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[cryptopump]

How to avoid sanctions on cryptocurrencies in Russia in 2022 / Как избежать санкций на криптовалюты в России в 2022 году

How to avoid sanctions on cryptocurrencies in Russia in 2022 / Как избежать санкций на криптовалюты в России в 2022 году

Sanctions in Russia The European Union approved the 8th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, including the ceiling on oil prices, the European Commission reports. In the package: Prohibition on servicing crypto wallets of citizens and residents of the Russian Federation Prohibition for citizens of EU countries to hold senior positions in Russian state-owned…

[don-lichterman]

'One man chose this war': U.N. Security Council discusses Russian horrors in Ukraine

‘One man chose this war’: U.N. Security Council discusses Russian horrors in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine took center stage at the U.N. Security Council as leading players on opposite sides came face-to-face for the first time since Russia’s invasion. They waged verbal battle as the war claimed more casualties. Nick Schifrin reports. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our…

[dontforgetukraine]

"I would like to address the recurring question of those 'ordinary Russians' who 'shouldn’t be sanctioned'.

I hear talk of ordinary Russians’ innocence, but then I see ordinary Russians murdering ordinary Ukrainians.

I see ordinary Russian mothers saying goodbye to their ordinary Russian sons and wishing them good luck with their ordinary Russian war crimes.

I see ordinary Russians celebrating murder. I see ordinary Russian parents dressing up their ordinary Russian children in military uniforms and painting the letter Z on a cardboard tank costume.

I see ordinary Russians coming together to make a huge Z formation in the town square.

Ordinary Russia is sick. Healing will be a long and gruelling process which can only start when Russia, not just Putin, is defeated. Without a defeat in Ukraine, Russia will just keep spreading.

So about those “unfair” sanctions against “ordinary Russians”... Well, anything which slows down Russia’s total war machine will have ordinary Lithuanians’ support. Whatever victory takes. Slava Ukraini."

—Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament of Lithuania

[mapsontheweb]

Share of people who support the imposed sanctions against Russia

by geo.universe

[odinsblog]

Putin, Trump, Netanyahu, and Michael Johnson are not identical cases, of course, but they are all on the authoritarian spectrum.

None respects or supports democratic institutions. All bully their opponents. All are beholden to oligarchs (in America, billionaire backers).

All are pulling us into a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism, between freedom and strongman tyranny.

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[dougielombax]

I’m sorry but this headline is fucking killing me!

“Your mother.” - Council of the European Union.

[polaksli]

Brief history of anti-LGBT legislations in Russia

Throughout 90s and 2000s there were no discriminatory laws in Russia. There were openly queer celebrities (whether they said they were for PR alone or not is a complicated subject. Nevertheless, there were people who gained popularity and presented queer)

In 2013 the first legislation passed. It was an "anti-propaganda" law to "protect children" from becoming gay. The way to work around it was putting +18 on any piece of media or an event that contained even a mention of the subject.

In 2022 anti-propaganda law stopped being for children only. LGBT was mentioned next to pedophilia, both in the same regard. The law was rushed (like many of the oppressive laws since the invasion in Ukraine) and it was not clear what exactly it meant. In practice it mostly affected movies, TV and internet publications.

Earlier this year, in june 2023, ban of transgender transitioning was put in place. Once again, very poorly worded. This one and the previous one had two main functions:

To censor opposition. Most of those, who disagree with the current state of politics in Russia, if not outright support LGBT, at least don't mind. This information can be dug up and used against said people.

To create an enemy. The war was supposed to be won quickly. They promoted their army to be the second greatest in the word, they promised to take Kyiv in 3 days. Nothing of that happened, but life for everyday people got worse. One of the ways to redirect that frustration is fight an enemy that doesn't exist.

The russian government does not care about queer people nor understands us. They preach to their electorate that they nurtured to hate any "other". They make russian believe that our neighbors are nazis, the whole world wants us dead and they take our children by making them gay. I believed this is where they would stop.

There is no "LGBT organisation" in Russia. Before that they tried to find any minute reason or make up a reason to silence the opposition. Now they don't even need the organisation to exist.

Once again, the words are very loose, so they can use the law in any way they see fit - a very popular practice. It is not yet active, the court decision does not specify that exactly. Some sources say it will be 10th of January, 2024.

Any display of "non traditional values" will be equated to terrorism.

[metalobrukht]

@ygnatyuk_ (Twitter)

How American sanctions against Ukraine work

Yesterday, many entrepreneurs with Ukrainian passports who own American companies and use the services of the bank “Mercury” received a letter with approximately the following content:

“In connection with the recent changes, we stop supporting the accounts of companies whose founders have passports of these countries: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela”.

For any business, switching banks is a major operational challenge and pain.

Therefore, this trend is very frightening, because it is definitely not the kind of “support” you expect from partners who know that Ukraine is fighting an aggressor for the third year in a row.

Also, many notice that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, many American and European sites block traffic from Ukraine, and you can only access them through a VPN. I was told about the situation regarding the TNW conference, with Ukrainian flag and “We Stand With Ukraine” banner on their website: it was not possible to buy tickets from Ukraine, simply without explanation: block. There are many other stories, including the difficulty of sending currency to Ukraine.

The situation is critical, because without publicity, help and lobbying, we risk losing the opportunity to work normally on the global market.

[theinconvenientlifestyle]

He went in

[irhabiya]

i honest to God think yemenis have every right to gut any saudi, emirati or usamerican if they so please

[gamer2002]

Russia is all about returning to tradition, after all.

[agentfascinateur]

June 15th Peace Summit to end war on Ukraine 🕊️🤞🏼

This democracy is worth it. Slava Ukraini. 💙💛

[xannerz]

i think the other frustrating thing is like. people online forget that politics and war is complicated. it sucks, it's tedious. civilians are being hurt and killed as a result of fascism and greed. this isnt a saturday morning cartoon. you can't always be spoon-fed tl;drs on who's the good guy and who's the villain. this shit is fluid, and often just looks like this:

[tomorrowusa]

The G7 countries are lending an estimated $56 billion in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to help it defend against Russian aggression.

That's not the only good news for Ukraine lately.

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine signs bilateral security agreements with US, Japan

But wait, there's more!

Ukraine's cyber attack messed up Russia's banking system – among other things.

Ukraine's IT Army disrupts operations of Russian banks' leading provider

And new US sanctions caused chaos in Russia's financial markets.

Russians Line Up To Buy US Dollars As Ruble Plummets After New Sanctions

Russia needs to get the fuck out of Ukraine. Russia's illegal invasion is in violation of numerous international treaties. Putin's dream of re-establishing the decrepit Soviet Union in all but name needs to end as a nightmare for him.

[odinsblog]

The Ukrainian letter of solidarity with Palestine, in part, reads:

“We, Ukrainian researchers, artists, political and labour activists, and members of civil society stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine who for 75 years have been subjected to and resisted Israeli military occupation, separation, settler colonial violence, ethnic cleansing, land dispossession and apartheid. We write this letter as people to people.

Our solidarity comes from a place of anger at the injustice, and a place of deep pain of knowing the devastating impacts of occupation, shelling of civil infrastructure, and humanitarian blockade from experiences in our homeland. Parts of Ukraine have been occupied since 2014, and the international community failed to stop Russian aggression then, ignoring the imperial and colonial nature of the armed violence, which consequently escalated on February 24, 2022.

Aware of the pragmatic geopolitical reasoning behind Ukraine's decision to echo Western allies, on whom we are dependent for our survival, we see the current support of Israel and dismissing Palestinian right to self-determination as contradictory to Ukraine's own commitment to human rights and fight for our land and freedom. We as Ukrainians should stand in solidarity not with the oppressors, but with those who experience and resist the oppression.

We strongly object to equating of Western military aid to Ukraine and Israel by some politicians. Ukraine doesn't occupy the territories of other people; instead, it fights against the Russian occupation, and therefore international assistance serves a just cause and the protection of international law. Israel has occupied and annexed Palestinian and Syrian territories, and Western aid to it confirms an unjust order and demonstrates double standards in relation to international law.”

[dougielombax]

So, how about we all start boycotting Turkish and Azerbaijani companies as well.

Mainly because of recent events in Armenia (and Artsakh) and turkey’s ongoing fuckery in Syria and Iraq.

I mean BIG ones like Turkish Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines, Baykar, MKEK, TAI, ASELSAN, Otokar, Nurol Holding, Roketsan, and so on.

Same for Russia too.

And call for sanctions as well.

I think it’s the least we should do.