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Imagine leaving Russia many years ago and having your private assets seized. Probably it’s not the case here, but interesting to see the list :)
One example of a seized, privately owned, asset is a large Russian cargo plane at Toronto Pearson airport: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/01/12/antonov-airplane-toronto-pearson-international-airport/
I've seen it myself fairly recently flying through Toronto. The ridiculous thing is it has ended up with about a million dollars in storage fees owed to Toronto Pearson Airport because it's just been sitting there since 2022. It should have been sold off years ago to both pay the airport fairly and stop using up ramp space, and to use the remaining proceeds to compensate Ukraine (it's probably still worth ~$50 million).
Obviously, this would be a different matter if we were talking about a private individual who left Russia. But we're talking about an active Russian cargo company who is actively contributing to the invasion by continuing to operate and pay taxes in Russia.
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You know that the conflict between Russia and UK/NATO is a bit more complex, don't You?
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The hardest part about being a contrarian is knowing when not to be.
This isn't some subtle, complex, situation. Russia is invading Ukraine for their own stupid reasons, mainly to simply steal Ukrainian land and resources. Same thing Russia has done for centuries. That's the reason why Russia is as large as it is in the first place.
Obviously, peaceful countries have a vested interest in not allowing blatant, genocidal, theft to be a successful strategy. Because the sort of countries who do that are likely to repeat it all over again. This time with more wealth to fund their next invasion.
Hell, most of the reason NATO even exists is because countries in NATO knew damn well that Russia might invade them next; being in NATO is (so far) very effective at ensuring you don't get invaded by Russia. And sure enough, the Russian invasion of Ukraine meant that Finland and Sweden finally joined - both of which have borders with Russia.
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Oh, how I would enjoy a conversation on NATO's peaceful character between You and my friend from Serbia...
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😂😂😂
I've been to Serbia... and it's neighbors. The neighbors have plenty to say about the not so peaceful character of Serbia. It anything, NATO was overly restrained in their efforts to stop Serbian violence.
Serbia still is a fucking nuts country. When I visited most recently it was full of Russian supporting Z symbols. Absurd.
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Lol. Nice story telling. I know some Ukrainians.... all Nazis