PerfectDlite

I think he's referencing hype news pieces produced by RT and alike about their 'accomplishes' in Syria where they've 'bested US and NATO' forces.

Should take that with spoons of salt though.

Afaik, those are tabloids which were notorious to invent stories?

> I think so too - for now, but it probably didn't seem that way in 1958 when they had nukes pointed at them.

Nukes were pointed at them because they've invaded South Korea first.

So there _is_ a resistance movement in Crimea.

> Ukraine often didn't have money to pay Russia

But Russia cut _all_ gas supply, stopping gas flow to Germany and other customers.

Absence? So why Russia started to exile, suppress and kill Crimean Tatars then?

> The US helped plot to overthrow the Ukranian government in 2014.

Which is not supported by any claims, except wild Russian propaganda.

> NATO pushing for Ukraine to become a member

Same.

> Crimea has been a part of Russia for centuries

Russia (as is) didn't exist _for centuries_.

> to celebrate the 300th Anniversary of the Ukraine as part of Russia

That's wrong on so many levels...

> Crimea voted to rejoin Russia

Sure. _After_ Russia invaded Crimea they've held highly falsified voting which wasn't recognized by any international officials.

All in all, your information tend to be highly skewed to Kremlin propaganda.

> I doubt the underlying premise, that Russia would even be so stupid as to try such a thing.

They've invaded Crimea and downed MH-17.

If that's not stupid, I dunno what else is.

> The mujahideen was created when the US convinced Egypt to release their criminals (murders, rapists, some political prisoners) and let them gain freedom by fighting a war in Afghanistan.

So, Soviets invading the Afghanistan wasn't responsible for anything?

Also I'd like to see some sources.

> That would make it extra super secure and Russian.

And extra slow, considering Elbrus performance.

> This is a first step towards trying to build some type of technological independence from the west.

And this is not step forward, but to the side, since they're becoming technically dependent on Chinese now.

> I see no other reason for the law.

Petty attempt to force big companies to pay for Russian hosting.

> ripped off the nuclear missile doors

That's probably a result of missile(s) explosion, similar to explosion which resulted in her loss. Occam's razor, you know.

IMO he missed Windows there, like 'forerunner of all Windows messengers'.

> Russia will be virtually impenetrable to missiles using satellite navigation

Wow, that's one wishful thinking, especially considering lame attempt to disrupt them when missiles basically already approached their target.

> Ukraine literally means 'border'...

So, Russians are not aware of Slavic languages, where 'Kraina' (as in Ukraina) means country?

> As for the press ban link, it's a bit misleading here, because what was actually banned in Russian Empire was Latin alphabet

Today I've learned that Ukrainian language uses Latin alphabet...

More wonders from Russian state-sponsored history.

> That was mostly done with positive things though

Yeaaah... Like fill up space 'vacated' by people sent to Siberia or killed in Holodomor.

Totally positive things.

Strugatsky are hardly a sci-fi. Soviet (and post-Soviet) fiction writers are surprisingly bad at sci-fi.

For a decent sci-fi I'd recommend to check Stanislaw Lem, especially 'The Invincible' and 'The Futurological Congress'.

> They want to what??? You really need to look at a map before saying things like that.

That's the popular 'opinion' induced by Russian propaganda and they're notorious for ignoring the reality.

And Iraq actually had weapons of mass desctruction.

> That surprises me as they certainly have the expertise to build such a system

This might be questionable. Soyuz (as the name implies) was built in USSR, not Russia.

After USSR dissolved some experts were outside Russia. And since several decades passed most people with Soviet knowledge are already retired.

> A twice elected democratic government of Ukraine was overthrown in a violent coup, orchestrated from abroad, that used neonazis to do the dirty work.

Perfect example of russian propaganda.

> leaving what was left of Ukraine and rejoining the Russian Federation - which they were originally part of for longer than the US has existed.

Crimea was part of Russian Federation _for longer than the US has existed_???

Dude, stop smoking whatever you're on.

> Socialist countries has all kinds of trajectories

All of them pointing to the ground, though.

So, US invaded and annexed someone in past 50 years? How's the weather in your version of reality?

> Those two countries are similar in so many ways.

Like invading and annexing their neighbours?

Looks like there are few errors in your description of Russia.

> A post-industrial state is one which was dominantly industrial, and has moved on to some other primary basis for its economy, usually because it is engaged in international trade and its comparative advantage is no longer in manufacturing but some other area.

In case of Russia it wasn't so, they still struggle to get back to Soviet level of industrialization after USSR fell apart.

> Russia is already post-industrial state

> Russia lost most of its industry in competition with China and hi-tech manufacturing to the West.

Congratulaions, you've managed to contradict yourself in one paragraph.

> was replaced by the socialist market economy, the current economic system

You're implying that current Chinese economic system is a 'socialist market economy'?