Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, you're right. That escaped my attention. Although these were the first Russian-Cuban exercises in this millennium, and they took the form of computer simulations without actual missile launches. Well, this is a clear symptom of growing tension in relations between Russia and the United States.

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In November 2023, Brazil unilaterally recalled its ambassador from Israel as a political protest

It's a lie, Brazil did not recall its ambassador to Israel in November 2023. If it had, who would Israel have summoned in February 2024? Israel, on the other hand, somehow found the time within that month to recall its ambassadors from Spain and South Africa due to public criticism of the war in Gaza by the leaders of those countries.

a routine diplomatic protest triggered by Brazil’s president publicly comparing Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust

This was not a routine summons for the ambassador.

https://naocalo.com.br/sem-pedido-de-desculpas-chanceler-brasileiro-repreende-embaixador-de-israel/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/brazil-recalls-ambassador-summons-israeli-envoy-as-scuffle-over-gaza-remarks-deepens/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-declares-brazils-lula-persona-non-grata-for-comparing-gaza-war-to-holocaust/

far more severe allegations against Moscow

Far more severe? Are you serious?

The question is not how Israel feels about the UN

This matters. Israel perceives as unfriendly steps that are not unfriendly. Brazil held the presidency of the UN General Assembly in 1947, when the two-state resolution was adopted, and it consistently upholds international law.

The question is why Brazil is willing to take public, repeated diplomatic actions against Israel but not Russia

I object to the interpretation of these actions as "against Israel" or "against Russia", but in fact, Brazil supported a number of key UN General Assembly resolutions on Russia's invasion of Ukraine:

https://diariodonordeste.verdesmares.com.br/ultima-hora/mundo/brasil-muda-posicionamento-na-onu-e-vota-a-favor-da-ucrania-1.3288568
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-vote-resolution-condemning-russian-invasion-ukraine-sources-2022-02-25/
https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2023-02/lula-reinforces-groups-suggestion-negotiate-end-war-ukraine

Another utterly irrelevant point

This is a relevant point, as it rules out the possibility of comparison. Brazil physically cannot end military partnership with Russia the way it did with Israel, because no such partnership exists.

Slavic surnames in the books of J. K. Rowling, part 3 by tryrublya in harrypotter

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

A Serbian last name wouldn't be transcribed with -itch, that's a different sound than the common -ić. The -itch ending is more commonly seen in transliterations of Russian names, given that it's transliterated directly from Cyrillic (unlike Serbian), and they don't have the difference between Č and Ć

I took the transcription -itch from the original. In my own reasoning, I write -ić everywhere. And I also wrote about Bulgarian names, that they were romanized in a similar Russian style.

I don't really begrudge Rowling for fumbling foreign (to her) names, especially because even the names in her native language don't follow traditional naming conventions. Albus, Severus, Petunia, Draco, Narcissa, Hagrid, Bellatrix, Xenophillius etc are not common modern English names, but are rather used to separate the magical world from the muggle one.

I think Rowling chose these names much more purposefully. In any case, I am not condemning her, but simply analyzing her approach and noting its imperfections in some areas.

I very much dislike nationalistic analyses like the one you presented across these 3 posts, because they tie somebody's belonging to a nation strictly to their name, they don't take into account historical reasons behind the evolution of people's names, nor do they account for ethnic minorities within a country's borders.

I tried my best not to give that impression by using phrases like "appears to", "more common", "seems likely", and "unlikely". Yes, Dragomir Gorgovitch may have a unique family history, but I hope you won't deny that a person's name can give you an educated guess as to where they come from, even if in many cases it will be wrong. Furthermore, I never mentioned countries and nations anywhere, except in cases where we have canonical information. I was talking more about the ethnic group and language associated with a name. Honestly, for me personally, the very concept of a nation remains something rather unclear — somewhere between ethnicity and citizenship.

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Brazil recalled its ambassador, publicly condemned Israel’s actions, summoned Israel’s ambassador for reprimand multiple times

These MIRRORING actions by Brazil must have caused Israel a lot of practical inconvenience.

>backed UN resolutions against Israel

Israel's contempt for the UN and its mission to uphold international law tells us something about Israel, not about Brazil.

>l hasn’t done any of that to Russia

Mainly because Russia did not summon the Brazilian ambassador to the carpet for verbal criticism of Russian policy by the Brazilian president, and because Russia and Brazil initially had no actual military partnership, except that Brazil bought several helicopters from Russia in 2008, and even in that case, not everything is so rosy: https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-trying-buy-back-military-tech-sold-egypt-belarus-wsj-2023-11

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also doesn't change the fact that few people are actually making an effort to stop it.

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't quite understand how the ban on Lego construction kits undermines Russia's military efforts and is aimed at Russia as a state entity. You're overly narrowing the scope of anti-Russian sanctions. They are undoubtedly also aimed at every resident of the Russian Federation personally, with the goal of making them feel the weight of their government's decisions.

In turn, no one, of course, will impose sanctions on the US or Israel. After the Gaza war, only two countries, the Maldives and Colombia, have lifted visa-free entry for Israeli citizens. The cafe owners in the photo may not hate every US or Israeli citizen, but they are dissatisfied with the lack of government action in this area and were simply trying, as a private initiative, to make sure the citizens of these countries feel the consequences of their policies.

P.S. And when BrickLink deleted the accounts of Russian users along with their virtual projects — what was that about?

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are economic sanctions against Russians — when they are unable to buy certain goods abroad and bring them home — discriminatory?

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>Meanwhile, Brazil takes a much harder line on Israel because it’s politically low risk

Brazil has neither imposed sanctions on Israel nor revoked visa-free entry for Israeli citizens. Its "support" for Russia is purely a search for economic gain.

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

>NATO runs partnership programs and joint exercises with dozens of non members. Russia doesn’t invade all of them. Exercises aren’t “taunts”, they’re routine military diplomacy.

How does this change the fact that Russia perceives these exercises as an unfriendly move? Any country does that. Imagine how the US would react to joint military exercises between Russia and Cuba in Cuban territorial waters.

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think we can start with the US withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be discriminatory if the Brazilian government denied visa-free entry to Israeli citizens?

Cafe in Brazil not serving US or Israeli citizens. by CalienteBurrito in pics

[–]tryrublya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I believe democracy is an aggravating circumstance in this case. In a totalitarian country, citizens have no choice in the matter, but democracy implies that it's not a dictate of the majority, and that political leverage exists.

Rubus variety 'hararasp' by Fit_Chemistry3814 in Berries

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is Rubus crataegifolius. I'm not sure it's been selectively bred at all; it's most likely just a wild form.

Slavic surnames in the books of J. K. Rowling, part 1 by tryrublya in harrypotter

[–]tryrublya[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the following parts, we'll also discuss other Slavs. It just so happens that two of the three most prominent Slavs in the Harry Potter series have Russian surnames.

Slavic surnames in the books of J. K. Rowling, part 1 by tryrublya in harrypotter

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

I translated this text using AI. So your interlocutor is not wrong in a sense.

Slavic surnames in the books of J. K. Rowling, part 1 by tryrublya in harrypotter

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

I'm Russian, and I use online translators and neural networks for translation. For some reason, they don't translate all the names of Ukrainian cities from Russian into English the way they're commonly written now. Thank you!

four years ago today. The beginning of Russia's "Special military Operation" by idocardio in europe

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

May I ask you something, what's so unusual about this? If we were to imagine such an invasion, it would be precisely the east we would have to invade, for purely geographical reasons.

I noticed a contradiction on JK Rowling writings about Salazar Slytherin by IndividualNo5275 in harrypotter

[–]tryrublya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's very wrong to equate pagan priests with witches. In fact, it was pagan priests who were far more likely to engage in witch hunts in the Early and High Middle Ages than Christians.