They only need a tiny embassy and a couple of staff. Sure, aren't they used to qeueing? They love a good queue does your average Russian.
I suspect nothing. Anyone would be mad to go to Russia now if they have ever uttered a word against Putin or the war. All it takes is Russian security to hack your personal data see a critical post on boards or some other platform and in no time at all you could be arrested on terrorism charges or similar and Irish government is helpless
What pressing official business would anyone have with a criminal regime that is more sanctioned than North Korea?
No need to jump to extreme strawmen conclusions either, I did not say cut relations but scale them way down and funnel them via a single EU embassy, last I checked my passport says “European Union” right above “Eire, Ireland” on it
Btw if one needs to send a message to Russia send a donation to United24, those guys deliver messages to russia in innovative ways every day
Finally why get so agitated and worked up about the news that Russia is gonna stop offering embassy services to Russians? Is it fear that now redundant nonspying members of the large embassy in Ireland will be re tasked from cushy online campaigning to having to join their brothers in ditches and mud of Ukraine?
would you stop. If people in Ireland have pressing official business with the Russian govt its important to have the means within reach, not over in Croatia or Finland. Over half a continent away.
They go to Ukraine to meet Baba Yaga.
OK, here's a few direct related questions for you: How many died, Ukrainian and Russian in the Donbas war, between 2014 and 2021? How many died in 2021? How many have died, Ukrainian and Russian in this "SMO"? How many have died in this "SMO" in this last month, week, day?
Can you answer this, or is it not on your cheat sheet?
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/geopolitical-economy-report-bias/
Well, there's a shocker. 🤔😁
And I love how Russia points at Boris Johnson of all people. The same Johnson, who speaks Russian BTW, who had so many dodgy contacts with Russian emigres in his own country and abroad when he was the UK foreign secretary, his own country's intelligence services in a very rare move publicly pointed them out and his and his party's Kremlin links were widely reported at the time.
https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-photographed-with-russian-spy-who-called-him-friend-2019-11?op=1
He even elevated one of his Russian buddy's son to the UK peerage.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-62068421
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-report-donors-boris-johnson-conservative-party-2020-7?op=1
Anyway not that you actually care. Do you really think people here are stupid enough not to see what you're doing? You're nothing more than a cliche that's been played out a thousand times on this thread before. You'll be removed soon and another will take your place. Because that's literally the only things Russia and their apologists are truly talented at. Spreading sh*te.
Quite. Russian external spin - and it's been very good at this - is to appeal to fringe groups in the West. The "do your own research!" brigade on Arsebook and Twatter who watch Fox etc. Put it this way; if you bump into a general conspiracy type online or off, it's a near cast iron guarantee they're a newly minted Russia supporter.
The gameplay is to fire out lots of narratives, keep them simplistic, rarely follow up on them and never answer the direct knotty questions, memory hole narratives on a generally monthly basis(unless they keep traction, EG Boris stopped poor Russia's peace plans/why aren't your governments spending all this money on you!), fire out new narratives. Rinse and repeat. It's inconsistency is its consistency and feature. It's a tweak on both the Kremlin's Cold War 1 spin and its internal spin too. Lots of narratives to confuse, save for Putin appearing consistent so you can trust him y'know. The internet has been a major boon for them. The Global Village where you can mould the Village Idiots to your cause.
I don't know. With the way drone technology is quickly advancing Spain could be attacked from drones launched thousands of miles away.
I've no problem reducing the numbers working in them and I'm glad they didn't approve the big extension but it's a mistake to cut ties although.
An Irish citizen stupid enough to travel there can then go to the single EU embassy, one can already ask for help on any eu embassy’s in those countries that don’t have an Irish one
both China and India have much larger populations than EU, their embassies are no bigger than usual
Greece you could forgive taking into consideration that they can't really afford to take their guard down around Turkey. But WTF is Spain gonna do with spare Patriots? The only situation in which Spain would ever really need them is if Russia runs over the rest of Europe anyway.
This is what's frustrating most about this war. What good is any spare military tech in countries that don't border Russia? You can give them to Ukraine now or use them later when Russia is banging on your door.
thats going to have to be one giant embassy.
what if you have children with a Russian national, or have court or business related issues situated in Russia. war or not there are people with daily issues related to Russia who need to deal with the Russian bureaucracy, willingly or not.
and the only embassy is a giant complex 4 countries away.
sounds just a bit impractical.
pressure o greece and spain to supply patroits
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/germany-takes-aims-spain-greece-140846025.html
What happens if an Irish citizen gets in trouble in Russia?
Josip, my experience does not encompass the actual operational capacity or planning needed for these air operations, so we will have to wait and see what some posters more knowledgeable than me say on the subject. Sorry.
I guess that answers SV2 question " Will F16s be able to stop the glide bombs?"
all of which can be done from a single EU embassy
And in a true EU fashion the location of the embassy can rotate every year through any of 27 states
Probably quite well as he was instrumental in Kyiv resisting the opening days of a completely unprovoked full scale invasion by a brutal authoritarian, genocidal, disgusting and cowardly Kremlin regime. Whatever else can be said of his political life we can say that much about him.
There are Chinese consulates in US, even though China is robbing US intellectual property daily, we have an Israeli embassy here, even though they falsified Irish passports for a hit job in a third country.
Seems theres even a Chinese embassy in Ukraine, even though China is helping Russia in the war.
US embassy in Afghanistan, even though they were in a long bloody conflict, Pakistani embassy in US even though they helped hide Osama, allegedly. Russian embassies in plenty of other EU countries, including Poland and Lithuania, who have tense relations with Russia.
The nuclear wave thing is a proven physical impossibility, another source of ridicule for the Russians.
Diplomatic relations must be maintained, and channels of communication kept available, if/when the right time comes they're generally worth the little trouble.
As a frequent propagator of blatant kremlin sponsored propaganda and pro putin waffle I have zero intention of looking at a video you would post, so have no opinion on any remarks you might be promoting now. I guess putin would like to imply by killing thousands of Ukrainians and making millions of Ukrainians homeless he is challenging the "west" but I think that is just a figment of his mental illness that seems to be clear to everyone outside of the totalitarian state he has been allowed to control.
Boris supporting Ukraine may be the only positive thing he is remembered for in my opinion.
A military parade of pre-school children was supposed to take place in Krasnoder. But the governor won't be there this time round. So the local authorities have gone phuck that for a house of cards. We are not getting the blame for parading toddlers in military gear and hearing it from the parents. Putin if he wants it can go swing.
Any reason why you've never addressed the issue of genocide by the Russians? Why should anyone answer your questions if you don't address questions asked of you?
Well, toughski. Ukraine is already a 100% no-fly zome for civil aviation. What a shame if the agressor has to suffer the same for just a tiny part of its territory.
Looks like Boris Johnson thinks this is a war to save western hegemony. (and NATO)
What do you guys make of his remarks here?
I wonder how history will remember Boris Johnson, with regard to his role in this conflict?
who can identify the western vehicles
https://x.com/SororInimicorum/status/1783489024478367994
Doesn't need to be over the horizon…. glide bombs are being launched about 40 miles away from target…. that's easily in range of a number of A2A missiles.
Problem is:
-Russian air power
-Russian SAM's (MANPADS, and tactical)
-Russian radars
Ukraine is not risking high flying aircraft on the front line, especially long enough to spot, target, launch and illuminate to target any Russian aircraft… (i.e. beyond visual range weapons)…
IR weapons can be detected and manoeuvred from, at BVR distances…
they need aircraft with stronger radars, data link capability and BVR weapons (i.e. F-16)
I wish. Crimean good news....
But while UAF is making significant and important tactical strikes and impressive once off successes.....they are still loosing ground. Hopefully once US and other aid arrives in large numbers this can be reversed.
And you will no doubt be the one to bear good news…
You'd effectively have to declare/enforce a no fly zone 50km inside Russia? I assume there are internal civilian flights to Belgorod?
Where is the harm in allowing Europes largest spy nest of a country (who threatened to drown us in a nuclear tsunami) operate here? I dunno maybe we ask the HSE
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