3/3/22
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3/3/22
3/3/22
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Ukraine war: Putin says ‘worst is to come’ as Kyiv r...
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Ukraine war: Putin says ‘worst is to come’ as Kyiv rejects Russia conditions
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Ukraine: How might the war end? Five scenarios 
Ukraine: How might the war end? Five scenarios
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Ukraine: Why so many African and Indian students were in the country 
Ukraine: Why so many African and Indian students wer...
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Rep. Van Taylor drops Texas reelection bid and admits affair after news report - 
U.S. Rep. Van Taylor drops his Texas reelection bid ...
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Jan. 6 panel says it has evidence Trump broke laws in trying to overturn the election - 
Jan. 6 panel says it has evidence Trump broke laws i...
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Russians struggle to understand Ukraine war: 'We didn't choose this' 
Russians struggle to understand Ukraine war: 'We did...
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Texas judge grants ACLU's request for temporary restraining order on child abuse investigation of trans child and her parents 
Texas judge grants ACLU's request for temporary rest...
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Russians, Belarusians out of Paralympics amid boycot...
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Russians, Belarusians out of Paralympics amid boycott risk
Caletara
Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Zelenskiy asks Putin...
Russians drawing up plans for public executions of officials.
Caletara
European Council president: No-fly zone over Ukraine...
no fly zone over Ukraine 'one step too far'. Coward
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Russian aircraft now banned from U.S. airspace - 
A ban of Russian aircraft from U.S. airspace has gon...
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Neutral Finland, Sweden warm to idea of NATO membership - 
Neutral Finns and Swedes reconsider idea of NATO mem...
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙤
i saw Georgia had also applied for NATO membership
★ 𝓁𝓊𝓃𝒶 ★
RT America ceases productions and lays off most of i...
little prince
Daaaamn.
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Moody's downgrades Russia's credit rating to junk - 
Russia's credit rating is cut to junk, and the dolla...
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White supremacist propaganda is increasingly coordinated, the ADL says - 
Distribution of white supremacist propaganda is incr...
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Russian cats are temporarily banned from some international competitions - 
The 'United Nations of cat federations' bans Russian...
Pteryx
I just hope this doesn't turn into hate crimes against Russian Blues. Banning Russians from competitions is one thing, abusing animals who can't even understand the concept of a country is another...
Ain'tpril
I feel like a lot of the "banning russia" things are the country-wide equivalent of performative politics/virtue signalling, in a lot of cases
Ain'tpril
because yeah, oh wow you banned russian blues, that'll really... show putin..
Ain'tpril
oh wow you removed russian director's anti-putin film from a film festival because he's russian, really winning the war there!
angrbodic
i do not know if this has been posted but 
Warlord who persecuted gay Chechens killed in Ukrain...
Ain'tpril
a lot of the policies seem like all they accomplish is hurting russian citizens who aren't the ones behind this, so...
Pteryx
I get the sense that a lot of the point is to try to pressure ordinary Russian citizens into protesting. (Which... works better if a country doesn't tend to "disappear" protesters.)
little prince
rainbowillness: Do you have another source for that? I’m not familiar with the Los Angeles Blade.
Ain'tpril
yeah, I don't think them protesting is going to change Putin's mind either
Ain'tpril
so instead it's just like, cool now the people who live there are trapped and unable to receive funds from any source.
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Pteryx
: From the article, they’re banning cats bred in Russia and Russian breeders, not breeds that originated in Russia.
angrbodic
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: LEMME LOOK!
angrbodic
/caps
Pteryx
little prince
: So I gathered. Just... I have concerns about what may happen to such breeds, because hate crimes can get really stupid sometimes.
Pteryx
(Heck, from the end of WWI to the mid-70s, German Shepherds weren't officially called by that name, out of anti-German sentiment/fear of the results of the same.)
angrbodic
Warlord who helped oversee Chechnya's brutal 'gay pu...
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Purdue Pharma and Sacklers reach $6 billion opioid settlement agreement with states 
Purdue Pharma and Sacklers reach $6 billion opioid s...
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Iowa bans transgender girls and women from female sports - 
Transgender girls and women now barred from female s...
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Fire breaks out at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, mayor says 
Fire breaks out at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ...
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The Russians are shelling and preventing firefighters from entering
Exacerangutan
...ah good because Russians have never caused any nuclear catastrophes in Ukraine before or anything.
Exacerangutan
btw are there any articles/links around saying what the Russian diplomatic terms were that Ukraine rejected?
Exacerangutan
because Putin's comments make it sound like the "terms" were basically unconditional surrender of the entire country, which uh
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙤
yeah, recognizing the separatist republics, pledging to not join NATO, and i think. yeah the government dissolving
Ain'tpril
LOL. Real diplomatic terms there.
angrbodic
and who can blame ukraine for that, really
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙤
meanwhile Ukraine was like "CAN YOU STOP SHELLING FOR TWO MINUTES" to which Russia thought that was unreasonable
Exacerangutan
right? I saw it framed as "Ukraine rejects Russian terms" and then... no... terms were specified which immediately made me very sus
angrbodic
for real. yes, Putin, Ukraine is absolutely gonna let you just take over their country 
angrbodic
𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙯𝙤
: oh god talk about the stupidest thing. how dare Ukraine ask Russia to stop shelling a nuclear power plant
angrbodic
because shelling it is the smartest thing to do
Pteryx
Definitely sounds like an "if we can't have you, no one can" move, there. 
curieosity。
cw: racism
African students fleeing Ukraine report racial discr...
Exacerangutan
I'm still very puzzled at Ukrainian border guards making it hard for non-European to cross the border, especially when it doesn't sound like they'd be interfering with European Ukrainians crossing
Exacerangutan
European countries making it difficult/inconvenient/uncomfortable for refugees from outside Europe to enter, that's nothing new, but I really don't get being abusing when they're trying to leave, especially if the bordering countries aren't making any fuss about it