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as a direct result of Russia's annexation of the Crimea. Stop spinning. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/14/ukraine-publishers-speak-out-against-ban-on-russian-books

2 polls, 2 countries with a majority in both. The YLE poll showed 53% were in favor of Finland joining NATO, with only 28% against. Why did you forget to quote the percentage against?

Russian is not banned in Ukraine Requiring Ukrainian to be used in business and law courts is not banning Russian.

True. In fact he has achieved the opposite, Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would be better off joining NATO — until now. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-finland-helsinki-cold-war-34ef217e563ac9ea080c495ce6ffdb88

Putin's fascism has much in common with nazis and other forms of fascism, largely driven by social dominance behavior, hostile sexism, a yearning for "tradition" and the "good old days" when the in-group had supposedly uncontested power over society, an attraction to violence and what psychologists describe as the "dark triad" of human behavior (sociopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism). This growing nationalist movement is a scourge on society, very reminiscent of that which formed 100 years ago.

So he'll invade a sovereign nation and kill thousands of innocents rather than let that happen. So, it must be right then. One person in Ukraine said so. The second article is three years old and talks about some extremist nationalists who aren't the government banning anything. Can you see why the Russia apologists have a credibility problem?

I have always stuck to the included UI. Much of my time is spent in terminal anyway as I mainly work with servers and do a lot of coding. I started coding on dos machines back in the 80's anyway. Not sure why the "average" user would have any issues with Ubuntu or the default desktop.

I'm well aware that NATO missiles are close to Russia as are Russian missiles close to the west since long ago. That doesn't count as a reason to invade especially when nothing has changed in that regard and Putin declared that he didn't intend to invade. Following that declaration, NOTHING changed which gave him any justification for rescinding his word.

Can you provide a credible link that supports your claim that Russians in Ukraine were not allowed to speak Russian?

Thanks, so I'll just stick to the apparently erroneous assumption that it was because a power hungry fascist has dreams of returning to the good old days when everything was so much better.

It's best to stick with the LTS versions. Had you left it much longer then an update would not have been possible. Non LTS versions are only supported for something like 18 months. Not all *.04 versions are LTS. Soon 22.04 will be released and I highly recommend upgrading to that. You can set your software updater to upgrade only LTS versions. Always accept all updates and update them when offered. I have used Ubuntu as my main o/s for 12 years and my full time job is Ubuntu based so I'm a big fan of Ubuntu. I'm going to have a play with nixos when I can find time.

So, are they justified in arresting them? Or are they just using the kids as hostages to blackmail their parents?

Just another lie to excuse his other lie

That's just spin. The Russians in Ukraine weren't threatened and if they felt they were they could just go to Russia. All those women and children dead because he wants to protect Russians "at any cost". Pure bull propaganda.

How about when he said he wasn't planning to attack Ukraine? They were only conducting exercises. Was he telling the truth then?

I don't think it is. Why not update? Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is available from April 2021 until 2026 https://ubuntu.com/security/esm

Your version of Ubuntu is very old. It may be that the SSL (TLS) certificate ciphers are not up to scratch. The current version of FF is 97, I am using FF from Australia without issues on Ubuntu 20.04.

Do the usual suspects ever get tired of bashing Thais? Exactly the same happens every day in Australia and in large numbers. I read about wage thieves almost every day, whether farmers, restauranteurs, delivery services, etc

Could well include ex military fighter pilots.

Ching

Analysis: SWIFT block deals crippling blow to Russia; leaves room to tighten https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/swift-block-deals-crippling-blow-russia-leaves-room-tighten-2022-02-27/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/what-are-thermobaric-weapon-which-russia-may-use-against-ukraine/100865560

https://plumeria.today/care/insects-pests/aphids-pest/

It makes me think they don't like Russian invaders.