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But UK didnt send a single missile or drone into russia. This to russia is a sign of weakness and permission to keep pushing. https://www.gbnews.com/news/russi

by rasz 5mo ago

But UK didnt send a single missile or drone into russia. This to russia is a sign of weakness and permission to keep pushing. https://www.gbnews.com/news/russia-news-keir-starmer-kremlin-shadow-fleet https://www.gbnews.com/news/russia-news-keir-starmer-kremlin... "Almost 200 so-called Russian "shadow fleet" vessels have entered UK waters since the prime minister threatened to intercept them nearly seven weeks ago, BBC Verify analysis suggests." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8pvgw802no https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8pvgw802no Strong signal would be Alexander Mishkin, Anatoliy Chepiga and their superior fatally slipping on Ice in downtown Moscow, not putting them on sanctions list.

tim333 5mo ago
Googling what happened: >In what then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called an "extraordinary international response" on the part of the UK's allies, on 26 and 27 March 2018 there followed a concerted action by the U.S., most EU member states, Albania, Australia, Canada, Macedonia, Moldova, and Norway, and other NATO states to expel a total of over 140 Russian accredited diplomats (including those expelled by the UK) which I guess is not wacking Mishin and Chepiga but it's not nothing either.
- rasz 5mo ago
  140 sounds like a lot until you realize there is ~50 in UK alone right now, and ~3000 across EU. Austria, the central hub of FSB spy network (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/01/vladimir-putin-foreign-minister-karin-kneissl-russian-president-st-petersburg-vienna-moscow https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/01/vladimir-putin...), has over 200. Freezing ownership of https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/putin-allys-child-revealed-as-owner-of-posh-london-home/ https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/putin-allys-child-revealed-as-... and many more https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/11/03/8005603/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/11/03/8005603/ like it would hurt putin more than some tiny number or diplomats.

by rasz 5mo ago

tim333 5mo ago

Googling what happened: >In what then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called an "extraordinary international response" on the part of the UK's allies, on 26 and 27 March 2018 there followed a concerted action by the U.S., most EU member states, Albania, Australia, Canada, Macedonia, Moldova, and Norway, and other NATO states to expel a total of over 140 Russian accredited diplomats (including those expelled by the UK) which I guess is not wacking Mishin and Chepiga but it's not nothing either.

rasz 5mo ago
140 sounds like a lot until you realize there is ~50 in UK alone right now, and ~3000 across EU. Austria, the central hub of FSB spy network (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/01/vladimir-putin-foreign-minister-karin-kneissl-russian-president-st-petersburg-vienna-moscow https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/01/vladimir-putin...), has over 200. Freezing ownership of https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/putin-allys-child-revealed-as-owner-of-posh-london-home/ https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/putin-allys-child-revealed-as-... and many more https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/11/03/8005603/ https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/11/03/8005603/ like it would hurt putin more than some tiny number or diplomats.