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Author Topic: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России  (Read 262457 times)

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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1860 on: January 11, 2015, 06:00:02 am »

Anyway, Owlbread, looks like none of the resident Russians are homophobic after all.

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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1861 on: January 11, 2015, 06:09:44 am »

I understand there is talk of some kind of loan owed to Russia by Ukraine that Russia is demanding they pay early?

Might be gas bills. Gasprom changed the deal, now payment for next months' gas supply goes before actual gas is transferred. That was done because Ukraine still owes money for last year. Or are you referring to something else?
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1862 on: January 11, 2015, 06:17:24 am »

Like how Russian treatment of gays causes more interest than Russian terrorism.
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nobody cares about deaths of non-"first world"-people, news at 11

just look at the difference in media reaction to 11 people dying in France and 2000+ people dying in Nigeria
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1863 on: January 11, 2015, 06:19:33 am »

Like how Russian treatment of gays causes more interest than Russian terrorism.
*yawns*
nobody cares about deaths of non-"first world"-people, news at 11

just look at the difference in media reaction to 11 people dying in France and 2000+ people dying in Nigeria
Or 50 people dying in Yemen.
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« Reply #1864 on: January 11, 2015, 06:43:14 am »

UR, why does your signature, which apparently come from a "Ukrainian Nationalist Prayer" mention Caucasian storms? Like, what the link between Caucasian storms and Ukraine?
In late 19th\early 20th century when modern Ukrainian nationalism formed ethnic Ukrainian lands went right to outskirts of Caucasus. To be more precise many Ukrainians settled those lands after Cherkessians and others were expelled away. Naturally that lands were included in a national state Ukrainian nationalists dreamed to form.

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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1865 on: January 11, 2015, 07:30:23 am »

just look at the difference in media reaction to 11 people dying in France and 2000+ people dying in Nigeria

There's much more Boko Haram coverage here. Take that as you will, I guess.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1866 on: January 11, 2015, 08:41:54 am »

Arx, what place are you talking about?
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1867 on: January 11, 2015, 08:43:58 am »

Arx, what place are you talking about?
South Africa.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1868 on: January 11, 2015, 08:58:49 am »

Arx, what place are you talking about?
South Africa.
I don't think it surprising, then, Arx, that your country cares about other Africans much more than Europe does.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1869 on: January 11, 2015, 09:40:17 am »

Well, Paris is four or five hours away from me by car, and probably one or two by plane - Nigeria on the other hand is pretty far away. Yess, I'll care more about people being shot near me, because I could've been one of them.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1870 on: January 11, 2015, 09:41:26 am »

It was mostly an observation that geography seems to come into it as much as development levels, since SA's in some weird developed/not-developed limbo. It could be that Europe doesn't care about the third world, or that it doesn't care about something on a separate continent.

Although Nigeria is almost equidistant from France and South Africa...

Edit: Helgo, you're closer to Baga than I am, as the crow flies.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1871 on: January 11, 2015, 10:31:44 am »

Can't say for sure, but I've found that the reverse is also true, and people outside of the West care about their own affairs as much as the West cares about the West. Reminds me of that one New York Times article I read about Google trying to invest in public transport in Kenya featured a bus driver who named his bus "Hitler" (and painted it on his windshield, and sewed into the seats) because it was a funny name and kids called him that growing up (because he was a tough guy). Link here for the curious.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1872 on: January 11, 2015, 10:43:22 am »

Well, Paris is four or five hours away from me by car, and probably one or two by plane - Nigeria on the other hand is pretty far away.

In Russia, if you drive four or five hours straight out of town, you end up being 4-5 hours of driving away from civilization.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1873 on: January 11, 2015, 10:52:19 am »

By the way, Russia is commonly regarded by most Russians to be composed of two parts: Moskow and everything else. Civilisation is located mostly in Moskow.
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Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« Reply #1874 on: January 11, 2015, 10:54:27 am »

By "most Russians" you mean "~10% of Russians that live in Moscow", right?

Because I'm sure people from St. Petersburg, or from South Novgorod would not agree with you.
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