Being a russian is definitely an ethnicity, being a russian citizen is a whole other thing.
If I would get my Finnish citizenship (working on it! damn Persut) I would be ethnically Dutch with a Finnish citizenship. (Let's not delf too deeply into my *actual* ethnicity because that's just a hopeless disaster.)
Dutch or Finnish ethnicity is a lot narrower description than Russian ethnicity (yeah there are different ethnic groups within Dutch and Finnish "ethnicities"). Russia on the other hand, is made up of close to 200 ethnic groups, and the ethnic "Russians" (Slavic European Russians) alone consist of several culturally distinct groups.
Btw I wish you luck with your citizenship project!
Thanks.
Onneksi osan jo suomea, koska olen asunut Suomessa yli 12 vuotta. (En ole tyhmä ulkomaalainen joka asuu paikalla ilman oppia kieli)
But I still make mistakes and some things are just downright terrifying. It's the thought that counts and the effort. (I'm sure trying to do it in Swedish would be easier but alas, I am a stubborn fool.)
Joe Biden claims the probability Putin will use nuclear weapons is real and is frustrated that no one seems to take him seriously.
"When I was out here about two years ago saying I worried about the Colorado river drying up, everybody looked at me like I was crazy, Biden told a group of donors in California on Monday. They looked at me like that when I said I worry about Putin using tactical nuclear weapons. It's real, Biden said."
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President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus.
On Saturday, Biden called Putin's announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus "absolutely irresponsible".
The deployment is Russia's first move of such warheads - shorter-range, less powerful nuclear weapons that could be used on the battlefield - outside Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.
The United States has said it has no intention of altering its stance on strategic nuclear weapons in response to the deployment but has not seen any signs yet that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon.
The Russian deployment is being watched closely by the United States and its allies as well as by China.
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If Putin uses nukes then he not only acknowledges he lost Ukraine, but that he's willing to lose Russia as well.
Well David Sacks isn't very confident that Ukraine is getting any work done, and Elon Musk agrees.
Modern gaming apologist: I once tasted diarrhea so shit is fine.
"People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an excercise of power, are barbarians" - George Lucas 1988
Counterpoint
But military analysts say there’s a reason that this latest counteroffensive is proceeding cautiously and that Kyiv has a strategy — that of probing for weaknesses along Russia’s long and deep defensive lines, and that larger-scale attacks are expected to follow.“We will see the main punches of Ukrainian forces in the nearest future. The main goal right now is to cut and destroy the land bridge to Crimea [referring to a swathe of land in southern and eastern Ukraine connecting mainland Russia to Russian-occupied Crimea] and to then move forward. Ukraine has also some prospects to move forward in the Donbas region and to liberate Bakhmut even.”
“So we will see bigger attacks of Ukrainian forces in the near future, and also what’s very important is that Russians have used all their reserves that they have already, but Ukraine hasn’t,” he added.Also, make a deal with Russia not to join Nato in exchange for peace? Really? I would say open up a history book, but Russia breaking deals happens often and recently. Joining Nato is the only way Ukraine is safe in the future.RUSI’s Reynolds agreed, noting that “I think expectations were set very, very high ... and I think they were too high.”
“The risk is that the talk of the counteroffensive sets such unrealistic expectations that the Ukrainians are pressurised into taking operational risks, so I think perhaps a slow offensive is the smart thing to do.”
I'm sure Putin will stop after genociding and subjugating the Ukrainian people. And not cause even more trouble, which will have an even worse effect on the global economy. After all Hitler became a peace loving man after annexing the Sudetenland and Austria.
We already know the Baltics were planned to be invaded next. It's an open secret.
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Those people are short-sighted and misinformed. Not only is the war in Ukraine barely costing us anything compared to our actual military spending, but letting Russia win would just prolong the global economic turmoil caused by the war. Surviving in the now is crucial, but surviving in the long term is also pretty damn important. Sacrificing the future to enjoy a slightly better present would be an incredibly bad move.
Hmm, what's this? Not the shrew spouting GOP talking points in yet another thread...
For the extreme majority, the Ukraine war is not the difference of barely getting by and being fine. The US spending which is massively more than any other country is still only 1% of military spending. And there is nothing to say that if we stop supporting Ukraine and Russia takes over it will solve economic issues. I actually laugh directly at people who think things will get better if we stop supporting Ukraine.