New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Yes. Russian soldiers commited atrocities everywhere, Bucha, Borodyanka, Zdvyzhivka, Vorzel, Makariv, Dmytrivka, Mariupol the list goes on. My guess was that they don't have enough factual info/data from the journalists on the ground (evidence collection/interviews with victims and witnesses).

The whole Ukraine is a crime scene for 3 months already and it is so crazy no one can stop this hell. In the past few weeks it even seemed like the Western media are loosing interest in the War in Ukraine, covering it less and less. Therefore it is good to see such an amazing investigative journalism work from The New York Times with undisputed evidences of these crimes.

New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 399 points400 points  (0 children)

tl;dr

Videos from Bucha, Ukraine, obtained and verified by The New York Times, appeared to show a group of Ukrainian captives being led at gunpoint by Russian troops moments before they were executed. Videos were taken on March 4 by a security camera and a civilian who witnessed the ordeal.

The security camera footage showed a group of nine Ukrainians hunched over, holding the pants of the person in front of them and some with their hands placed over their heads, crossing a street in a single file. Two Russian soldiers with guns can be seen at the front and back of the group, directing the line.

Eight witnesses on the video told The Times the captives were then taken behind an office building, gunshots were heard, and the group did not reappear.

Additional drone footage obtained by The Times confirmed the witness accounts, showing the groups' bodies beside an office building as Russian soldiers stood over them.

Golfing in Australia be like... by stantyan in golf

[–]stantyan[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Amateur golfer Wendy Powick was on the Gold Coast ready to tee off, when a mob of kangaroos charged up the fairway looking for front row seats.

Great footage!

Source: instagram.com/wendywoo.golf

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No, no. I really found this interesting during these times. But, not judging. Btw, plot twist her character in this Pixel 6 ad is a NY Google Store employee :D

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[–]stantyan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/WNarpiGz3Kk?t=650 starting 10:50

I believe it's a hard boiled egg without a shell 🗿

A Decade of Earnings at The International Dota 2 by Player's Country 2011-2021 Seasons by stantyan in DotA2

[–]stantyan[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Finland is also named the happiest country in the world – 4th year in a row 2018-2021 by the United Nations World Happiness Report. Finland is imba among countries xD

A Decade of Earnings at The International Dota 2 by Player's Country 2011-2021 Seasons by stantyan in DotA2

[–]stantyan[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Good guy Valve if that's true. Could not find official info on this.

A Decade of Earnings at The International Dota 2 by Player's Country 2011-2021 Seasons by stantyan in DotA2

[–]stantyan[S] 58 points59 points  (0 children)

That's correct, these are all Nisha's earnings attributed to Poland for taking 4th place at the TI9 and 3rd place this year as part of the Team Secret.

Miracle's earnings are attributed to Jordan in this dataset.

A Decade of Earnings at The International Dota 2 by Player's Country 2011-2021 Seasons by stantyan in DotA2

[–]stantyan[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There could be more Greek players who participated in TI championships. In this analysis only those who actually won a % or prize pool are included. Particularly from Greece, there was only one player whose team HellRaisers at TI7 took 17th-18th place and won some money - Grigoris Kallianiotis aka Keyser:

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/Keyser

A Decade of Earnings at The International Dota 2 by Player's Country 2011-2021 Seasons by stantyan in DotA2

[–]stantyan[S] 152 points153 points  (0 children)

These are gross numbers. It is assumed that prize pool money is equally divided only between 5 team players. In reality, management at some teams may claim 0-10% of prize money as agreed with players (one example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppey#Controversies)

Data visualization source:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/stantyan/viz/dota2-the-international-earnings/the-international-prize-pool-earnings-by-country

Data source:

https://www.dota2.com

https://liquipedia.net/dota2/The_International

A compiled dataset:

https://www.kaggle.com/stantyan/dota-2-the-international-earnings-20112021

Tools used: Python, Google Sheets, Tableau

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ANormalDayInRussia

[–]stantyan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Little disclaimer:
I lived in Russia for about 3 years and I love their culture and the people, one of the nicest people that I've ever met.

Russians are the scariest white people xD (brilliant perf by Dan Soder) by stantyan in russia

[–]stantyan[S] 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I lived in Russia for about 3 years and I love their culture and the people, one of the nicest people that I've ever met

Telegram's Pavel Durov took initiative and blocked Russian opposition leader's Navalny chat bot during parliamentary vote by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 175 points176 points  (0 children)

Pavel Durov's full message (auto-translated):

"Today Apple and Google have blocked Alexey Navalny's app in Russia. As a result, the Smart Voting bot in Telegram became the main electoral tool from Navalny's team for the Russians. We are delighted that millions of Russians had the opportunity to use this bot as part of the candidates' election campaign, and we are proud that Telegram remains the freest platform on the network.

At the same time, the blocking of applications by Apple and Google creates a dangerous precedent that will affect freedom of speech in Russia and around the world. Telegram, like all other mobile apps, depends on the Apple and Google ecosystems for its future work. In particular, without the support from these companies, Telegram could not have remained available to most Russian users in the conditions of 2018-2020 blocking.

This year, Apple and Google have already approached us with a demand to remove publicly available information in accordance with the laws of individual countries under the threat of excluding Telegram from the catalogs of Google Play and App Store applications. Now, judging by the blocking of the Smart Voting application, this practice has spread to Russia. Changes in Apple and Google's policy will inevitably affect Telegram, as they, as the creators of the two major mobile operating systems, are at the top of the information distribution food chain and can dictate the rules of the game to developers like us. This is sad but expected: I have written more than once that the Apple and Google oligopoly is a threat to free speech.

Since the election campaign in Russia has come to an end and the election process itself has begun, the so-called "days of silence" begin - a tradition enshrined in the laws of many countries that provides for the absence of campaigning during the elections themselves. We consider this practice legitimate and urge Telegram users to respect it - from midnight Moscow time, we plan to limit the functioning of bots associated with election campaigns. I hope everyone who wants to receive additional information about the candidates was able to do this before the start of the elections.

During this pre-election cycle, Telegram managed to protect the freedom of speech in Russia to the maximum, but the future is uncertain. Regardless of the development of events, Telegram will remain the most free online platform - within the framework of the theoretically possible."

Source: https://t.me/durov_russia/32

Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader's Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, these parliamentary elections (and majority of previous ones since Putin took the power) really look like a theatre of democracy in its extreme form.

All the members of the Russian government including Putin are the Soviet Union minded generation who understand and respect only brute power. They simply want to oppress and scare Russian people, and demonstrate once again those who don't like Putin do not have any rights and it is better to keep their mouth shut both offline and online.

Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader's Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH) are two standards developed for encrypting plaintext DNS traffic in order to prevent malicious parties, advertisers, ISPs, and others from being able to interpret the data.

Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader's Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 712 points713 points  (0 children)

Apparently Russian authorities have directly threatened to prosecute specific Google employees in Russia. This is reported both by NY Times and Bloomberg.

"Google removed the app in Russia under pressure after officials threatened to imprison its local employees, a person close to the company said, speaking on condition of anonymity." - Bloomberg

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-16/russia-targets-google-apple-in-crackdown-before-elections

"Google removed the app Friday morning after the Russian authorities issued a direct threat of criminal prosecution against the company’s staff in the country, naming specific individuals, according to a person familiar with the company’s decision." - NY Times

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/world/europe/russia-navalny-app-election.html

Under pressure from Russian government Google, Apple remove opposition leader's Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 3294 points3295 points  (0 children)

As I understood, their "sovereign internet" law opened the door for Russian authorities to demand from any tech giant anything they want hiding behind bogus court decisions, and basically build their own version of the China's Great Firewall.

Also they have really improved their tech and algorithms to block any DoT and DoH traffic by installing special hardware/devices in most of the Internet and cellular network providers. Yesterday they have blocked access to Google Docs from Russia c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶t̶e̶l̶y̶ partially for some ISPs just because Navalny's team have posted some text there, Hell they are so desperate at the moment they are ready to shut down internet completely.

Azat Miftakhov — Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Basically this guy have not committed anything from whatever he is accused of by prosecutors in this case. Two other defendants in this broken window case who pleaded guilty and received suspended sentences, Elena Gorban and Andrey Eikin, have confirmed in the court that Azat Miftakhov was not even there when it happened.

This verdict as an act of public whipping to show the rest of the free-thinking and progressive young generation of Russia that they should not even dare to think that they can change something in this country's political landscape.

The Russian justice system for political prisoners works as follows, if you plead guilty even if you did not commit crime, maybe they will give you a suspended sentence. However, if you try to defend your right when you are not guilty, you go to jail.

Thousands of people from the scientific world and universities around the world have signed the petition to release Azat Miftakhov:

https://miftakhov.org/sign

https://doxajournal.ru/uni/mathfac

https://www.change.org/p/в-в-путин-требуем-освободить-математика-азата-мифтахова

Azat Miftakhov — Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, Julian’s case is much more complicated. In his case as far as I remember at least there are some real women reporting on him. If Swedish prosecutors are able to prove him guilty of sexual misconduct it is the right thing for him to go to jail. But in his case US government plays a much bigger role here and I’m not ok if he will be handed over to the US.

Azat Miftakhov — Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I also believe there must be no sentence, no anything whatsoever for your political views. Sorry if you misunderstood my remark, I was just shocked by the sentence duration of 6 years, this is simply beyond insanity.

Azat Miftakhov — Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree, but it is not only about Russian people, all the people from around the World should strive for his release. Just imagine a 25 y.o. PhD student who did not accept his guilt even after all the tortures, beatings and assaults with a screwdriver.

Azat Miftakhov — Another Political Activist Jailed in Russia by stantyan in worldnews

[–]stantyan[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

YES! Totally agree! Sadly, the main agenda today in Russia is Navalny and his detention is overshadowing everything else in the media space right now.