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I guess this should have been expected after Putin's interview with Megyn Kelly Disconnecting Iran from SWIFT[1], continuing use of export controls [2] even af

I guess this should have been expected after Putin's interview with Megyn Kelly Disconnecting Iran from SWIFT[1], continuing use of export controls [2] even after the fall of Soviet Union etc have demonstrated that non-western powers may not have sufficient room to set foreign policy on their own. This might improve that situation a little bit for current and future Russian governments [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-iran-sanctions-swift/swift-system-to-disconnect-some-iranian-banks-this-weekend-idUSFWN1XK0YW https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-iran-sanctions-swift/swi... [2] https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/regulations/export-administration-regulations-ear https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/regulations/export-adminis...

ernst_klim 8y ago
How exactly did western powers impede Russia? By implementing very modest sanctions against the selected assholes from the mafia state? >This might improve that situation a little bit for current and future Russian governments Yeah, a totalitarian militarized state with state propaganda and own internal government-approved network, I've dreamed about that for my whole life.
- simula67 8y ago
  Are you seriously under the illusion that western powers do not try to impede Russia ? John McCain flew in to support Ukrainian revolutionaries against Pro-Russian government : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/john-mccain-ukraine-protests-support-just-cause https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/john-mccain-uk... >militarized state https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/30/does-military-equipment-lead-police-officers-to-be-more-violent-we-did-the-research/?utm_term=.2eefc78900c2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/3... > state propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%8... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller > own internal government-approved network From : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America "From 1948 until its repeal in 2013, Voice of America was forbidden to broadcast directly to American citizens under § 501 of the Smith–Mundt Act. The act was repealed as a result of the passing of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013. The intent of the legislation in 1948 was to protect the American public from propaganda actions by their own government." > I've dreamed about that for my whole life Live the dream!
  - ernst_klim 8y ago
    >Are you seriously under the illusion that western powers do not try to impede Russia ? Again, impede Russian government in what? Murdering and enslaving its people? The majority of cases in the European Court of Human Rights are from Russia, first sanctions were applied when a lawyer investigating corruption among the officials was killed in prison awaiting trial. Which positive Russian policies applied for the sake of people and not for the sake of enslaving and murdering its people were impeded by the west?

ernst_klim 8y ago

How exactly did western powers impede Russia? By implementing very modest sanctions against the selected assholes from the mafia state? >This might improve that situation a little bit for current and future Russian governments Yeah, a totalitarian militarized state with state propaganda and own internal government-approved network, I've dreamed about that for my whole life.

simula67 8y ago
Are you seriously under the illusion that western powers do not try to impede Russia ? John McCain flew in to support Ukrainian revolutionaries against Pro-Russian government : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/john-mccain-ukraine-protests-support-just-cause https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/john-mccain-uk... >militarized state https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/30/does-military-equipment-lead-police-officers-to-be-more-violent-we-did-the-research/?utm_term=.2eefc78900c2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/3... > state propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_of_the_Spanish%E2%8... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Miller > own internal government-approved network From : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America "From 1948 until its repeal in 2013, Voice of America was forbidden to broadcast directly to American citizens under § 501 of the Smith–Mundt Act. The act was repealed as a result of the passing of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013. The intent of the legislation in 1948 was to protect the American public from propaganda actions by their own government." > I've dreamed about that for my whole life Live the dream!
- ernst_klim 8y ago
  >Are you seriously under the illusion that western powers do not try to impede Russia ? Again, impede Russian government in what? Murdering and enslaving its people? The majority of cases in the European Court of Human Rights are from Russia, first sanctions were applied when a lawyer investigating corruption among the officials was killed in prison awaiting trial. Which positive Russian policies applied for the sake of people and not for the sake of enslaving and murdering its people were impeded by the west?