China has the luxury of being a totalitarian state. Xi does not need to worry about upcoming elections. Unfortunately in Europe any moves that requires great sacrifice might be political suicide.

Eh as much as I would like it to be true, I would take the word of captured enemy combatants with a grain of salt.

I think they hate “the west” in general as the population can criticize and pressure those in power. Whereas dictatorships have unquestioned control.

In this case they should have been using government systems for internal transparency and opsec.

Ironically this scandal was caused by fools

Frankly I think Trump sees western nations not led by dictators as threats.

I can already guess the excuse: “Europe started the war by not negotiating a peace deal with Russia when it came to Ukraine.”

Board of the UZA*

We are living in times where countries are doing or threatening land grabs even to their supposed allies. I think this is a preemptive message of don’t fuck with.

Ofcourse! A convicted pedophile is a convicted pedophile until proven innocent.

With a life sentence you can at least get some of your life back if proven innocent. With the death penalty not so much.

It is not the severity of the crimes but the risk of executing innocents. A person could be a convicted pedophile but new evidence might reveal that they were innocent.

I read it as credibility with Russia’s citizens. They believed that their government will prevent any attack coming to Russian soil.

Eh when the founders are dead long enough, people stop caring. Ex: Chanel