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They go to Ukraine to meet Baba Yaga.

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.

You do not even have to have uttered or otherwise indicated you are not in favour of the war, or even worse, much worse, in favour of Putin as President. They will have a nice criminal code Nr to charge you with. And you will plead "Guilty" to the charge (or charges) They have an extremely high conviction rate in Russia, guilty or not. Think back a bit to the Crocus terrorist attack, and see how quick Russian justice works….

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hundreds-of-planes-are-stuck-in-russia-b2520091.html

Published 28/Mar/24.

Ireland is/was one of the worlds top locations for aviation leasing, and here we see billions of euros worth of aviation assets effectively held by Russias regime.

So sanctions and war aside here we see an example of the potential necessity for continued diplomatic relations with that regime, whether one particularly likes it or not.

Irish citizens live in Russia, and Russian citizens live in Ireland, dual citizens and the parents of dual citizens live in both. Who knows what personal and legal circumstances any of these innocent bystanders are in which may require interaction between the citizens and the govts, or between both govts.

Advice may be needed on legal issues related to marriage, divorce, custody, travel visas and/or restrictions, injury or deaths in the other country, legal and tax responsibilities, court cases, rulings and land ownership. Maybe even something simple like a lost passport, or bejng stranded. The two business communities in both jurisdictions will also have a similar long list of reasons for potentially needing to access a consulate/embassy.

People in need of accessing their embassy may not be in the kind of situation which would allow them to travel back and forth to another country. So this nonsense about having one embassy on a tour of Europe is just completely impractical and stupid.

You dont actually have to like Russia in any way to see the practicalities here. Also theyre not really going to give a small shyte if we evict/move them, beyond maybe doing the same back to us, potentially fcking over Irish citizens in the process.

It would be a pointless, self destructive, foolish thing to do. Petty and stupid, the geo-political equivalent of unfollowing a business on twitter.

its a suggestion which reminds me of crips not using words with the letter B, or walking near anything red. Just a dumb idea. Born out of petulence and desperation to be seen to hate the bad guys more than anyone else. Get real.

Ah yeah.

That's why I think Russia are using the turtle tanks seems to be giving a bit of cover for them against drones, saw video other day of one been used and about 4 Russians apc's behind it, they managed to get into middle of the town centre and unload the Russian soldiers. I know people were laughing at the Russians having these but they do seem to be helping them.

Yep. Tank safety may need a whole design by all countries. We've seen the turret Olympics when it comes to Russian tanks popping off when hit.

This war has proven the age of drones is here.

Meanwhile, back to the spate of Russians in top positions getting arrested, some possible explanations are appearing, linking them to Prigozhins demise:-

Then after Putin had Prigozhin killed for the rebellion, Ivanov, with Shoigu's blessing, sent a significant team (Redut PMC) from the MoD to Africa and started to systemically steal Prigozhin's assets there including gold mines and oil & gas fields.12:03 PM · Apr 26, 2024·2,058 Views