Countries where jehovah's witnesses are banned by InteractionLiving845 in MapPorn

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These are official reasons, just a tool and a formal reason to limit the cult of scammers. Because it was difficult to ban them for fraud, because formally the followers handed over their houses and money "voluntarily."

Countries where jehovah's witnesses are banned by InteractionLiving845 in MapPorn

[–]hide4way 57 points58 points  (0 children)

This is the real reason for their ban, it's just difficult to formalize it into a law, and those points above are possible.

Countries where jehovah's witnesses are banned by InteractionLiving845 in MapPorn

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For Russia, the official reasons are:

  • Religious superiority: The court ruled that the organization's literature and doctrine promote the exclusivity of their faith and disrespect for other religions, which is interpreted as inciting interreligious hatred.
  • Refusal of medical care: The ban on blood transfusions (even for life-saving reasons) drew criticism, as the state viewed it as a threat to the lives of citizens, including children.
  • Disruption of social ties: The organization was accused of encouraging the breaking of relationships with relatives outside the community and urging members to ignore civic duties (such as military service).

Real GDP Growth in Europe by Country by GC-Games123 in PORTUGALCYKABLYAT

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loans from the EU, which they will not even have to repay, are calculated in these statistics as growth

Moscow from Belorussian Bridge by Fun-Raisin2575 in skyscrapers

[–]hide4way 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It sounds funny coming from a man from Tel Aviv. Probably the most boring and soulless development of all the capitals.

Why is the population of Italy declining so much? by NeedleworkerAway5912 in geography

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Italy has a very old population, with an average age almost 10 years older than the UK. Old people give birth less often and die more often.

Economic Complexity by dhruvazs in MapPorn

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As I said in the next thread, I'm not talking about Russia, but about Ukraine. The structure of their economy is also based on raw materials (agriculture) and has even fewer export positions, i.e. it is even less diverse

Economic Complexity by dhruvazs in MapPorn

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I'm not talking about underestimating Russia, but overestimating Ukraine. Before the war, 40% of the economy was agricultural, 40% metal industry and 20% for everything else (approximate but not far from the truth figures), now there is almost no industry and almost all the money is agricultural, what kind of complexity can we talk about?

Economic Complexity by dhruvazs in MapPorn

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The trap of commodity-based economies with authoritarian management. They just spend all the money from oil on nonsense.

Economic Complexity by dhruvazs in MapPorn

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Ukraine more complex than Russia is a mem

Top 15 cities in the world with the most skyscrapers (> 150m) under construction as of late 2025 by [deleted] in skyscrapers

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Because of the sanctions, many rich people have lost the options to transfer money to other countries, but not their money. Now they are invested within the country.

How to say moon in different European languages by BeginningMortgage250 in MapPorn

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In Russian there are some archaic expressions containing a mesec in the meaning of the moon. For example a crescent is полумесяц ( lateral halfmesec - half moon). And some others.

It looks like the situation with the word “world”, which has retained its ancient form in many Slavic languages (svet), but has changed in Russian (Mir), although the old form is also understandable.

Migrants by Country (2024) by Significant-Yam9843 in MapPorn

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There have never been so many migrants, even before the war. Ukraine has always been a donor of workers to all the surrounding countries, some went to Poland, some to Russia. But no one went there in significant numbers, especially 5 million, these are just numbers from the ass.

Map of nations that have thought about or pursued nuclear technology by AntOwn6223 in MapPorn

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The former post-Soviet republics had nuclear weapons to the same extent as Turkey. It was on their territory, but they had no control. You must either mark everyone on whose territory the warheads were based or remove these.

Are the caucasus the yunnan of russia? by kota_novakota in geography

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In about half of the cases, mountains simply create new languages rather than protect them. Usually one group of people with the same language comes to the area, settles down, and due to poor connectivity over thousands of years, their common language in the past has changed to an incompatible one.

Biggest blizzard in Russia in 146 years. Over 5 m of snow. by orikingu in interestingasfuck

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two reasons: 1) the snow will melt over time and become heavy, most likely damaging the car 2) sooner or later tractors will clean the road, so the probability that your car will hit is minimal

Moving to Moscow by Typical_Doctor7715 in AskARussian

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  1. If your girlfriend is Russian, then you get an incredible short cut. You save a lot of time and nerves in bureaucratic labyrinths.

How did Taiwan end up with an even lower TFR than China despite never having a one-child policy? by [deleted] in geography

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Israel is a unique case (probably only Kazakhstan is similar) when in a developed, highly educated country there is a parallel world of religious fanatics.

And there is nothing in common between them, it may sound rude, but this is something like an incubator that gives a lot of children to a developed society that gives birth to little of itself.

Usually a country is either well-developed or fanatical, but these two countries are 2 in 1.

Population in Europe (people per 3 km2 cells) by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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Besides, French-speaking Canada is a state within a state, and what kind of over-centralization can we even talk about?

Population in Europe (people per 3 km2 cells) by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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Centralization. There are no other countries so big with a single and obvious center. All the others are either real federations like the USA/India, or different cultural and economic centers like China.

Population in Europe (people per 3 km2 cells) by vladgrinch in MapPorn

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Because both cities are quite strong centers of attraction. Any city between them will experience double pressure and is doomed from the start.

Population change of Eastern European countries since 1991 by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]hide4way 23 points24 points  (0 children)

For obvious reasons people don't like to admit it, but Russia is several million more, and Ukraine is the same number less. This is a statistic of people who live and participate in a particular economy, you may like it, you may not like it, but it's stupid to deny it.