I think he was just going in the opposite direction of the blast, without concern for getting wet. But surely being in water would be good if flaming debris headed your way.
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Yeah makes sense. I asked because I assume the general population are getting advice on how to act in certain situations and maybe there was something more to it.
Among other things, I read that Turkey are demanding the extradition of several people from both Finland and Sweden.
Russians will claim shopping center was used by Ukrainian soldiers.
UK failure to tackle ‘dirty money’ led to it ‘laundering Russia’s war funds’
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-money-led-to-it-laundering-russias-war-funds
https://www.theguardian.com/busines...-money-led-to-it-laundering-russias-war-funds
Are we meant to be shocked? UK is up there as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
One of the most corrupt in the world? Surely not.
edit: one of the least actually: https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021
I love these lists Switzerland are 7th. I repeat, Switzerland are 7th. Money laundering and known corruption paradises somehow manage to find themselves at the top of these lists.
Translating ‘Goodwill’ from russian into a visual format:
They have specific metrics. Like the police don't randomly stop you for no reason at all and demand a bribe and accuse you of a crime you didn't commit and take you in if you don't offer the bribe.
Which is the issue. The City, Luxembourg or Switzerland are corruptions heaven and yet these rankings gloss over it.
To some extent I agree, but the difference between say Switzerland and Thailand or pick almost any third world country are miles apart.
https://www.transparency.org/en/news/how-cpi-scores-are-calculated
Yep, it's only "3rd world, man-on-the-street corruption" they measure. End of the day Britain is at the centre of a global tax evasion and money laundering web, it's probably the most corrupt nation on earth, but it's "the right kind of corruption".
Thanks for posting btw, wasn't at all clear from BBC whether the Russians had really left of their own accord.
Exacty. I don’t need a list to tell me how corrupt the UK is.
a lot of european countries are. but take britain's overseas territories into account and it's probably the world's worst for tax evasion.
Crazy the way that even during an airstrike people still instinctively stick to paths.
The difference for more refined, world class corruption you go to top cities like London.
London not only houses the worst of the oligarchs but some of the dirtiest most evil criminals around the world from China, Pakistan and other asian countries. London knows about this but it's billions in revenue that I don't think they want to crack down upon.
At least other countries aren't housing foreign murderers by their own will.
When it comes to facilitating corrupt money, UK is #1
https://taxjustice.net/press/uk-net...inancial-secrecy-supplier-despite-reining-in/
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It's hard to deviate from our programming. I've tried at times to remind myself that if faced with any extreme situation like an active shooter or a fire, that it becomes perfectly fine to break things like windows, knock large things over, or anything else that gets you out. But I'm sure I'd end up just following paths and looking for doors.
Yeah, same.
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1108855805/russia-withdraws-snake-island-ukraine
Apologies if it has already been posted.
Will this help in distributing wheat blocked in Odessa?
Apologies if it has already been posted.
Will this help in distributing wheat blocked in Odessa?
Berine Ecclestone would take a bullet for Putin 
Sorry if already posted. Was wondering if anyone had an opinion on this?
My understanding is that Mearsheimer is one of the most knowledgeable figures on this topic. Would that be accurate?
Berine Ecclestone would take a bullet for Putin
"Make mistakes"? Bitch, Putin doomed thousands of people to Death you out of touch first Class cnut. Hope he chokes on his own balls.
He literally blames Zelensky too.
Was discussed at length in the Geopolitics thread a couple of months ago. Do a search on Mearshimer and they should come up there.
Thanks.
I don't think Russia nor the USSR have any history of a successful amphibious operation as their military successes are generally on land. No shame in saying that they suck at sea; even the mighty Spartans were known to suck at sea in ancient times.
He's in the vast minority in blaming NATO, as he admits.
Is what propaganda does
Given its within artillery range of the mainland this seems a bit of a disingenuous way of framing it. But good on Ukraine for doing the business there anyway.
Germany asking Lithuania to compromise on our sovereignty. This weak muppet is getting seriously on my nerves.
Seems to me he's stuck in the mentality of the Cold War, he says that he still see things in that same way, which is totally typical of older people, being unable to adapt to revolutionary changes. Later in his life Einstein refused to accept certain results in physics, as smart as he was.
Yes, the USSR had a "sphere of influence", but now they're the 11th biggest economy in Europe. Their only hope seems to be threat of nukes, and if counties refuse to negotiate with the terrorist Putin, he'll have to take the land he wants by force.
If he does launch tactical nukes, the US will likely use conventional weapons on Russian forces and cause proportional destruction. I don't see how that helps Putin, unless the horror of it all causes populations to decide to surrender to Russia. Otherwise you get no advantage and escalation leads to mutually assured destruction.
Putin can end the world any time he wants; if he wanted to, you'd think he'd have done it already. Sadly if that's his goal, then that will happen (unless someone in the launch command chain stops him). In the meantime, he seems to be keen to keep the US from intervening, and I think they'll keep from using nukes, as it would likely not play out well.
That is an understatement.
And the folks from the Kremlin really want to deliver goods to Kaliningrad, the maritime option has not been shut (yet) as far as anyone is concerned.
He hasn't even officially initiated a full scale invasion of the Donbas in Ukraine. He is being very cautious not to touch NATO countries so "ending the world" seems quite the stretch
Fair enough. I stand corrected.