SCORCHED EARTH.
If your political weapon is refugeesā¦
All the more reason for Trumpsters to go to Russia.
Appearing on Sunday Evening With Vladimir Soloviev , Russian parliament member Oleg Matveychev, known as the Kremlinās spin doctor, watched a clip of Fox Newsā Tucker Carlsonāan everyday occurrence in Moscowās tightly-controlled media environment. Matveychev noted: āThere isnāt a single country in the world that is as easily manipulated as America.ā He argued: āHereās what will be on the table after our victoryā¦ After Ukraineās demilitarization is completedā¦ weāre going to raise the stakesā¦ For example, the lifting of all sanctionsā¦ The dissolution of NATO, because the presence of NATO in some countries is getting in our way. Extradition of all war criminalsā¦ like [Anton] Herashchenko [former deputy minister at the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs], Zelensky, [former President of Ukraine Petro] Poroshenko. Extradition of various oligarchs, like [Mikhail] Khodorkovsky.ā
Reciting the list of Russiaās future demands during Solovievās show, Matveychev became even more brazen: āWe should be thinking about reparations from the damage that was caused by the sanctions and the war itself, because that too costs money and we should get it back. The return of all Russian properties, those of the Russian empire, the Soviet Union and current Russia, which has been seized in the United States, and so on.ā
The host chimed in to ask: āAre you including Alaska and Fort Ross?ā
Matveychev nodded: āThat was my next point. As well as the Antarcticā¦ We discovered it, so it belongs to usā¦ Also, the return of all medals that have been unlawfully taken from our sportsmen during all Olympic games, as well as the extradition of [Grigory] Rodchenkov, along with the extradition of multiple other criminals weāll want. I think we should start voicing all of that, so they understand what will be on the table. You didnāt want to talk to us about something small, like Ukraineās neutrality, hereās what you get. And thatās not even all of it.ā
Thereās never any such thing as āenoughā for fascists.
I know one comic artist in Russia who has cryptically hinted at using a VPN to continue to access Instagram. If this censorship was happening in my community Iād be setting that up for all my friends and family who couldnāt figure it out for themselves. Iām not a super technical person - Iām guessing a lot of people here can answer this for me. Is there any reason people canāt do that in Russia generally to get around this?
In China, the government has gone to great pains to prevent people from obtaining VPN, removing links to sites where people can download VPN software and, of course, removing these from app stores, etc. As a result, Chinese people with the means and the desire to do so will often take advantage of an overseas vacation or business trip as an opportunity to download and install VPN on their devices. It is extremely difficult to get a VPN within China, and anyone planning to travel there absolutely should set up VPN on their devices before departing.
I do not believe that Russia has taken that step yet, but I imagine that they could. Then again, even China wasnāt able to get rid of VPN overnight.
Notably, no Russian sanctions for the Former Guy.
The Majorie Taylor Greene of Russian politics.
ETA: damn you autocorrect
It might not be Russiaās decision.
