Ooh, look! The FSB is on Lemmy.
Ooh, look! The FSB is on Lemmy.
Is it was so great, why did most of the conquered nations run west as fast as they could as soon as they could? Must have been because the USSR was so ‘progressive’.
Russian asset
I actually like it. Thanks.
By the sounds of it, they had a lot of miles under their belt.
You have to wonder how they ended up dead? What happened to the EPIRB? Did they not have a PLB? GPS and Portable Radio?
I don’t know for sure, but I suspect there aren’t many pirates in the middle of the Atlantic.
I gather that many larger ships often either have malfunctioning AIS or don’t have it turned on.
AIS is a system that pings identity and location to other ships, and can set off alarms to warn of impending collisions at sea.
Petty much the view that Russia’s neighbours see when looking across the border. And the Russians wonder why nobody wants be friends…
Are you sure you are on the right server? I think Lemmy.ml is probably more your bubble.
The Eastern Bloc suffered an enormous drop in living quality following the dissolution of the USSR. Far from reaping a bounty via free market liberty, the people in these countries found themselves the subject of a historic privatization and looting of national treasuries and resources.
This is a black and white perspective. You have to keep in mind that citizens of these countries were significantly worse off as (involuntarily) being part of the USSR than the countries that were not in the Eastern Bloc, and most of them are now significantly better off as part of the EU. Most citizens remember the repression, shortages, and russification all too well.
Sorry, I don’t.
I saw some documentary that suggested that they used to chip straight through fossilized feathers and skin to get to the bones because they didn’t realise what they were.
Thanks tankie operative.
Tankies are out in force today…
Factual: “Pilots Endanger Other Aircraft with Unprofessional Flares Display”
You need to see a doctor to get your humanity checked. It seems not to be working.
I believe this is a thing in Quebec.
from https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/canadian-culture/canadian-culture-naming
In Quebec, the Civil Code requires parents to assign their child only one surname (either a single or compound surname) derived from their respective surnames. Compound surnames may not have more than two parts, with or without hyphens. Thus, a couple named Joseph BOUCHARD-TREMBLAY and Marie DION-ROY could give their children the surnames:
In Quebec, the law provides that spouses retain their respective birth names when they are married.
Russia has repeatedly shown itself to have imperialist ambitions. Just ask Georgia and Ukraine.
Not to mention that the vote was boycotted by Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova.
They were sooooo keen to return to the Russian embrace (/s).