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[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 107 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Every citizen of a democratic country, who is still inside Russia at this point, is a potential hostage and bargaining chip for the Russian government. There's no independent press or judiciary in Russia and the Russian government has no morals and few scruples. If they need a hostage, they'll take one.

Griner (a basket ball player convicted to 25y in prison for petty charges) was exchanged for Viktor Bout (the person on whom the movie Lord of War was based).

The Russian laws are also a minefield of post truths and petty rules, so it's not hard to find some kind of charge against any individual. Basically everyone will be breaking the law in some way in Russia and the crooks in the Russian government can decide when and where to go after someone.

[–] suction@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

Thank you. It’s so disappointing that people still give Russia the benefit of doubt. And thereby the people in the US and Europe who want to turn our countries into post-fact dystopias.

[–] s0ckpuppet@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah at this point if you're still there, there should be no bargaining for you if/when this happens. So fucking stupid to give that country any benefit of the doubt.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Saw an interview with some Americans living in Moscow and all I could think was "Jaysus lads, you must have been dropped on your head as a baby a few times to still be there at this point".

Like I'm sure day to day it's fine, but you're instantly a bargaining chip if Putin wants one.

[–] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But have you seen the grocery store carts?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just to clarify... does America not have shopping carts you unlock with coins?

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We do at aldi, and have indoor cart escalators too. Not everywhere, mind you.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And IMHO, that Russian one is the lame kind. The better ones have a separate track for carts. Target use those a lot, and they allow the people side to flow with less obstruction.

[–] 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Hope they got another Lord of War type figure to bail her out

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The White House has said it is seeking information after Russia announced it had arrested a dual US-Russian citizen on treason charges, accusing her of collecting funds for Ukrainian organisations and openly opposing the Russian war in Ukraine.

Russia’s state financial monitoring agency added the US senator Lindsey Graham to a database of terrorists and extremists on Tuesday, probably for his criticism of the war in Ukraine.

Khavana’s arrest occurred shortly before President Putin confirmed there were backroom talks with the US to negotiate a prisoner exchange, including the jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

The FSB said in a statement: “Since February 2022, [Khavana] has been proactively collecting funds in the interests of one of the Ukrainian organisations, which were subsequently used to purchase tactical medicine items, equipment, weapons and ammunition by the armed forces of Ukraine.

Gershkovich, who has been held in Moscow’s Lefortovo jail for nearly a year, appeared in court on Tuesday, where a judge extended his pre-trial custody for another two months.

Putin compared Gershkovich to Vadim Krasikov, an FSB hitman who was handed a life sentence in Germany for the assassination of Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, when asked about the case by the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview the Russian president said had a “lack of sharp questions”.


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