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The US could go around saying "that Russia held one of our national sport athletes on trumped up charges for the sole purpose of organizing a trade for a black market arms dealer" before the deal went trough, but now that the deal has gone trough Russia can say America will compromise on justice in exchange for kidnapping random people who are really not that famous (here's the google trend, essentially unknown before she was arrested https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=US&q=Brittney Griner), other autocrat are sure to take notice. Ultimately I don't know why Russia wanted him back, but they apparently did so that's reason enough not to return him.
Wonder if the US wanted to release him for their own reasons anyway. Someone has to arrange the gun running, after all.
It's a PR thing. Bout won't really be able to get back into arms trafficking, because all the intelligence agencies around the world know who he is and can watch his movements.
But one of the white supremacists he'd been incarcerated with has said that Bout kept a picture of Putin in his cell, and had recently been talking about how Ukraine shouldn't exist. Putin can bring him home, organise a sort of hero's welcome, and then those nationalist/imperialist views get more free airtime.
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There are plenty of other homophobic imperialist kleptocratic autocracies to visit, tbh.
The neo-Nazi paramilitary Task Force Rusich has asked its members to provide border intelligence on Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.
Rusich recently made the news for issuing a Telegram instruction to torture prisoners of war, including by removing body parts. They have been deployed by the Russian government in both Ukraine and Syria, but don't seem to be quite as widely used as the broader Wagner Group, which has been deployed to 6 or 7 conflicts/insurgencies around the world, mostly in Africa.
Rusich recently made the news for issuing a Telegram instruction to torture prisoners of war, including by removing body parts. They have been deployed by the Russian government in both Ukraine and Syria, but don't seem to be quite as widely used as the broader Wagner Group, which has been deployed to 6 or 7 conflicts/insurgencies around the world, mostly in Africa.
All of that's moot until the English flag gets something as cool as the Welsh flag.
Dragons, man. Dragons!
Yeah, England gets a lion, Scotland a unicorn and Wales a dragon.All of that's moot until the English flag gets something as cool as the Welsh flag.
Dragons, man. Dragons!
EDIT: I mean, anyone can get a lion. New South Wales has a lion.
Okay, what exactly is a paramilitary task force, legally, and why is it different to official russian military?
About the same as the difference between
"Task Force" is just part of the group's name, rather than an official/technical designation.
Task Force Rusich is usually described as a contingent of Wagner Group. Wagner Group is a private military company (effectively paid mercenaries), though it is trained in Russian military bases and fights on behalf of the Russian government.
By relying on a PMC, the Russian government can allow a portion of its forces to commit war crimes and then claim it is not responsible for their actions (it denies any relationship with Wagner, and insists mercenary companies are banned in Russia, even though Wagner has a military tech centre in St. Petersburg).
It's all about deniability. Not even plausible deniability. Just the pretence.
Update: Viktor Bout has joined LDPR ("Liberal Democratic Party of Russia"), a far-right and openly imperialist party. LDPR is one of the parties that is officially "opposition" but receives almost all of its funding from the government, and doesn't oppose the ruling party.
He's also stated that he "wholeheartedly" supports the war on Ukraine and would volunteer to fight there... if he could.
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May he soon be blessed with a chance to follow his dreams.
I'm sure Putin would be happy to have more fresh meat for the grinder.
Dunno, generally that privilege is reserved for the nameless and faceless.
Jesus Christ, there’s tempting fate and then there’s fucking fate’s wife and wiping your cock on his forehead as he gets home.
Or those who aren't buddy buddy with Vlad and give him generous kickbacks.
Granted, some of the those people also end up falling out of windows.....a lot. for some unknown reason.
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It's a leading cause of death in Russia.
Hopefully one day they'll find a cure.
Russian Windows are very dangerous.
Anomalies in the gravitational field cause people to be pulled towards and out them. Only happens in Russia.