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The idea of Russia invading its neighbor isn't russophobic, its recent European history.
by seppin 8y ago
The idea of Russia invading its neighbor isn't russophobic, its recent European history.
- gdy 8y agoYou obviously haven't read past the first line of my comment.
- seppin 8y agoThe specifics of the plot aren't realistic, Russia invading a neighbor with the idea of stealing land and resources while brutally oppressing its people has great precedent.
- gdy 8y ago"The specifics of the plot aren't realistic, Russia invading a neighbor with the idea of stealing land and resources while brutally oppressing its people has great precedent." Thank you for multiple examples of russophobia you have provided in your comments. What precedent are you talking about? In the recent history the only territory that joined Russia is Crimea which historically has been Russian for over 200 years and was assigned to be a part of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during Soviet time when all republics were parts of the same country and it didn't matter much. After an illegal coup in the Ukraine 'midwifed' by the US it was a strategical imperative to take the peninsula back and nobody is brutally oppressed, in fact, according to Gallup's poll almost everyone in Crime approve reunification with Russia [0]. If anything, the Crimea was stolen by the Ukraine during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was finally returned to the country it was a part of for centuries. As for Russia-Norway relations, Russia has given Norway a part of the Barents Sea in order to settle 40 years old territorial dispute [1] which makes your claims even more absurd. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-after-russia-annexed-crimea-locals-prefer-moscow-to-kiev/#4b23135f510d https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-a... [1] http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2010/09/16/norway-and-russia-sign-treaty-to-end-boundary-dispute-in-barents-sea/ http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2010/09/16/norway-and...
- mywittyname 8y agoAs recent as 2016, middle-eastern migrants have been illegally funneling through the borders Russia has with Finland and Norway. A quick look at Google Maps should raise suspicions, because migrating from Syria to Europe via the Russo-Norwegian border is the most ridiculously convoluted path to take. I believe it to be impossible for large number of migrants to accomplish this feat without official help from the Russian government.
- hutzlibu 8y agoSource pls. And about how much immigrants are we talking about?
- gdy 8y agoThey indeed entered Norway through Russia but the reason is that Norway has (had?) much more liberal policy in regard to middle-eastern migrants compared to the EU countries that already had enough of them. I doubt there were many.
- Scarblac 8y agoIt's why Norway heavily subsidizes living in the north of the country, if it became depopulated it would be much too easy for Russia to seize it.
- gdy 8y agoSource?
- norwegiannjerd 8y agoHi there! As a Northern Norwegian who recently moved south, here's the benefits for living in the most northern area, Finnmark: Student loans: Everyone who lives and work in Finnmark and/or North-Troms can have a yearly, tax-free, writedown of student loans based on 10% of the original loan sum. Maximum of 25.000 NOK per year. Less tax: Everyone living in Finnmark and North-Troms that pays taxes gets an automatic writeoff for 15.000 (tax class 1) / 30.000 NOK (tax class 2). They also have a tax rate that's 3.5% less than the rest of the country. Exemption for electricity charge: Pay 9.5 øre less per kWh, also the whole of Northern Norway doesn't pay VAT on electricity. Source: http://www.finnmark.no/page.jsp?id=56&lang=no http://www.finnmark.no/page.jsp?id=56&lang=no