Everyone seems to have forgotten that China holds immense soft power in Africa. Chuna has definitely had a hand in some of those votes
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I would rather say the thing is that the command structure is still existing and working. While he might not know much about war, the fact that he still has the means to reach his troops is key.
No, they’re very much on the same side there.
SA, India, China, Brazil, Russia = BRICS
No surprise at all
Edit: Oh. Never mind. RICS from now on
No surprise at all
Edit: Oh. Never mind. RICS from now on
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Very close with China.
Brazil voted in favor. It is not an alliance in the traditional sense. Remember that is has its origins because Jim O'Neill, the same one that tried to lead the Red Knights group to take over Man Utd, created the denomination when he was an economist at Goldman Sachs. Ever since then there have been summits, agreements and cooperation between the countries, but a true alliance it is not.
Weird then that didn’t abstain. The vote visualises how little soft power Russia has.
Brazil voted yes.
A lot of this is intentional propaganda with the purpose of encouraging more Russian soldiers to surrender. I'm not saying the Ukranians are treating them badly, far from it. But it's poor form and actually a breach of the Geneva Convention to be posting videos of POWs on SM.
Wow, Brazil voted in favour?! That's surprising! I thought their prez is a Putin fan?
I didn't even check Brazil, I was so sure they'd abstain.
Its no more intentional than showing videos of Russians getting rejected by doors. Its all part in parcel of a war that is transpiring on social media.
Yes, but the foreign ministry is seemingly ignoring him. They even voted in favor in the arguably more important Security Council vote last week when Russia vetoed.
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Completely different, the Geneva Convention makes specific references to the treatment of POWs. Filming soldiers being soldiers is fine.
expected India to be the one voting yes from that pact. Brazil is surprising indeed.
People are dying, so nobody cares about a clip of a Russian kid drinking tea whilst facetiming his mom.
Mate, you need to spoiler stuff with dead bodies.
Pretty poor form from staff, but alright.
They're just prisoners of military operation though aren't they?
Yay 420
The exact opposite happened in SA, only the prez had more clout. First SA condemned Putin, only for the prez to freak out. SA's been trying to put the fire out ever since at the RUS embassy. What a joke.
Who had this on their "Russian Lies" bingo car?
Egypt and Russia are on the same side in Libya. And they have an important trade partnership. Egypt relies massively on Russia's wheat.
Nothing surprising in Iran vote. They can't vote for the resolution, they'd be supporting the US. And they can't vote against it, it would be support for Russia's actions in Ukraine. It makes no sense for the Iranian regime to be constantly denouncing KSA and Israel's war crimes and occupation in Yemen & Palestine only to turn around and support the exact same thing when Russia is the perpetrator. These regimes have to make some sense to keep their propaganda alive.
I've seen this mentioned a few times, but is it actually a breach of the Geneva Convention? I read through it and couldn't find anything clearly stating that.
The only one I can see that could potentially matter is Article 13:
Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.
My country is an embarrassment. SA. 
Spoiler this/at least warn graphic
Bolsonaro aside, Brazil has fairly consistent foreign policy positions that go back decades. It is not neutrality in the Swiss sense, but very pro multilateral organizations and international law.
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