas and stay out of any alliances and reinstate Yanukovych and we will leave you alone. Going to go ahead and say Russia is not going to follow through with leaving Ukraine alone. 1 Like
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Zelensky: I Am In My Office. I’m Not Hiding. And I’m Not Afraid Of Anyone by chameleon98: 3:01am On Mar 08, 2022 |
ordinary fulani headmen were raping their wives, killing their farmers they couldn't fight back... then a man that's ready to die for his country freedom they call him a clown... lol who is the real clown here Techsupport: 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / US Considers Ban On Russian Oil Imports by chameleon98: 7:59am On Mar 07, 2022 |
Japan in talks with US, Europe over banning Russian oil imports https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/6/russia-ukraine-us-mulls-oil-ban-liveblog 3 Likes 2 Shares
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Phones / Tiktok Suspends Posting And Live-streaming In Russia by chameleon98: 1:51am On Mar 07, 2022 |
The social video platform TikTok announced on March 6 that it is suspending all new posting and live-streaming for users in Russia. The drastic move comes amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, which has escalated since Russian troops invaded on Feb. 24. “In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend live-streaming and new content to our video service while we review the safety implications of this law,” TikTok said on its official Twitter account. In-app messaging between users will remain active, the company added. In a crackdown on speech in the country, Vladimir Putin’s government passed a new law targeting the publication of “false information” about Russia’s military on March 4. The law criminalizes publishing whatever the Russian government deems misinformation, carrying a 15-year prison sentence. The TikTok war TikTok has been a crucial platform of the war. The New Yorker called the conflict in Ukraine “the world’s first TikTok war” because of how Ukrainians have used the app to document the situation on the ground. TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company that has long deflected accusations of censorship on behalf of Beijing. Since ByteDance bought Musical.ly in 2017 and merged it with TikTok, the app has become a cultural tour de force around the world. It recently surpassed 1 billion global users—an impressive statistic considering it does not operate as TikTok in China and is banned in India. Russia’s war on information Russia’s fake news law is a severe step for a country whose government is already antagonistic to the ideals of a free press. The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders ranks Russia 150 out of 180 for press freedom because of its imprisonment of journalists, harassment campaigns against Kremlin critics, and interest in controlling the internet. In recent days, CNN stopped broadcasting in Russia and Bloomberg News ceased reporting in Russia; The Washington Post removed reporters’ bylines on stories for fear of their safety. The country has blocked Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube proactively, but TikTok beat Russia to the punch. The result is the same, however: The people of Russia, whether supportive of the Kremlin or not, will be locked out from another window into the real-life consequences of Putin’s war. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-suspends-livestreaming-new-uploads-russia-2022-03-06/
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Foreign Affairs / Re: Russia: More Than 4,300 Detained For Anti-War Protests by chameleon98: 11:08pm On Mar 06, 2022 |
Funny How the real Russians are saying they don't want war but Putin Nigerian loyalists are still s*cking on his d**k 86 Likes 4 Shares |
Foreign Affairs / Finland To Purchase Israeli Air Defense Systems Due To Russian Threat by chameleon98: 2:56pm On Mar 06, 2022 |
Finland is looking to purchase air defense systems from Israel, the Nordic nation's defense minister Antti Kaikkonen said on Finnish television show Ykkösaamu on Saturday, according to YLE News. Finland previously sent an invitation for bids to five companies, including Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. Now, Finland has narrowed it down to the two Israeli candidates, Kaikkonen revealed. "It's a substantial investment...a big one right after fighter jets," he said. Under the anti-aircraft project, Finland plans to purchase equipment such as transporter erector launchers, radar systems, missiles and related integration equipment, the defense ministry said, adding the goal is to make a final purchase decision in early 2023. The decision to increase its air defense capabilities reportedly comes as a direct response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Last week, Russia threatened Finland of "serious military and political" repercussions after prime minister Sanna Marin said Finland is considering applying for a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) membership. Finland, which has historically been against joining NATO, has seen more and more Finnish voices calling to join the defense alliance. A poll commissioned by YLE found that a majority (53%) of Finns now believe it is in Finland's best interest to join NATO. In contrast, only two years ago just one out of five Finns were in favor of joining NATO. Despite that, president Sauli Niinisto ruled out the possibility of Finland reacting to the invasion by immediately applying for NATO membership. In Finland, "we are now seeing quick comments for applying today and joining tomorrow," he said. "These sensitive reactions are understandable but cannot really work in the real world." https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-700414
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