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Elaborate?

eganist 5y ago
Rus: "We'll support you with your interests if you at the very least turn a blind eye to ours" That's my naive read, anyway.
- easy_rider_2137 5y ago
  Russia, not Rus. Rus and Russia are two totally different things.
  - meepmorp 5y ago
    Maybe OP is suggesting Putin wants to restore the medieval glory of Kievan Rus',
    - easy_rider_2137 5y ago
      That would be like Islandia resurrecting British Empire. Literally, well maybe actually Islandia has more right to do so than Russia have anything to do with Rus'.
  - usr1106 5y ago
    RUS is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicle_registration_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicle_registra... of Russia, I cannot see anything wrong with that. No idea what Rus might be.
    - eganist 5y ago
      In fairness, I should've contracted even further to the ISO 3166 code "RU" Vehicle codes are only slightly less clear than the ISO codes, but they're used in a surprising number of places, like international sports. Edit: Oh wait, I'm mis-speaking. Sports tend to use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3, which includes RUS So yeah, I guess I don't feel bad.
    - madars 5y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27
pluc 5y ago
Russia doesn't usually care much about its nationals hacking outside of its borders.
boringg 5y ago
Good that they are cracking down on ransomware gangs; bad that they are looming over an invasion of ukraine.
- denton-scratch 5y ago
  The US made an agreement under George HW Bush that they would not extend the boundaries of the NATO area beyond West(!) Germany. They now have troops in places bordering Russia, like Poland. It's not really surprising the Russians have tooled-up. And it's worth noting that the Russian troops are all still in Russia (apart from the troops in Crimea, and the surrogates in eastern Ukraine). I'm not for a moment trying to defend Russian bellicosity in Georgia, Ukraine and Crimea. I'm just noting that it's understandable, given repeated Western violations of promises and treaties. Treaties signed by the USA, in particular, might as well be used toilet-paper (ask Iran).
  - julius_deane 5y ago
    > Russian troops are still in Russia except the ones that are not. ayyy, the gymnastics > I'm not defending... nah, you're excusing
    - denton-scratch 5y ago
      > nah, you're excusing You can put it that way, if you like ad-hominem attacks based on forged "quotes". I'm actually pretty angry with Russian military incursions into their neighbours, and I'm glad they withdrew quickly from Kazakhstan. But I think NATO should have disbanded when the Warsaw Pact disbanded. It has no business operating in e.g. the Middle East. The West has acted provocatively, and it's no surprise if Russia is provoked.
      - julius_deane 5y ago
        are we still talking about the current time invasion of ukraine or are we going to what-about this thread?
  - 5y ago

Elaborate?

Rus: "We'll support you with your interests if you at the very least turn a blind eye to ours" That's my naive read, anyway.

easy_rider_2137 5y ago
Russia, not Rus. Rus and Russia are two totally different things.
- meepmorp 5y ago
  Maybe OP is suggesting Putin wants to restore the medieval glory of Kievan Rus',
  - easy_rider_2137 5y ago
    That would be like Islandia resurrecting British Empire. Literally, well maybe actually Islandia has more right to do so than Russia have anything to do with Rus'.
- usr1106 5y ago
  RUS is the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicle_registration_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_vehicle_registra... of Russia, I cannot see anything wrong with that. No idea what Rus might be.
  - eganist 5y ago
    In fairness, I should've contracted even further to the ISO 3166 code "RU" Vehicle codes are only slightly less clear than the ISO codes, but they're used in a surprising number of places, like international sports. Edit: Oh wait, I'm mis-speaking. Sports tend to use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3, which includes RUS So yeah, I guess I don't feel bad.
  - madars 5y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27

pluc 5y ago

Russia doesn't usually care much about its nationals hacking outside of its borders.

boringg 5y ago

Good that they are cracking down on ransomware gangs; bad that they are looming over an invasion of ukraine.

denton-scratch 5y ago
The US made an agreement under George HW Bush that they would not extend the boundaries of the NATO area beyond West(!) Germany. They now have troops in places bordering Russia, like Poland. It's not really surprising the Russians have tooled-up. And it's worth noting that the Russian troops are all still in Russia (apart from the troops in Crimea, and the surrogates in eastern Ukraine). I'm not for a moment trying to defend Russian bellicosity in Georgia, Ukraine and Crimea. I'm just noting that it's understandable, given repeated Western violations of promises and treaties. Treaties signed by the USA, in particular, might as well be used toilet-paper (ask Iran).
- julius_deane 5y ago
  > Russian troops are still in Russia except the ones that are not. ayyy, the gymnastics > I'm not defending... nah, you're excusing
  - denton-scratch 5y ago
    > nah, you're excusing You can put it that way, if you like ad-hominem attacks based on forged "quotes". I'm actually pretty angry with Russian military incursions into their neighbours, and I'm glad they withdrew quickly from Kazakhstan. But I think NATO should have disbanded when the Warsaw Pact disbanded. It has no business operating in e.g. the Middle East. The West has acted provocatively, and it's no surprise if Russia is provoked.
    - julius_deane 5y ago
      are we still talking about the current time invasion of ukraine or are we going to what-about this thread?
- 5y ago