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They had no experience in successful landing assault operations.

And besides, all big cities in Manchuria and Korea were captured only after Japanese surrender.

Buran was intended to be a carbon copy of Shuttle, but Soviets weren't able to put engines there because of weight constraints and they had no solid boosters either do they had to improvise.

And 83 roubles will be like 2x more that his monthly stipend.

Yes, it was doomed - it operated for less than a year.

No, it wasn't a masterpiece - it was plagued by usual Soviet issues: poor quality and bad engines.

And no, it wasn't intended to transport regular people and land at practically any airport.

Pretty prevalent, and they're supporting far-right parties in Europe and US as well.

And as expected there is an influx of pro-Russian whataboutists trying to shift the blame.

So, your proofs of world-wide Russophobia are... posts on Facebook, travel forums and a quote from Pelevin?

Very fitting.

And meanwhile Putin sends their firefighter planes... to Turkey and Greece. https://www.dw.com/en/russia-sends-military-aircraft-to-figh...

Yep. You can have dirt-cheap housing (which won't be yours btw) and cheap transportation, but you will have to overpay for rest of the goods. And wait in extraordinary long queues.

You can experience some of the that life yourself - in North Korea or Ukrainian regions occupied by Russia for example.

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I've heard the wonderful assumption that The Wall in Berlin was built to actually cut the flow of migrants from... The West, seeking refuge in socialistic paradise of East Germany. Too bad that real situation was completely different.

Because Russia isn't able to produce complex electronics.

Telegram wasn't banned in Russia, it was just a PR show.

And suffer from identity theft and possibly malicious acts against their employees? I don't think it is preferable for many Americans.

It's not "a laboratory of the German armed forces". And it's not "clear political conflict" - it's Russia lying about destroying their chemical weapons and instead using them in Europe and UK - see Navalny and Skripal.

Guys, can you be a little bit less obvious in promoting your loon conspiracy site?

You need to check on how communist regimes were handling their environments.

Russians support Putin's regime en masse, so article had correct definition.

Sorry, comrade, I won't buy it. Russians considered US enemy #1 for quite a long time: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.statista.com/chart/amp/1249...

From one prison to another. Socialist regimes are pretty much similar in regards of valuing human life.

Just a PR stunt - during this 'blocking' Russia Today, their Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government entities managed to create accounts in Telegram.

Because Russians want easy access to conversations.

Poverty and exploitation were built into socialistic systems as well. And I think USSR and China never shared profits, but on the contrary - exploited their citizens to the maximum.

> which sadly can hardly be had with most Americans anyways, because the majority is already too presumptuous and indoctrinated to even have a level and honest discussion about it.

As opposed to pure and non-indoctrinated Russians, the single bearer of truth?

>Russia is essentially a landlocked country they don’t have access to the open seas

They have access to three seas and one ocean. Just friendly FYI.

Looks like russophobia nowadays is everything that uncover Putin's actions. Invading Ukraine - russophobia. Shooting down MH-17 - russophobia. Trying to overthrow government in Montenegro - russophobia. Cheating in Olympics - russophobia. Hacking foreign governments - russophobia. Using forbidden chemical weapons - RUSSOPHOBIA! This line of defense looks ridiculous, though.

Really? And you have the data for two-digit percentage deaths is despair?

What's wrong with Vietnam or Laos?

And regarding Afghanistan, Libya and Syria - you can thank Russia for the involvement, which continues in latter's even nowadays.

This report just talks about _projected_ excess deaths, nothing else.

Bad job, comrade.