If it's the only option, then the democracy is already dead and voting for Biden is pointless. Democracy entails that the government represents the will of the people. And you're suggesting that because some old fart decided to cling to power, everyone should stop demanding that their will is represented and start kissing that old fart's ass. "That's the only person you can vote for to preserve democracy" is a self-defeating statement...
Maybe it died of malnutrition
Conservatives are much more hateful than any stereotype
Yep, near Saratov, around 700km south-east from Moscow.
I also live in Russia, and in my experience certain VPNs just get blocked by the ISP. Like, I just can't connect to certain VPNs, the connection either gets stuck in an infinine loop or fails with an error. But some other VPNs still work without any problems.
Plus, since the beginning of this month, it's prohibited to promote/advertise "means to avoid blocked internet resources", i.e. proxies/VPNs/etc, so it can be called "partially restricted"
Have you contacted ANY Russian anti-war group before making that comment? Vesna, Media Partizans, Voice of Reason movement, Freedom movement, Resistance movement, Rospartizan, BOAK, The Black Bridge, Freedom of Russia Legion, Feminists Against War, or any of the others?
I meant that these things aren't as noticeable from outside of the country. Like, foreign news outlets probably won't report on it much. Plus, eggs are more of an exception because of sudden shortage and prices rising rapidly. For most of the other goods the price grows more gradually and isn't as obvious. Like in that metaphor about slowly boiling a frog.
Another problem that is noticeable from inside the country (at least by those affected by it) is that certain medications are vanishing from the pharmacies because they are no longer imported and they were never produced locally, or the local production is insufficient to meet the needs. I don't know the full list, but the stock of ADHD meds is definitely low, and I've heard from friends that they had to switch to a different antidepressant due to shortages.
If there's nothing wrong with people losing jobs, then go on, resign from your job. Be the change you want to see in this world.
And I think Blizzard of Oz is a reference to Wizard of Oz which predated Ozzy for quite a bit
Well, I meant it more like "can you imagine how horrible such a world is?" Not just "can you imagine it?"
Because yeah, you barely need to imagine it at all
To summarize:
There was a dude called Igor Girkin, he was in the Russian military. His crimes include, but aren't limited to:
- Shooting down Malaysia Airline MH17 in 2014
- Torturing and executing Ukrainians
- Terrorism in Eastern Ukraine under guise of separarism
- Involvement in the annexation of Crimea (at least illegally crossing the border as a part of military force and threatening citizens)
is arrested in Russia for saying that the Russian army is performing poorly in Ukraine and Putin and Shoigu (minister of defence) are not managing the situation appropriately.
It shows that in Russia, showing honesty about war is more of a crime than murder and terrorism. Combined
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The poster says "с Победой!", literally "With the Victory". Most likely relates to the victory in WWII in some way, either awaiting it or congratulating on it.