History moves in a cycle. From war to peace to war to peace again. Thanks to unity, Europe has enjoyed peace and stability longer than any that came before. It comes to no surprise then that those who want to undermine the peace in order to gain more influence, would support isolationists within this union. We need to recognize what Putin's Russia is to Europe: A threat to peace and unity. And we must also recognize that if we fail our commitments to see Ukraine win, we are a huge step closer to letting Putin and the isolationists break the unity and by extension the peace, that we have enjoyed for so long.
I guess you're right. His pronounciation isn't very clear. The tl;dw is, and I don't claim it to be all encompassing, watch the video if you really want to know what was said, that Poland and Hungary not only weren't 'annexed' into NATO, not only asked nicely to join, but actively bribed and forced their way into NATO. Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin made a horse-trade, where Poland and Hungary joining NATO was scheduled to happen after elections in Russia, but before US elections, so that both can win their reelection. The ascension of Poland and Hungary was clearly communicated and signed off between both head of states. The issue lies with the rest of both countries. Other politicians, on both sides, stirred more hostility. When Bush and Putin took over, the relationship between both coutries deteriorated even further. Bush's unilateral push to get Georgia and Ukraine into NATO is, according to the video, the reason why Putin invaded Georgia.
However after Bush, Obama took over and made it NATO policy that a country must have full control over its land, excluding Georgia for being partially occupied and Ukraine for having singed a lease on the Sevastapol naval base with the Russians, on top of the majority of Ukrainians at the time being against joing NATO. Obama has mellowed his tone significantly towards Russia compared to Bush. Only with the Euromaidan happening did Russia decide that, actually, Ukrainians are nazis and NATO is encroaching our borders and we need to defend ourselves.
NATO enlargement isn't 'the US broke all agreements and is pushing for encirclement', but different presidents having different goals. Clinton wanted to be reelected and Poland threatened to mobilize voters with polish roots for the Republicans. Bush was a warmonger that wanted to steamroll everyone, including Russia. Obama was looking to ease tensions and make alliances. The issue with Ukraine is separate from those presidents however. It was triggered by Putin getting spooked by popular uprisings.
Then the constitution that would prohibit trans rights would need to be changed first. If politicians want to remove the constitutional right to privacy in order to allow spying on your own constituents, then go ahead and own the fact that you want to undermine the right to privacy. Don't hide behind "oh, this will totally not affect law-abiding citizens".
I have said it before and I'll say it again: Politicians that push for legislation that has previously been ruled as unconstitutional should be charged for willfully trying to literally break the law.
The shipping companies avoiding taxes in western countries does not deserve protection from the same countries.
In theory yes, but in reality, many nations are hugely dependent on the wares shipped via sea. Having no secure supply chains is a huge detriment to your own production base and will quickly depress your economic forecast.
Their rev (revenue) on digital sales, add-on-content, digital-downloads are at all time highs… And yet their margins are at decade-lows. This is just not acceptable
It is unacceptable to not squeeze every last bit of money from everyone!
90%, but your point still stands.
Anyone remember the saying "Weak men create hard times"? Those are the weak men. Little bitch-boys that need a strongman to tell them what to think.
But haven't you heard? The common man is but an animal that needs to be hearded. All this surveillance is purely to the benefit of the ignorant masses. \s
Because Germany, as well as any other european state at that time, was a genocidal maniac who shouldn't be trusted with guns. However the Germany of today is far removed from those times and rivalries. And we're not even talking about Germany, but the EU as a whole. We are talking about Europe, was a community of states, providing the protection themselves that they enjoyed by the US in the past.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but the international market is still very much an afterthought for Japanese studios. As long as Japanese viewers still watch those shows and buy the merch, you boycotting them will do absolutely nothing.
The even more amazing part is that the Kremlin debunked him. They said they constantly get interview requests from journalists. They just never accept them.
Are doctors ever considered collaborateurs? If they rat out soldiers, sure, but I haven't heard Ukraine trying doctors for doing their job. If anything, they are lauded for continuing their job, like the operators at Chernobyl were, when they worked under Russian occupation.
As per the other articles, you know collaborators are picked just because.
Then they will have an excelent defense in court. There they can argue for their innocence. Russias treatment of suspected traitors has been quite different. You can try to make your case, but you can't really argue with gravity while falling out of a window, now can you?
And you think from the hundreds of thousand of collaborators they will punish them mildly and selectivity?
Yes. Because Ukraine is striving to be a democracy and already is moreso than Russia ever was, because the eyes of the Western world in combination with the pressure that comes with being dependent on Western aid will keep Ukraine in line and because Ukrainians understand that their fellow countrymen were subjected to intense pressures by the Russian occupation.
Yea but also per Ukrainian law you are not allowed to hold two citizensships. Hence you either dont have one or are a Russian for the Ukrainian goverment.
And you think Ukraine wouldn't allow its citizens to simply throw their forced Russian passport in the trash?
JL: You’ve described Ukraine as a crime scene. The crimes are widespread and extensive. You don't have infinite resources. So how do you focus the ICC efforts in Ukraine?
KK: You make decisions, which must be informed by many factors: the gravity, the availability of evidence and the need to work at the speed of relevance. This is exactly what we've done in relation to Ukraine, in relation to the public warrants, because of the admissions effectively made by individuals in the Russian Federation, particularly President Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova. We investigated crimes against children and we move forward. And that's the basic approach anywhere else: we look at the most serious crimes. When there's more than one serious crime, we also look at the types of evidence available and start moving. And then we can go deeper, if and when necessary and if and when justified by the evidence.
Mass rapes where fake due to the Ukraine’s generals attorney not being able to find any evidence of them.
The allegation that Russia uses rape systematically couldn't be substantiated. That is something entirely different than claiming that rapes aren't happening.
Danilov suggested prosecuting Ukrainians who worked for the Moscow-appointed administration in Crimea, adding that some would face criminal charges and others would lose government pensions and be banned from public jobs.
All Russian citizens who moved to Crimea after 2014 should be expelled, and all real estate deals made under Russian rule nullified, Danilov wrote on Facebook.
His three-point plan:
Remove all collaborateurs from office
Prosecute some of them
Kick out Russians that came in after the annexation
Also, this was published on Facebook. Everyone knows how central Facebook is in relaying official Ukrainian positions. /s
Where does it say that all Ukrainians with Russian passports are going to get kicked out of Ukraine? That's right, nowhere. Your assumption is pure conjecture and wishfulness.
The harddrive staying silent even though you were mashing keys like crazy was a sure way to tell that your PC had given up on life.