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11-16-2022, 02:48 PM
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I cant believe how many good people died because of one man's friggin ego. seriously, fuck this guy.
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11-16-2022, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz  I cant believe how many good people died because of one man's friggin ego. seriously, fuck this guy. | Not just soldiers dying in war - the entire future generation of Russians are fucked because of him
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11-16-2022, 08:33 PM
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#1053 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Not just soldiers dying in war - the entire future generation of Russians are fucked because of him | The guy I posted before nfkrz, the Russian vlogger he has some good videos explaining the situation many Russians who left Russia during this time are in.
People who arent substantially wealthy who left Russia to avoid conscription are basically fucked. Places like Georgia etc. where many Russians fled to are going to eventually cut off residency applications becsuse the influx is Russians is just fucking over the native population in terms of rent prices etc.
Also a Russian outside of Russia cant apply for a European visa, so they can really only travel within these countries that have open tourist policies where you can stay for 6 months to a year without having a visa. Schengen zone is even stricter obviously with its 90 of 180 day rule.
People like him who have made a living highlighting the regime will almost certainly be arrested upon returning so he talks about looking to buy a citizenship in South America etc. because the options are so limited now
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11-17-2022, 04:45 AM
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It's also very difficult to get money out of Russia. I've posted before about our friend who's lived in Moscow the last 10 years, left after the war started. His wife is still there waiting on Canadian Visa to get out, he still works remotely teaching english but he's paid by a Russian company to a Russian bank account, his wife can access the account he cannot use the funds here in Canada. He can't just change which account the funds are deposited to, they don't want that money leaving the Country.
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11-17-2022, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by quasi It's also very difficult to get money out of Russia. I've posted before about our friend who's lived in Moscow the last 10 years, left after the war started. His wife is still there waiting on Canadian Visa to get out, he still works remotely teaching english but he's paid by a Russian company to a Russian bank account, his wife can access the account he cannot use the funds here in Canada. He can't just change which account the funds are deposited to, they don't want that money leaving the Country. | Leaving the country Russian customs will also search you and take all paper Russian money as well so it doesn't leave the country.
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11-19-2022, 10:08 PM
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11-20-2022, 12:29 PM
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#1057 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by quasi It's also very difficult to get money out of Russia. I've posted before about our friend who's lived in Moscow the last 10 years, left after the war started. His wife is still there waiting on Canadian Visa to get out, he still works remotely teaching english but he's paid by a Russian company to a Russian bank account, his wife can access the account he cannot use the funds here in Canada. He can't just change which account the funds are deposited to, they don't want that money leaving the Country. | https://laslobit.cc/ | |
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11-20-2022, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by threezero | Are you sure that is legit?
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11-20-2022, 02:07 PM
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#1059 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Manic! Are you sure that is legit? | Never sure with crypto. Especially when an exchange is operated out of a region that it isn't technically supposed to be in.
For what its worth I found this exchange while monitoring the FTX disaster. This particular absurd Russian exchange were use to get money off the exchange
Don't send the motherload ofc. Test the water little by little. For someone with money stuck inside a regime. There isn't much to lose.
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11-29-2022, 08:04 AM
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This article is a good read. Ukraine's drone hunters. They use thermal sensors and their assault rifles to shoot down the Russian drones that Iran supplies. Old school style kills of drones is being used now since the American supplied air defence systems against drones are not all in place in Ukraine yet.
From the article: Why waste the use of multimillion dollar jet fighters to destroy 20 grand drones when you can have a team of drone hunters with machine guns driving in pickup trucks?  https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...kolaiv-russia/
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11-29-2022, 08:15 AM
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^ can't read, you need to be a subscriber to washington post to access article. But I think I got the gist from your 2 sentence write up.
Is that why some people are buying drones on CyberMonday from LD in the other thread?  | |
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12-07-2022, 09:30 AM
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So this is an interesting little tidbit I heard from a tour guide yesterday, kind of surprised it was never a bigger deal than it is but the tour guide also said he heard rumours Roman was actively paying out the ass to bury this story as much as possible: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60724509.amp
TLDR;
- it usually takes between 2-5 years to get Portuguese citizenship (ironically my wife just got hers and even being on top of everything from start to finish it was just over 2 years)
- Portugal passed a law in the last few years descendants of Jews who were exiled from Portugal under the dictatorship could apply for residency
- when Russia began to fall apart Roman Abramovich applied under this new law
- Roman Abramovich was granted a Portuguese passport in just over 2 weeks
What makes it a bigger deal is kind of what I said in a previous post above. The Portuguese passport is one of the strongest in the world. If he was only a Russian citizen he’d basically be handcuffed both personally and business wise. Now that he not only holds an EU passport, but a Portuguese one specifically, he has opened up infinite opportunities for himself. Obviously illegitimately
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12-07-2022, 10:24 AM
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Zelensky ...Time Man of the Year. Saw it coming.
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12-07-2022, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by whitev70r Zelensky ...Time Man of the Year. Saw it coming. | It's an interesting list, Gandhi, Hitler, Stalin a few times, Rososevelt, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Bezos, Zucckerberg, Musk, Obama, Trump, Biden and a bunch of other US presidents.
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12-08-2022, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by whitev70r ^ can't read, you need to be a subscriber to washington post to access article. But I think I got the gist from your 2 sentence write up.
Is that why some people are buying drones on CyberMonday from LD in the other thread? | Edge has a built-in reading mode that by-passes most paywalls. Press F9 or the book icon in the location bar to activate. I think there are plug-ins for other browsers.
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12-13-2022, 11:28 AM
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#1066 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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I had some family members arrive from the Lviv Ukraine last week, a family of 5 no surprise they are going to Sask. which is heavily Ukrainian and where my family originally settled when they came here. It was a bit of an ordeal to get everything in place paperwork wise for my family members that took it on props to them.
They had a program where free flights were available however they were very difficult to get so my extended family put money together to get them here. They have found a house for them in a little town about an hour east of Regina. They will have some costs covered for the first three months by the Ukrainian Crisis Committee, I believe they have some jobs leads for the dad.
My aunt met them at the airport they speak very little english, the kids are 9, 14 and 17 and have had their life obviously disrupted, I remember moving how hard it was moving to another province at 14 I couldn't imagine how bad it would be going to another Country with nothing and not speaking the language.
Hopefully they can pickup english quickly and build a life here.  
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12-13-2022, 11:43 AM
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Good luck to your family members, Quasi, and may they find a stable and fulfilling life in Regina. ��
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12-13-2022, 11:59 AM
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they'll be canadian in no time. bless canada for taking in these good people
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02-19-2023, 05:07 PM
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Oh shit ... talk of China supplying Russia with weapons and ammo.
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02-20-2023, 08:29 AM
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why cuz ze americans shot down a stupid balloon? these idiots are acting like a bunch of petulant children.
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02-20-2023, 10:29 AM
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The balloon isn't even from China, it's from some hobby balloon club in the states, usa just over reacted and tried to smear it on China
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02-20-2023, 11:11 AM
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One of the 4 balloons were confirmed to be made in China. The others ... ??
There are also lots of surveillance trained pidgeons that China has sent this way. As well as trained surveillance Snow Geese ... that's why 10-15 of them were ran over in Richmond.
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02-20-2023, 11:37 AM
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#1073 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by whitev70r Oh shit ... talk of China supplying Russia with weapons and ammo. | that might be a good thing.............
weapons made in chinar
using chinesium
As for birds in richmond............. china spying on their own people. It's all good. 
damn....... haven't used that smilie in a long time.
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02-20-2023, 12:19 PM
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FUCK THOSE THINGS! they ruined all the parks in richmond. cant walk anywhere without stepping in their god damn shit. lousy ass BBQ birds. if i was more chinamen-ish, id chase them down with a clever and cook them.
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02-20-2023, 12:28 PM
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If China enters the war and starts WW3 is Canada locking up Asians in internment camps again?
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