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Czech's done the same thing to Russian embassy. Renamed the square that embassy is on to Boris Nemtsov square. Petty? yeah. Good? yeah.

vincnetas 5y ago
Lithuania has done the same in Vilnius. Square in front of RU embassy got renamed to Boris Nemtsov square after his murder in Moscow. Not sure if it had any direct effect, though happy that a memory of such aggressions gets persisted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov
- V-2 5y ago
  Warsaw named one of its roundabouts after the Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev - similarly in Lviv (Ukraine).
  - f6v 5y ago
    Nothing says “Let’s try to resolve the issues between our states” like naming a street after someone who’s considered a terrorist by your neighbor. Has no practical value, no historical significance for your city. Just to piss someone off. This is a kindergarten-level politics.
    - vincnetas 5y ago
      All Lithuanian liberty activists killed by soviets during occupation were labeled as "terrorists" by USSR. Should LT treat them as terrorists because USSR labeled them so? By the way there is at least one statue of Lithuanian liberty fighting "terrorist" in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfas_Ramanauskas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfas_Ramanauskas
    - martin_a 5y ago
      How are you going to deal with authoritarian states which give a fuck about nothing?
      - f6v 5y ago
        I’d mind my own goddamn business.
        martin_a 5y ago
        That's an option that states do not always have. You'll have to make a point in one way or another.
    - proxysna 5y ago
      You should check out russian diplomats like Mariya Zaharova or Sergey Lavrov, if you want to get some "kindergarten-level" diplomacy. They do really not care about public image. This act is polite compared to what they say and pull off.

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Czech's done the same thing to Russian embassy. Renamed the square that embassy is on to Boris Nemtsov square. Petty? yeah. Good? yeah.

by proxysna 5y ago

vincnetas 5y ago
Lithuania has done the same in Vilnius. Square in front of RU embassy got renamed to Boris Nemtsov square after his murder in Moscow. Not sure if it had any direct effect, though happy that a memory of such aggressions gets persisted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nemtsov
- V-2 5y ago
  Warsaw named one of its roundabouts after the Chechen leader Dzhokhar Dudayev - similarly in Lviv (Ukraine).
  - f6v 5y ago
    Nothing says “Let’s try to resolve the issues between our states” like naming a street after someone who’s considered a terrorist by your neighbor. Has no practical value, no historical significance for your city. Just to piss someone off. This is a kindergarten-level politics.
    - vincnetas 5y ago
      All Lithuanian liberty activists killed by soviets during occupation were labeled as "terrorists" by USSR. Should LT treat them as terrorists because USSR labeled them so? By the way there is at least one statue of Lithuanian liberty fighting "terrorist" in Chicago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfas_Ramanauskas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfas_Ramanauskas
    - martin_a 5y ago
      How are you going to deal with authoritarian states which give a fuck about nothing?
      - f6v 5y ago
        I’d mind my own goddamn business.
        martin_a 5y ago
        That's an option that states do not always have. You'll have to make a point in one way or another.
    - proxysna 5y ago
      You should check out russian diplomats like Mariya Zaharova or Sergey Lavrov, if you want to get some "kindergarten-level" diplomacy. They do really not care about public image. This act is polite compared to what they say and pull off.