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I found the US-Russia cooperation here intriguing given the contentious discussions over the impending invasion of Ukraine. Would anyone with more knowledge of
by mizzao 5y ago
I found the US-Russia cooperation here intriguing given the contentious discussions over the impending invasion of Ukraine. Would anyone with more knowledge of geopolitics care to shed some light on that?
- _doxp 5y agoThis is Russia showing that being on good terms with it is useful for the US. It has the power to stop the ransomware problem if it wants to. The implication being that if the US does too much about Ukraine (meaningful weaponry/sanctions) there won't be cooperation - but that if they do the bare minimum, well, their law enforcement might start mysteriously catching more people.
- iszomer 5y agoI wonder if what we perceive as global theater is actually just leveraging concessions in the background, a weird parallel to "informants" being whisked away as if they've exceeded their operational life cycle or purpose; a pazzi.
- anonporridge 5y agoNation states are big and relations between them are absurdly complex. You don't put all collaboration on hold every time a territorial scuffle is happening, especially when nothing explicit has actually happened yet. Just "tension".
- peppa32 5y agoI bet there is some non-public realpolitik happening. Maybe Putin is giving Biden news headlines in order to distract people and help him improving his falling rating in exchange to some future favors. Maybe not.
- coolspot 5y agoBesides geopolitics, simple answer could be that FSB protector who covered this guy finally realized that crypto goes down for long time, so it is better to take all collected funds now.
- gk1256 5y agoI'm speculating here but It's possible Putin changed his mind and now wants his share of their money which often counts to millions of dollars.