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- greenavocado 2mo agoYou must be new to state sponsored malware. Recent false flags are a thing: 2018 Olympic Destroyer, Marble Framework, Silver Fox, MuddyWater Chaos
- sofixa 2mo ago> Recent false flags are a thing: 2018 Olympic Destroyer, Marble Framework, Silver Fox, MuddyWater Chaos How are any of those false flag? They're state sponsored, by different state actors.
- pbrum 2mo agoSilver Fox is a very vaguely defined Chinese cybercrime group of malware and actors...or are you referring to something else?
- vrganj 2mo agoOne could say that Fico himself is a Russian backdoor...
- tonyhart7 2mo ago[flagged]
- reaperducer 2mo agoacting like western nation didn't spy to each other Is he? I don't see that in his comment at all. Can you point out that part to us? Perhaps your handlers never taught you that two things can be bad at the same time.
- tonyhart7 2mo ago[flagged]
- ricardobeat 2mo agoso Russia is the good guy here?
- tonyhart7 2mo agonow you putting word in my mouth, no one says that but pointing "huh huh duurrr Russia is bad" while doing the same shit Russia doing is peak level irony You don't have moral high ground
- Yiin 2mo agoit's not about Russia being good or bad, they will do anything in their interest like every other country. What's bad is Slovakia apparently not being careful enough about that.
- chimpontherun 2mo agoI find it amusing that the biggest supporters or Russia in its current war of aggression against Ukraine are/were Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia -- precisely the countries that should know better, since they were the principal recipients the "love and friendship" from Russia: - Hungary: November of 1956 - Slovakia: "spring" of 1968 - Serbia: the Stalin's betrayal at the end of WW2
- cindyllm 2mo ago[dead]
- vkou 2mo agoGeopolitical decisions aren't made by countries, they are made by individual people. Sometimes those people are a plurality that organically endorses that decision and votes some representative in. Sometimes those people are a plurality that has been brainwashed by compromised media to do it. Sometimes those people are just a small ruling elite that get voted in by people who didn't think very hard about those particular geopolitical decisions and just want, I don't know, their political and cultural enemies brutalized and $1.99 gas.
- spiderfarmer 2mo agoMy brother visited some of these countries. He said most people there are oblivious to what happened to their countries. They simply don't care. It also didn't help that everyone he met (agricultural sector) was a day-drinker. That's why they're doomed to repeat it. Again and again.
- Loughla 2mo agoIt's almost like people who are simply trying to survive don't have the time, energy, or space to worry about international, or even national affairs. Weird.
- spiderfarmer 2mo agoThey’re not simply trying to survive. They’re not that poor.
- throwaway_49409 2mo ago[dead]
- lenkite 2mo agoIt would be extremely stupid of Russia not to spy on Slovakia. If they had properly spied on Ukraine, they could have turned around 2014 and all of Nuland's "regime change" machinations. They have learned their lesson well now - do as the Americans do and spy on everyone - and most especially the "friendly" nations - by any and all means.
- znnajdla 2mo ago"learned their lesson well now" - I don't think Russia has learned any lessons at all since Ukraine. Russia's sheer incompetence keeps getting worse and worse, as Prigozhin exposed on the inside. The war went from total failure to achieve any objectives for 5 years, to now 4 hour lines in Moscow to fill up your car at the gas station - i.e. Russia went from "failing to capture Kyiv in 3 days" to now "getting hit in the center of Moscow regularly". Given the level of incompetence that Russia has demonstrated on both the political and military front, I highly doubt it could've turned anything around in Ukraine even if knew everything about 2014.
- Paradigma11 2mo agoThat does not make much sense. In 2014 Yanukovic was in power, who had been bought off by Russia. Lets not forget that Yanukovic ran on a pro EU platform and then reversed a day or so before signing the EU association agreement. Naturally the people went to the streets and eventually Yanukovic fled. Not sure what you would have wanted to spy on.
- lenkite 2mo ago> Lets not forget that Yanukovic ran on a pro EU platform and then reversed a day or so before signing the EU association agreement. During his 2010 presidential campaign, Yanukovic promoted a "multi-vector" foreign policy that sought to balance relations with both Russia and the European Union. He explicitly campaigned on maintaining economic and diplomatic ties with Russia. Also, do note that he was elected by the Russian-ethnic regions that subsequently rebelled after their duly-elected and EU-observer vetted President was overthrown in a coup. Nuland didn't want to wait for formal elections or even a formal impeachment under the Ukrainian constitution. Because she had already planned the replacement govt and even the people for specific roles. She actively glued the political transition together quickly before Russian backstage maneuvering could undermine the anti-Yanukovych movement. It was the crowning glory of her state department career. Only the US can get away with this sort of shameless regime change and Americans pat themselves on the back for being the "good guys".
- paganel 2mo ago[flagged]
- azan_ 2mo ago> God forbid for national politicians to think about their națion first! Being pro-russia is being anti-Slovakian though. You get zero upside for teaming with terrorist state and all the downsides.
- toasty228 2mo agoFico get all the free shit from Europe to build his country and a boat load of free money from his personal investments in shady businesses, so in that case he does get both upsides.
- trueno 2mo agoceding sovereignty and to many degrees cultures to another nation to kinda like be a vassal state is quite literally not thinking about your nation first lmao. even less so when the other nation funds your political ascension, like.. that's the opposite of thinking about your nation first. that's flat out doing it for the other nation man.
- kstenerud 2mo agoThat's a pretty harsh and uninformed take. Russia operates by capturing foreign governments and making their leaders beholden to Russia's interests. When it succeeds, it happens regardless of what the populace actually wants. They've been grooming Trump (along with a dozen or so other potential up-and-comers) since the 80s (Trump was considered a long shot and too unpredictable, but fortune favors the prepared - better weak support of their enemies than full belligerence). The Belarusians aren't too thrilled that Russian troops are operating in their country either, but Lukashenko needs Russian support to stay in power, so he walks a tightrope. Notice how noncommittal he is about pretty much everything...
- icantevenhold 2mo ago[flagged]
- koonsolo 2mo agoIn the case of Slovakia, it's purely Russian misinformation that was able to capture a large part of the population, mainly older people. First anti-EU, then anti-vax, and now anti-Ukraine and anti-EU.
- like_any_other 2mo ago> Russian misinformation that was able to capture a large part of the population, mainly older people. 'Capturing' the population is worthless. Anti-immigration sentiment has 'captured' the UK, to the point that in every election since 1964, the public voted against immigration [1]. Yet every time they got increased immigration instead. [1] https://www.woes.blog/p/tgr-democracy https://www.woes.blog/p/tgr-democracy
- koonsolo 2mo agoSlovakia is heavily influenced by Russian propaganda, which started way before Corona times. It's mainly the older people that are influenced by this, and a lot of young people either left the country already, or have concrete plans to leave. It's really sad, how these old people are ruining the future of their children and grandchildren, really crazy. You can say a lot about Russia, but they are very good with misinformation, it's a real threat for Europe. My wife is from Slovakia, so I have front row seats on the whole situation. The kinds of misinformation these older people are willing to believe is really nuts.
- fmajid 2mo agoOld people are ruining their grandchildren’s lives everywhere, not just in Slovakia.
- deepfriedchokes 2mo agoSounds like boomers everywhere.
- fallingbananna 2mo agoIt's rooted in the education system to this day. The majority of school teachers grew up under the Soviet side of cold war propaganda. And in history education in particular, we are told that "we" have always looked towards Russia as a role model, to fight Hungarian nationalism (since the country was just part of Hungary for most of its history).
- koonsolo 2mo agoThat is possible, but I also see people who used to be very anti-Soviet, now to be anti-EU and anti-Ukraine. It's kind of like they hated Russia in the past, but now are convinced that EU and Ukraine are worse. When in the past they would claim that the Soviet times were bad, now they would claim that it wasn't that bad in the end. That is of course because of all the horrible things that are happening in EU, like gay and trans people, and vaccinations. Terrible! Let's bring those good old Soviet days back!
- shevy-java 2mo agoThat's wrong. Even the pro-Russia politicians did not support the genocide Russia commits against Ukraine. And they are not even in the majority right now anyway; people are not going to elect bribed russian tools anymore. You could see this in Hungary. The rest will follow - everyone sees the daily genocide Putin commits here. No amount of bribe money will convince regular people from what they can see with their own eyes here.
- fierycatnet 2mo ago[flagged]
- tpm 2mo agoRussians very much do touch civilians, please don't spread lies of these mass murderers. Aside of what is happening on the frontlines and behind them, they target civilians in towns and cities in all of Ukraine with drones and rockets daily. Just from today we have some examples: A russian drone targeting a civilian train: https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mtrcbnfgbk23 https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mtr... A russia drone targetting a cyclist and bragging about it: https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mtraljvogc23 https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mtr... And a few days ago, a targetted attack on a shoppping mall in Kryvyi Rih, 16 dead and scores of missing and injured: https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mtr7alelxk23 https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mtr... Moreover a genocide is the stated objective from beforoe the war - according to the chief mass murderer, Ukrainian nation does not exist and so the state must be destroyed.
- Blah1113 2mo ago[flagged]
- xX_Hacker_Xx 2mo agoopposition to sanctions does not imply pro-Russia stance. slovakia also doesnt support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. you made that up. its crazy that such a lie is a top comment.
- Gud 2mo agoIt is literally a pro Russian action, to be against sanctioning Russia for their war against Ukraine. Tell me how it’s not advantageous for Russia to enable trade with them.
- xX_Hacker_Xx 2mo agoit may be advantageous for Russia. thats true. but it still doesnt imply that slovakia is therefore politically pro-russian. they might care about pro-slovak advantages it brings. or they might think that sanction dont work as intendet. or they might think that sanction paradoxically cause too many problems in EU. or that it is not the right approach to resolve the conflict.
- ifwinterco 2mo agoOr not be as willing (as the British state is for example) to sacrifice the entire male population of Ukraine to fight a war for them. That makes you "pro Russian" apparently
- Sabinus 2mo agoWhen populations resist wars of conquest from imperial powers, and request aid, it's not "sacrificing" them to send them aid as they requested. That is a pro Russian narrative you have just deployed though.
- ifwinterco 2mo agoIt’s genuinely a lot more complicated than that. Just look at how officials in positions of power in the the British state reacted, especially people like Ben Wallace. They’re clearly, shamelessly happy that this war is going on. They love it! The fact Ukraine is getting destroyed as a viable nation is neither here nor there, they don’t care at all. To them it’s still 1880 and they’re playing the Great Game again, never mind the fact Britain would struggle to fight its way out of a wet paper bag in 2026
- t0bia_s 2mo agoHow does sanctions affect Russian government in war progress exactly? How does it affect regular Russian people in everyday life? Same questions to opposite side.
- tomhow 2mo ago> You reap what you sow, MFs! Please don't post like this here. We're accustomed to better from you than this.