I’m not technically savvy enough to understand the whole process but I believe the idea is to stop it at physical points of entry. But it’s near impossible as there are so many — unlike, say, in Belarus’, where most of the traffic in and out of the country comes through the same bottleneck. I may be talking nonsense.
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Russia aren't isolated though. You need to make a difference between the appearance that many leaders have chosen and what they actually do, the US still have an embassy in Moscow and the argument from Blinken was actually that there is a need to maintain diplomatic contacts.
From a diplomatic standpoint you will need two levels of communication, one between leaders(or at least some of them) and an other between foreign offices with envoys having direct contact with Lavrov's office.
Yeah, it doesn't look like he believes it at all, he's just repeating what is being said so the world can see what shit Putin is spouting.
Le Drian, the foreign minister, said that Putin and Lavrov say everything and its opposite. They definitely don't believe them at all.
I'm not an expert either. Stopping physical points of entry can be done but I don't think it's feasible for a country with an area of 17 million square kilometres. And then there's satellite access, too.
I mean, Europe still didn't stop buying Russian oil and gas so undertaking the massive operation of trying to cut Russia off the internet entirely seems pretty fecking unlikely.
NEXTA makes it look like they’re collecting everyone’s data but this is for government-owned websites only.
That's the same telegram as before which Russian speakers have said talks about protecting government owned websites, not disconnecting global internet.
They won't get everyone in Russia off the net, but they could piss off a good chunk of the population. Enough to start a revolution, which you'd assume is the goal here.
Netflix and Tik-Tok have stopped working in Russia, that alone will mobilize thousands.
Netflix and Tik-Tok have stopped working in Russia, that alone will mobilize thousands.
Makes sense from Putin's narrative. His actions are saving the Ukrainians and taking them to a safer place, away from the genocide.
I guess in this case it's out of the fire, into the frying pan.
I am not doubting your source, but I think one reason to explain could be, your friends there `would try to sound more "open-minded" when speaking from their own opinion to a friend from the West - as they all know how strong the West are against the war and Russian.
But if you could read Chinese, you would see from Weibo, majority of comments from average Chinese aligns with what I've said from above. But there are some voice against this and aligns more to the West of course, but they are far from majority.
Couldn’t listen to it in full, it’s impossible. Animals.
Russia recognising Taiwan
That will turn China against them for sure.
The official one calls it out as a territory of China. That guy is just paraphrasing.
Micronesia on the list too, I'm sure their sanctions must really sting
Even San Marino is out for bloodThe official one calls it out as a territory of China. That guy is just paraphrasing.
Micronesia on the list too, I'm sure their sanctions must really sting
All things considered, they have a pretty decent military. But it's for defensive purpose.
Pooh not happy.
Probably the best type of military capabilities to have these days, a really strong defensive one.
Well if it can shoot or sink things...probably what is meant by "defensive" is that they lack power projection capability with logistics support etc. But also all their interest are in their region so that's not necessary.
Nope. It’s on the government document — Тайвань (= Taiwan), without any additional clarification.
And if I'm correct, they're still under the US umbrella anyway.
The Ruble sure is bleeding again.
Which is a shame. At some point last year, I think, we’ve signed an agreement with them that Russians don’t need a visa to visit San Marino. The issue is, the only way to get to San Marino from Russia without stepping foot on Italian soil (with whom we haven’t got such agreement) was to jump from a plane that’s flying over it as they don’t have their own airport.Even San Marino is out for blood
Not an unlikely scenario.
Early in February he was saying there was no indication Putin was going to invade (despite what the Americans were saying)
In the hours leading up to the invasion Macron proudly announced he was agreeing diplomatic solutions with Putin (despite what the Americans were saying)
After the invasion Macron said he had assurances from Putin attacks on civilians and evacuation routes would not happen (despite what the Americans were saying)
He believes whatever Putin tells him, though i think from recent reports he's finally beginning to realise he is being played.
Oh i take that back then, the English translation maybe corrected it or the graphic i came across was fake.
That seems deliberate, would be a huge mistake otherwise.
Putin seems to be pretty good at these mind games but terrible at actually reigning a country judging by the state of their economy and military. Fake it till you make it.