reader Posted June 30 Posted June 30 From CNN Polish authorities said Russia appears to be behind a large fire that consumed a shopping center in Warsaw. Dariusz Borowicz/Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Reuters When someone tried – and failed – to burn down a bus garage in Prague earlier this month, the unsuccessful arson attack didn’t draw much attention. Until, that is, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala revealed it was “very likely” that Moscow was behind it. The accusation prompted alarm among security officials and governments because several similar incidents have occurred across Europe in recent months. The Museum of Occupation in Riga was targeted in an arson attack in February. A London warehouse burnt down in March and a shopping center in Warsaw went up in flames in May. Police in Germany arrested several people suspected of planning explosions and arson attacks in April, and French authorities launched an anti-terror investigation after detaining a suspected bomb-maker who was injured in a botched explosion earlier this month. Multiple hacking attacks and spying incidents have been reported in different European countries. As the same time, the European Union has accused Russia and Belarus of weaponizing migration by pushing asylum seekers from third countries to its borders. There have also been several suspicious attacks against individuals: a Russian defector was found shot dead in Spain and an opposition figure exiled in Lithuania was brutally attacked with a hammer. The seemingly random attacks have one thing in common: according to local officials, they are all linked to Russia. And while they might look minor in isolation, taken together these incidents amount to what security experts say is Russia’s hybrid war on the West. “We are threatened by something which is not a full-fledged military attack, which are these hybrid threats … everything from meddling in our political processes, (undermining) the trust in our political institutions, disinformation, cyber-attacks (…) and sabotage actions against critical infrastructure,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during an event in Canada last week. Continues at https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/30/europe/russia-hybrid-war-nato/index.html stevenkesslar 1 Quote
Moses Posted July 2 Posted July 2 On 6/30/2024 at 7:39 PM, reader said: The accusation prompted alarm among security officials and governments because several similar incidents have occurred across Europe in recent months. The Museum of Occupation in Riga was targeted in an arson attack in February. A London warehouse burnt down in March and a shopping center in Warsaw went up in flames in May. Police in Germany arrested several people suspected of planning explosions and arson attacks in April, and French authorities launched an anti-terror investigation after detaining a suspected bomb-maker who was injured in a botched explosion earlier this month. Stoltenberg talks incessantly - he needs a position in the EU after leaving NATO. To believe him is to deceive yourself. The entire article is mere propaganda speculation. There are so many cases, and not one has ended in court with evidence against Russia. How is it that in not one city, not one country, have detectives and police found a single piece of evidence? If we discard the version about the elusiveness of Russian agents, then one thing remains: empty accusations, not supported by evidence. unicorn 1 Quote
reader Posted July 3 Author Posted July 3 Thought of Russia carrying out crimes on foreign soil is going beyond the beyonds, I agree. Would never happen. It’s a peace loving nation, led by humanitarian worthy of Nobel peace prize. unicorn and stevenkesslar 2 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 4 Members Posted July 4 On 7/2/2024 at 2:03 PM, Moses said: ...The entire article is mere propaganda speculation... There is no party, other than Russia, with the motive to commit such crimes. If not the FSB, who else would have had the motive to blow up the Museum of Occupation in Riga? Obviously, the FSB has the resources to make tracing of these crimes difficult to impossible. What will you tell us next? That Yevgeny Prigozhin died of natural causes? Putin had nothing to do with it? Every year the number of these "unsolvable crimes" increases. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_deaths_of_notable_Russians_(2022–2024) "...Ravil Maganov, chairman of the national oil company Lukoil, fell from a Kremlin Hospital window under suspicious circumstances, according to reports: CCTV cameras had been "turned off for repairs", President Putin was visiting the hospital the same day, and associates did not believe he was suicidal...". There's even a name for this, Sudden Russian Death Syndrome. 🧟♂️ The whole point is that Putin wants to make it clear he's responsible, and will kill anyone of any importance who opposes him. Even you know this. Quote
Moses Posted July 4 Posted July 4 2 hours ago, unicorn said: who else would have had the motive to blow up the Museum of Occupation in Riga Did you forget? Latvia had about 1 mln "non-citizens" (now less) - formerly citizens of Latvian republic within USSR. And most of them haven't warm feelings to modern Latvia - to the state that is now demolishing monuments to their fathers and grandfathers who fought against fascism on the side of the USSR. And it is uncovered racism what is supported by EU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-citizens_(Latvia) See UN Report Report on mission to Latvia, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Even about fires in EU: there are about 6 mln of Ukrainian refugees. And not all of them are followers of Zelenskiy regime. At least 1/4 of them are followers of regime "before coup'2014. Like these, who just few weeks ago dropped coffins with Ukrainian and French flags in Paris near Eiffel's tower - police found what they were Ukrainians and Moldavians and have been paid by Ukrainian businessman who living in EU and has no warm feelings to Zelenskiy. https://www.newsweek.com/french-coffin-eiffel-tower-kremlin-russia-ukraine-war-1907545 If you imagine what world has 100% solidarity toward to Ukraine, then you are wrong, less than 30% are "with Ukraine, " while for most part of World population true point of view is "a plague on both your houses". And there is no solidarity even within Ukrainian diaspora in EU. unicorn 1 Quote
Members unicorn Posted July 5 Members Posted July 5 9 hours ago, Moses said: Did you forget? Latvia had about 1 mln "non-citizens" (now less) - formerly citizens of Latvian republic within USSR. And most of them haven't warm feelings... Neither I nor anyone else has any idea what the fuck you're trying to say. Why don't you write what you're trying to say (in Russian) into an app such as Google Translate so you can try to communicate your thoughts. It's not that fucking complicated. Ни я, ни кто-либо другой понятия не имеет, что за херню ты пытаешься сказать. Почему бы вам не написать то, что вы пытаетесь сказать (на русском языке), в такое приложение, как Google Translate, чтобы вы могли попытаться передать свои мысли. Это не так уж и сложно. Quote
Moses Posted July 5 Posted July 5 2 hours ago, unicorn said: Neither I nor anyone else has any idea what the fuck you're trying to say. Why don't you write what you're trying to say (in Russian) into an app such as Google Translate so you can try to communicate your thoughts. It's not that fucking complicated. So, the facts are impossible to deny and your cognitive abilities suddenly turned off like Biden? Не припомню, чтобы разрешал вам называть меня на "ты". Quote
Moses Posted July 5 Posted July 5 4 hours ago, unicorn said: Ни я, ни кто-либо другой понятия не имеет, что за херню ты пытаешься сказать. Почему бы вам не написать то, что вы пытаетесь сказать (на русском языке), в такое приложение, как Google Translate, чтобы вы могли попытаться передать свои мысли. Это не так уж и сложно. I took into account that you may not know that in the Russian language, like in Korean and several other languages of the world, there are several levels of speech. When you use Google to translate into Russian from English, which does not have this feature (as well as a huge number of other features), you can offend the person who reads the Russian translation of your words, since Google cannot distinguish between speech levels due to their absence in English, and applies speech levels randomly. If the phrase above was not a deliberate insult, then take the advice: you should avoid directly addressing the person when using Google to translate into Russian. Quote
