@SergeiChestakov @anselm_io And Putin new very well that (11) can't be enforced and he kept option to restart the war at any point
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Vladimir Klimontovich
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@SergeiChestakov @anselm_io peacemaker.un.org/sites/default/…
it's just 2 pages. 11 is the most problematic. UA president signed them, but it's not his authority to do a reform. GE and FR just wanted to froze the conflict under the rug, any temp solution was fine.
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@SergeiChestakov @anselm_io here was the gun en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of…
without the agreement, UA would loose more territory and and a lot of people (to Russian army). Poroshenko would singn anything at this point.
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@SergeiChestakov I meant "Hate for Russians in the EU". Probably real It's justified. The risk Russian citizens pose in the EU is very real. Although I admit 99.9% of RU citizens in EU are completely innocent...
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@vl_klmn Ahh I don't hate EU or anywhere in Europe! I just think some countries have more unnecessary hate (for ordinary Russian citizens) than others. Esp Baltics Poland etc but also have had comments from ppl elsewhere that was unnecessarily divisive or misinformed.
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Oh wait I forgot to include the context (screenshots) otherwise this tweet seems nonsensical haha
Tbc: idc about this individual's particular insults. Words don't rly hurt my feelings anymore and I welcome anyone to make fun of or even insult my Russianness (vodka, bears, war criminal, etc) bc I do care abt and support free speech! Yay USA!
BUT more importantly to me is this attitude: as I've traveled the world I noticed how pervasive this is amongst certain groups of Western Europeans, both in Europe and abroad.
Hate against specific nationalities isn't unique (looking at you Balkans!) but the hate against Ruskis is so unbelievably common and systemic amongst certain groups of Euros in particular and it's so obviously due to their incredibly biased media and lack of exposure to normal Russian people that integrate into their society like we have here in the US and Canada.
Russian people are strong and can handle mean words (we laugh abt it!) but I think it really starts to matter when those mean words translate to foreign policy decisions that result in the death of tens and thousands of young Russian (and Ukrainian!!) men every single day in the deadliest war ever seen in Europe since 1945. I saw kids younger than me (maybe 18-20) stand next to me on the SPB metro in '24. That's when shit became real for me bc they all seemed like nice, friendly ppl. Maybe they were propogandized by state media, sure, but the point is I don't want them to die and kill our brothers.
I've also met Ukrainian refugees in Poland. They refused to talk to me in Russian, even though we were both fluent, and neither of us spoke Polish. They hated me immediately when I said where I was born. That made me sad :(
Russians are also much more immune to propaganda than you think, arguably much more than Westerners! We've had to deal with it for a long time. No smart, reasonable young person in Russia watches RT and believes it verbatim. We're tech savvy and know how to use VPNs!
And I find it even more offensive when those same Euros pretend to care about this country they previously could not identify on a map. I grew up and worked w people from Kiev, Odessa, and Kharkiv! I grew up playing the S.T.A.L.K.E.R trilogy (the creator died on the frontlines btw). I grew up obsessing over Chernobyl and Pripyat during my Call of Duty MW days and after the HBO show. I have long and always will deeply cared about this country and its people and don't assume otherwise on the basis of where I was born.
And stop waving their damn flag in front of my face and trying to tell me to change how to spell their cities. That doesn't DO anything meaningful and it's hypocritical as you support policies that lead to their continued death and destruction. I try not to wave any flags ever because flags, when used politically, usually oversimply the root issue.
All the older ex-UkrSSR ppl I used to dine with and talk to all want this shit to end and don't support this current govt. And their kids either don't care or are so far removed that they don't have to think about their brothers dying on the battlefield bc they know they won't have to.
I've even met people from Donetsk and Crimea! They introduced themselves to me as Russian despite growing up there! That blew my mind! Maybe there's more to this story than most Western media presents?
I don't consume Russian media btw. What I would recommend to anyone actually interested is
1. Look back at old Western / US publications before '22 (check out the Vice doc on Neo-Nazis in 2014)
2. Listen to well respected American foreign policy experts and international relations professors (Mearsheimer is the famous one but there are others!). Not bc they are "right" or to "trust the experts" but bc it's valuable perspective from well educated and meaning Americans that have been paying attention to this stuff for 10+ yrs.
I am working hard to change this attitude in the West and I will. Any help and support is appreciated!
Sergei@SergeiChestakov
Дорогие русскоязычные, нужна ваша помощь. Давайте вместе защищать нашу Родину от этих дурацких западных (англо-британских) нападок. Я делаю всё, что могу в одиночку, и в интернете, и в Америке, но нас здесь мало, поэтому нужна ваша поддержка. В августе собираюсь приехать в Питер и Москву. Пишите, если хотите встретиться. Держимся вместе, не сдаёмся, только вперёд! 🇷🇺🤝🇺🇸
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@SergeiChestakov @anselm_io "(see the many Minsk agreements) of which it's my understanding that both sides violated them repeatedly" - have you actually read them? UA signed those agreements under gun point. They were impossible to implement
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Good points! I'm not free from bias and do not claim to be. I was born in Russia, am also a proud US Citizen, and regularly critique both govts but have also been exposed to more media and content around this issue than most. Agree on whataboutism - not my intention here.
The sad fact of the matter is the '22 invasion can also be seen as a continuation of the War in Donbass (Eastern Ukraine) since 2014 so men on both sides were already killing and dying for the 8 years prior.
Reports claim Russia covertly started it. Other reports also claim the Ukrainian side bombed and killed their own citizens. For this, I genuinely do not know what to believe and do not want to speculate as there is a lot of misinformation here and there's undoubtedly lots we don't know (both sides heavily restrict journalists or selectively permit them).
But I know many diplomatic attempts to resolve this issue have been tried (see the many Minsk agreements) of which it's my understanding that both sides violated them repeatedly. And when diplomacy doesn't work time and time again countries go to war (for better or for worse).
Anyways, great points and appreciate the discussion. Written form / Twitter prob not best format haha and I hate talking abt this publically I just feel helpless and don't know what else to do at this point!!
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@SergeiChestakov EU issue might be overstated as well, after the war I made a 2 short trips to Riga (2 weeks in total), hasn't seen any incidents either. Although Latvia is probably the most anti-ru country in the EU
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@vl_klmn Thanks for sharing.
Yeah I've gotten some comments here and there, mostly funny ones like that it was "bad timing" for me to be Russian (1. I didn't choose 2. is it ever good timing? haha) right after the war, but yes agree US is fine!
It's mostly an EU issue!
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@rohitdotmittal a year ago i was taking subway with the infant and parents visiting abroad. while my parents were figuring out the payment, the cop opened a door for us offering everybody ride for free. he insisted we proceed even after i mentioned we haven’t paid yet
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I can't remember seeing so many people regularly jumping the turnstile or skipping fares on the subway.
It's probably not a material percentage, but man, I see them everywhere.
Every time I take the subway, I see at least a few people hopping or ducking under the turnstile without making a payment. Even at stations with cops.
And the security at the gates is just lazily walking around - like, why should I care (which I also get).
It's a sad state of affairs compared to 10 years ago.
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@xav_moss @JBlunt1018 Probably opposite. At JFK it's two much work for them to create the paperwork, arrange tickets. All those stories happens either abroad, or at land crossings where it's easy to turn people back
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@JBlunt1018 The most important lesson from this is: if you can, ALWAYS go through preclearance, like Abu Dhabi, Dublin or Canada.
If this had happened at, say, JFK, it would be overnight detention at the least. Overland could be weeks.
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Assuming this H-1B visa cancellation is a real Reddit post:
This looks like a 221(i) visa cancellation at preclearance.
CBP has EXTREMELY BROAD discretion at ports of entry (including Abu Dhabi preclearance). They do not have to prove a violation the way USCIS does during petition adjudication.
Trigger of scrutiny was probably from:
— Long periods spent abroad
— Mixing vacation and remote work
Even if the underlying legal theory is weak, CBP can cancel the visa stamp. That does NOT revoke the approved H-1B petition but it forces you to go through stamping AGAIN.
Is it ridiculous? YES
From a legal authority standpoint, however, CBP absolutely has the power to do this.
Given the current enforcement posture, WHY are people still traveling when even pro-immigration advocates are warning against it?
Tell a friend to stop traveling unless it’s an emergency, there are beautiful places to visit in the US, and we have great Indian food. Come on folks, it’s not that difficult.
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@MVPel1970 @georgemillo @Tom___Scott yes, and seems like they haven’t intended to. they were denied entry to canada, so they had no other choice. that sucks, but the situation could have been sorted out without putting them in the handcuffs and sending to detention center
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@vl_klmn @georgemillo @Tom___Scott You can’t re-enter the US with an expired visa, even if you’re within your I-94 timeframe.
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65-year-old British woman in the US on the "trip of a lifetime", with a valid tourist visa, was arrested by ICE, shackled, transported & held for weeks on end.
Do NOT travel to the US under any circumstances.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…
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@Chriscoveries @Tom___Scott which is fine. you can totally be in the is with expired visa. the date on the visa regulates the time of entry. they issue i-94 at the border that says by when you need to leave. you can enter at the last day of your visa validity
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@georgemillo @Tom___Scott nothing in the article suggests he overstayed
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@vl_klmn @Tom___Scott Yes but the visa is only valid for so long, eventually you need to leave the US, and you have to leave by a specific date, which is obviously what I meant by "expires", you pedant.
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@georgemillo @Tom___Scott he wouldn’t need to leave before the visa expiration date. this is how us visas work - the expiration date is the latest date you can enter usa. the issue i-94 for you at the port of entry with is usually +6 months.
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I'm confused:
1. The husband was in an "appeals process" for what - a green card rejection? Why was his green card rejected?
2. What visa was he on? How long had he been there? Why didn't he leave before his visa expired? How long had he overstayed by? Did he know it had expired? How is it possible to know that you need to apply for a green card but not know that your existing visa is expiring?
3. The article says she hadn't left the UK in 8 years. If he was working in the US then why wasn't she with him?
4. Why was she travelling on a B2? Brits don't need a B2 unless you're ineligible for ESTA (e.g. if you have a criminal record or have previously broken immigration law, but the article says she has no criminal record) Why is she ineligible?
5. Why didn't the journalist interview her husband too? If she did, why isn't he quoted? Did nothing noteworthy happen on his side of the story?
6. What was ICE's explanation for why they detained her for so long? The article never actually says that there was no explanation, although the journalist clearly wants you to think this. Did they give one? If not, did anyone ask?
There's only one possible reason why these details aren't included.
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