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by mopsi 2y ago
Actually, there is no record of that. None whatsoever. All top Soviets have refuted this. When the German ZDF channel asked Gorbachev about it in 2014 when Russia used this as a pretext for invading Crimea, he directly called it a myth on c
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I was born and educated in the USSR. I was in middle school at the height of one of the many Russification campaigns, which went as far as forbidding us, the students, from speaking our native language among ourselves even during recess. We
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> Ukraine only exists as a post Soviet country because we agreed with Russia that they (Ukraine) would never have nukes nor be a part of NATO. There was never such a deal. Quite the opposite: Russia and the US reiterated in sever
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Yes, it was a surrender, but the conditions were infinitely better than anything achievable right now. That's where most people, especially Ukrainians, disagree with you. Russia's goal is the complete destruction of Ukrain
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Another nail in the coffin of nuclear non-proliferation. Russia, the UK, and the US promised to refrain from such economic extortion in the Budapest Memorandum in exchange for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons: 3. The Russian Federa
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Ukraine could have had so much. They were offered back all of theit eastern territories and even negotiations regarding the future of Crimea (although those would have been likely derailed) in exchange for keeping neutrality, downsizin
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What about Rafale and Gripen, have you ever heard about those?
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> I, on the other hand (as an EU citizen), would like to not be drafted to fight in a conflict by two random governments of countries I don't live in and share nothing ideologically with. ... because that worked out so well for Euro
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I don't mean to sound harsh, your analysis has nothing to do with what actual experts discuss regarding Finnish-Russian relations. It was precisely in Helsinki, Finland, where representatives of all countries of Europe met in 1975 and
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The unprovoked nature of Russian invasion of Ukraine utterly discredited this long-standing approach to national security and Finland abandoned it. Share of Finnish adults saying that they agree with their country seeking NATO membership:
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> Who benefits from the defense of Ukraine? Everyone who values peace and cooperation over war and conquest. US military spending is currently at a historic low, at 2.7% of the gross domestic product (GDP). During the Cold War, military
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Which libraries have solved this problem? I recently tried several of the most recommended standalone JS libraries for implementing a <select> with icons and a custom layout, but each single one of them was seriously lacking in some w
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Which ones and where? Type and location, please. The truth is that NATO has not put any rockets in Eastern Europe, and has dismantled many of those that were in Western Europe.
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Indeed it is not controversial. Even the USSR's last foreign minister Shevardnadze (1985-1991) and Russian Federation's first foreign minister Kozyrev (1990-1996) have said that they find nothing wrong with the way Eastern Europe
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Which rockets and where?
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> You are assuming that Ukraine has their forces uniformly distributed across it's territory which would make it the dumbest army in the universe, in reality most of it's armed forces are near the front, if they are gone,
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Most of HN is probably too young to remember him, but Trump seems closer to Putin's predecessor Boris Yeltsin from 30 years ago. They have flamboyant and unpredictable public personas in common. Yeltsin also loved public performances,
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Amazing? Far from it. The Chicken Kiev speech was widely seen as a major failure and embarrassment. Not only by his political opponents in the US, but also by the people of Eastern Europe, who were struggling to break free from Russian-cont
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> Instead it turns out that this was indeed something that the US was aiming for and they started ramping up the slaughter because they want to destabilise the Russians. The US has been the main stabilizing force for Russia in this war,
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To add to your point, about a third of all forces in Afghanistan were non-American, and about a third of combat losses were as well. Thousands of Americans have their fathers and sons and brothers around only because someone from an allied
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The growing headache Lynch mentions is such a great metaphor for the sinking feeling he must have felt as Lucas showed him things that had already been decided for him before he even agreed to direct. Lynch is known not only for paying clos
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> NATO expansionism is one of the causes of the latest conflict in Ukraine. There's no such thing as NATO expansionism. Eastern Europe became dead set on joining NATO after seeing the destruction of Russian democracy by the remnants
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I'd say he's trying to pick a fight by saying such inflammatory things. The Kiel Institute divides aid into three categories: military, financial, humanitarian. By the end of 2024, Europe and the US had delivered roughly the same
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I'm far from the only on holding this opinion. 175 out of 193 countries have transitioned to VAT because of the obvious benefits. Trump shaking more money out of US consumers with new taxes on imported products does nothing to fix the
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> Caterpillar’s bulldozer is 22.5% more expensive in Germany than in the US. Liebherr's bulldozer is also more expensive in Germany, because Germany taxes both sales at a higher rate than the US. Nobody gets an advantage from this.
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Raw materials like steel used in bulldozers, as well as machinery and supplies, are often exempt from sales tax, especially when the finished products are exported. Nevertheless, in some scenarios, sales tax can indeed cascade and be charge
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Please break down how a 200k Caterpillar becomes 55k more expensive for a German buyer compared to a 200k Liebherr manufactured in Germany. The US government does not charge consumption taxes on a Caterpillar exported to Germany, so both ar
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> The US does not provide tax relief for its exporters and does not impose VAT on imports. It does. Exports from the US are exempt from sales tax, the same way others exempt their exports from VAT. Neither side pays domestic consumption
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> When producing a bulldozer in Germany, Liebherr pays 19% VAT on all components and services (steel, electronics, labor, etc.). When Liebherr exports the bulldozer to the U.S., Germany fully refunds the 19% VAT. This lowers Liebherr’s e
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> You should check the Russian losses in WWII, compared to that, this is just a walk in the park. Indeed, let's check them: Battle of the Dnieper (Aug-Dec 1943): 1 200 000 killed and wounded Dnieper-Carpathian offensive (Dec-A

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