Highly recommended: Ragna Shop - ragna.by/ Anfisa's video about visa info for Belarus - ua-cam.com/video/zov2JWrusfg/v-deo.html The Duran - www.youtube.com/@TheDuran
17:51 USSR dissolved but Russia never abandoned its predecessors imperialist/authoritarian practices. If NATO would’ve dissolved, most of Europe would be Russian vassals by now
He does mention the war- he just repeats Russia lines. Niall which parts of Ukraine should the rest of the world negotiate away? Which Baltic states? Which parts of Finland? Which bits of Poland? Do the Ukrainians get a say in this or just Western ‘anti imperialists’ like yourself?
I read yesterday in the news that a document leak showed that Russia intends to take over fully the country of Belarus in 4 to 6 years from now. We all hope that doesn’t happen like what happened to Ukraine. Peace and dialogue is the better answer.
Please, find some small local sweetshops - taste and present some traditional hand made cakes, pies and other. Im very curious what sweets Belarus likes to enjoy
Love the Fawlty Towers clip at the end - I agree, we all are on a cliff edge - scary. It's lovely to see life in Minsk is so Normal - pray it stays that way. Thanks for sharing your Saturday with us!
It looks like its a helluva lot cheaper to get a tourist visa in advance and jump on a cheap flight to Riga or Vilnius as the Istanbul route is a piss take, price wise. Even paying a visa company to handle the application would work out cheaper.
@@michaelhermens8409 im talking about travelling from Scotland. Im not sure the difference from USA is worthwhile but its an option to check out i suppose
Thank for the advice! Does anyone has more information about getting a visa and then taking the train from Vilnius to Minsk? Price, length of the visa, etc?
I’m so jealous watching these videos I first visited Belarus in 2002 and visited every year until 2021 . What a beautiful country and people. Thanks for the videos especially food o clock.
I'm from the USA and I just recently returned from Belarus from visiting my Fiancee. The Tourist Visa is very simple to obtain and the embassy in Washington DC processes the application very quickly. I pay extra for the expedited service. At the border you won't have any issues. The Belarusian border guards were very polite to me. And were nicer than American and Dutch border guards I had to deal with on my way to Belarus. Any travel warnings you see are just propaganda by the Western Governments. Belarus is safe and a beautiful country! Nobody cares if you're American or whatever nationality you are. I had no problems from anyone. If crossing by Land border, I recommend using EcoLines to book a bus ticket. They're cheap and reliable.
Great to hear Kevin. My experience with the Border Guard Service of Belarus has also been very positive. Very efficient and very polite - in stark contrast to their Western counterparts.
@@IrishPartizan Yes, indeed! On my way from the U.S. I was slapped with a barrage of questions. In Amsterdam, they made me show documents when I would return. I understand this is their job. But many questions seemed unnecessary. In Belarus, the border guards asked if I had any large amounts of currency. Then said, enjoy my stay. When departing, they said Goodbye and smiled. Much nicer than anyone else I've encountered. I look forward to returning again soon! Always a wonderful time visiting!
I was just in Minsk and Brest for Christmas (Catholic) and New Year's. I love it there. I looked for you, but did not see you LOL. What is the best way to learn Russian there for beginners? Keep up the good work!
There is a class of politician who doesnt want to see the the countries live like good neighbours. It is more profitable for the military industrial complex 💸💰💰💰💷💵💶. My late daddy said that's why they cause a war in a recession.
Hi, Niall. I like that you don't miss the details :) The last question had to be answered near the monument to Dzerzhinsky, a native of Belarus and the founder of the KGB, in the square opposite the KGB building :) That would be a very revealing answer :)
Totally agree with your answer about the war and how we got to this tragedy. I would add, what if Bill Clinton in the year 2000 had agreed to the proposal or idea of Russia entering NATO? (Proposed by President Putin) Maybe Europe would be at peace and stronger; but as they say, l'argent fait la guerre....
@hvidhavn1 big power politics, all actors have a share of responsibility in this tragedy. The west made mistakes too. All I'm saying is that it could have been avoided but there wasn't the political will to avoid it. Furthermore, America would have acted the same as Russia if say China started a military alliance with Mexico. Also, to this day Cuba is under American sanctions because of the events in 1962. Why? Because America applies the Monroe doctrine. Check it out. Anyways, я надеюсь в этом году будет мир и закончится эта трагедия.
hvidhaven1 - The Western based Christian Magazine The Postil Magazine has more accurate articles about the situation in Ukraine. See ‘The Military Situation in Ukraine’ by Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud from 1st April ‘The Hidden Truth about the war in Ukraine’ from 1st August - Jacques Baud ‘The Nazis of Ukraine’ from 1st April by C B Forde See also article from ‘UK Column’ news from Colonel Jacques Baud from January 2023
Cards of foreign banks in Minsk/Belarus. No extra charge if you pay for buying something. If you want to withdraw cash, then they will additionally charge you.
@@SP-hr3uv Traditionally this is 2 or 3 per cent and it differs from bank to bank. There’s usually a warning notice as you start withdrawing from ATM or you may do that in a bank office and ask the officer about their commission for the withdrawing service. All ATMs in Belarus have English language option to choose.
@@hitrends7351 thanks for your information. In my case I have a charge from my own bank. And there is also the charge from the ATM. So I usually pay 10$ charge for a withdraw of 100$...
@@SP-hr3uv 10 per cent is hell a lot. Half of it is ok, what is not ok anyway. Plan yr foreign cash spends while in yr home country and withdraw it before the trip. Then make card payments at max while abroad. This should be of no commission.
Great informative video as always Niall. I hadn’t realised that McDonalds had left Belarus until you mentioned it and then I looked it up. Obviously the sanctions on Russia have no direct read across to Belarus but the fact that McDonalds decided to leave I guess shows how close the ties are between Belarus and Russia.
@@IrishPartizan indeed Niall and I am no fan of McDonalds in any country it was more the political significance that intrigued me. Keep the videos coming.
I think you are a good man but oh my God you must have had it so bad back at home that you chose to go to Belarus and even stay there... above all places. Well, enjoy your stay while it lasts and God have mercy on your soul.
Why are you an advocate for Western imperialist aggression and continued NATO expansion? Do you support the bombings of Serbia, Libya, Syria as well as the proxy war in Ukraine?
Hi! very interesting video, i follow you since i saw you with Mr Bald, now i am in Minsk as well and wondering if i suddenly see you!, great and interesting videos all my best wishes!
Interesting video. It's a shame many of the western fast food franchises are already there, although I didn't see any morbidly obese people like I see everywhere I go (Seattle, WA).
The points about NATO are all good but I don't think you can ignore the connections between the reigning American Foreign Policy School and the outright crooks and scoundrels in the International Finance world who robbed Russia blind throughout the 1990's until Putin brought them to heel and never left the Ukraine. The bonds between these two groups- their shared interests, their shared blood, and their shared prejudices must be taken in to consideration. Kennan assumed a world in which statesmen are rational actors attempting to achieve the best interests of their country. But what if the foreign policy of the world's reigning Superpower were hijacked by a cabal that doesn't even think in those terms? Because that is the conundrum we face today and it makes finding a settlement for the human tragedy playing out in the Ukraine that much harder.
I think one of the biggest mistskes is the hyperfixation of the ww2 narritave by the west but that is just propaganda to justify this proxy war. Putin is not Hitler, Russia is not Nazi Germany. This is a war thats been going on since 2014 and if the west hadnt betrayed the Minsk accords the war never woulda happened and diplomacy would have worked.
Putin didn't want NATO on his doorstep. It's no different than WW2...... Think about it.....He doesn't want a battle on Russian soil. Why? Because he must pay to fix the damage. So if the battlefield is Ukraine and Belarus.... Someone else is on the 🪝hook. The USA thinks the same way.
actually a certain n.y.-london financial crew, embittered expatriate children and their politician friends have alot to do with fomenting the war in the ukraine
Good call there. Peter Hitchens is well worth a read as is this article - www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10581335/PETER-HITCHENS-saw-coming-Thats-wont-join-carnival-hypocrisy.html
Great video as always :) Thumbs up! I disagree though with your NATO idea. Adolf Putin and the Russian Nazi Federation attacked Cheynya and Georgia before the huge NATO expansion. It's a good thing NATO kept moving east because of the history of Adolf Putin and the Russian Nazi Federation attacking their neighbors. The only thing that would have saved all former Soviet Republics including Russia is if they would have joined NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union. Putin is a dumb leader if he would have welcomed the 2014 Ukraine elections and supported Ukraine and called them a brother nation. Then announced financial and trade partnerships and looking forward to future partnerships. Ukraine would have kissed Putin's ass as Lukashenko has. Instead, Adolf Putin attacked in 2014 and the Wagner group was born to start the war in eastern Ukraine and steal Crimea. I pray Russia fails and Belarus gets a real leader.
What kind of settlement are you proposing when 1 is the clear agressor. You seem a Putin supporter to me, but probably you have to be when you want to stay there and out of jail. And: the illegal bombing of Serbia? Don't you think what Serbia was doing in Kosovo and Bosnia wasn't illegal?
All peace deals are made when 2 or more sides are fighting each other. Agreeing to a deal means putting the citizens & peace over the childish game the Elites play with the back & forth blame game. Being stubborn only continues a war. Right now over 300K lives lost & the longer it goes on the less opportunity for a deal. If a war was happening near me id want a peace deal like anyone else would. Unfortunately its not the people on the ground in these war zones that have the say. Its easy to play tough when people are not directly involved. The irony of these wars is they are battles between Elites but the Elites never pay the cost. Once you start killing each other the ideas of whos right & wrong is thrown out the window because you both have blood on your hands. People do conquer for peace & virtue, they conquer for Land, Power & Influence. Only after an unquestionable victory does a side get to write the history & make its claims about who was the bad guys but in the sphere of TRUTH those claims are merely propaganda because the loss of life & destruction out weighed the benefits of the war. Take WW2 for example, 50,000,000 humans lost there lives & what was solved? America has been in constant wars since WW2 so it wasn't a matter of fighting to reach the goal of peace. We all know 2 wrongs don't make a right & we know things just don't happen for no reason. Conflicts continue because War doesn't resolve anything. What war does is breed hatred. There are Mothers & Father & Sisters & Brothers on both side of this conflict that have lost loved ones that will hold the side that took there family members away accountable till the day they die. You cant ask those people to forgive & move on while calling for more war to settle the conflict. Every person that dies & every home that gets destroyed or every person that is displaced create more hatred. Its the stubbornness of Elites that keep these conflicts alive. In the case in Ukraine its both side's that are responsible & one sides actions does not excuse another's. Both sides Elites can play hard ball because they are the ones suffering but it will have a massive cost on Human Life & Human Suffering which in turn creates more sentiment for war. They can continue this conflict with it spreading & not knowing who will be the last standing with the possibility of MILLIONS of lives lost & missive Infrastructure destruction or they can come to an agreement that could avoid all the death & destruction. Its always the Elites that are not at risk of losing anything that say "Making a deal is appeasing the enemy".
The Irish have a positive position of neutrality. We don't view the world through the prism of NATO and the Anglo countries. Perhaps you could try to think outside the box ?
Highly recommended:
Ragna Shop - ragna.by/
Anfisa's video about visa info for Belarus - ua-cam.com/video/zov2JWrusfg/v-deo.html
The Duran - www.youtube.com/@TheDuran
17:51 USSR dissolved but Russia never abandoned its predecessors imperialist/authoritarian practices. If NATO would’ve dissolved, most of Europe would be Russian vassals by now
Interesting, the station stops were called out in English on the train.
He does mention the war- he just repeats Russia lines. Niall which parts of Ukraine should the rest of the world negotiate away? Which Baltic states? Which parts of Finland? Which bits of Poland? Do the Ukrainians get a say in this or just Western ‘anti imperialists’ like yourself?
I am afraid he is there for bangin girls brought him by local kgb, thats his price
Cheers to you from Edmonton Alberta.
love this chanel
Thanks Niall, great info!
What a beautiful way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Saturday afternoon’s are really precious
Good to see the Nemiga area again. I stayed there in 2019! Disagree regarding NATO but we aren't going to solve that in the comment section 🙂
I read yesterday in the news that a document leak showed that Russia intends to take over fully the country of Belarus in 4 to 6 years from now. We all hope that doesn’t happen like what happened to Ukraine. Peace and dialogue is the better answer.
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Good to see you’re ‘on the road’ again. Very enjoyable video 👌
Please, find some small local sweetshops - taste and present some traditional hand made cakes, pies and other. Im very curious what sweets Belarus likes to enjoy
Noted!
@@IrishPartizan After that you can do "How UA-cam gave me diabetes.".
Love the Fawlty Towers clip at the end - I agree, we all are on a cliff edge - scary. It's lovely to see life in Minsk is so Normal - pray it stays that way. Thanks for sharing your Saturday with us!
Amit Sengupta is an EXCELLENT channel for war info.
Good vid Partizan
You don't actually need a visa if you're just visiting Grodno or Brest areas, by land.
I like videos like these from Tractor.
She was shook when say from Ireland. I am from Ireland
Great vid as always comrade 👍
It looks like its a helluva lot cheaper to get a tourist visa in advance and jump on a cheap flight to Riga or Vilnius as the Istanbul route is a piss take, price wise. Even paying a visa company to handle the application would work out cheaper.
Good take. Thanks for the info. I usually travel from USA to Istanbul to Minsk.
@@michaelhermens8409 im talking about travelling from Scotland. Im not sure the difference from USA is worthwhile but its an option to check out i suppose
@@neilmacdonald9501 since the travel embargo maybe Riga / Vilnius are off the list of connections with Belarus ?...
@@hvidhavn1 land border is open i believe. Get the bus over. Still vastly cheaper than flying via Istanbul
Thank for the advice!
Does anyone has more information about getting a visa and then taking the train from Vilnius to Minsk?
Price, length of the visa, etc?
I’m so jealous watching these videos I first visited Belarus in 2002 and visited every year until 2021 . What a beautiful country and people. Thanks for the videos especially food o clock.
Well done Niall, a very "on the move" Saturday and very informative.
is it also Iraqs fault the US invaded?
😇
Please tell us about your job in Belarus
Found some flights to Helsinki for 600 bucks. If it were easier to get visas for Belarus and Russia my ass would be on a plane right now.
Problem is EU travel embargo with Belarus ....
Turkey?
I'm from the USA and I just recently returned from Belarus from visiting my Fiancee. The Tourist Visa is very simple to obtain and the embassy in Washington DC processes the application very quickly. I pay extra for the expedited service. At the border you won't have any issues. The Belarusian border guards were very polite to me. And were nicer than American and Dutch border guards I had to deal with on my way to Belarus. Any travel warnings you see are just propaganda by the Western Governments. Belarus is safe and a beautiful country! Nobody cares if you're American or whatever nationality you are. I had no problems from anyone. If crossing by Land border, I recommend using EcoLines to book a bus ticket. They're cheap and reliable.
Great to hear Kevin. My experience with the Border Guard Service of Belarus has also been very positive. Very efficient and very polite - in stark contrast to their Western counterparts.
@@IrishPartizan Yes, indeed! On my way from the U.S. I was slapped with a barrage of questions. In Amsterdam, they made me show documents when I would return. I understand this is their job. But many questions seemed unnecessary. In Belarus, the border guards asked if I had any large amounts of currency. Then said, enjoy my stay. When departing, they said Goodbye and smiled. Much nicer than anyone else I've encountered. I look forward to returning again soon! Always a wonderful time visiting!
@@Sawpalmeto65 we are doing the K1 Visa process with my fiancee. Best of luck to you and your wife!
Please can you provide more information about the tourist visa?
How much, how many months allowed, documents they asked you, etc?
I was just in Minsk and Brest for Christmas (Catholic) and New Year's. I love it there. I looked for you, but did not see you LOL. What is the best way to learn Russian there for beginners? Keep up the good work!
There is a class of politician who doesnt want to see the the countries live like good neighbours. It is more profitable for the military industrial complex 💸💰💰💰💷💵💶. My late daddy said that's why they cause a war in a recession.
Hi, Niall. I like that you don't miss the details :) The last question had to be answered near the monument to Dzerzhinsky, a native of Belarus and the founder of the KGB, in the square opposite the KGB building :) That would be a very revealing answer :)
Take a trip to Maladzechna, probably, not much to see there, I grew up there. There and Rakau... If you have time
Have already been to these places. Maladzechena video is here ua-cam.com/video/Lt5yIFAjZeU/v-deo.html
Rakau is here - ua-cam.com/video/orcHgByRiwM/v-deo.html
Who knows the very famous poem written by Jakub Kolas?
Totally agree with your answer about the war and how we got to this tragedy. I would add, what if Bill Clinton in the year 2000 had agreed to the proposal or idea of Russia entering NATO? (Proposed by President Putin)
Maybe Europe would be at peace and stronger; but as they say, l'argent fait la guerre....
dont blame NATO - Putin alone caused this war / invasion ! ...does it not state in the video title "Dont mention the War" ?
@hvidhavn1 big power politics, all actors have a share of responsibility in this tragedy. The west made mistakes too. All I'm saying is that it could have been avoided but there wasn't the political will to avoid it. Furthermore, America would have acted the same as Russia if say China started a military alliance with Mexico. Also, to this day Cuba is under American sanctions because of the events in 1962. Why? Because America applies the Monroe doctrine. Check it out. Anyways, я надеюсь в этом году будет мир и закончится эта трагедия.
@@hvidhavn1 What kind of war are you talking about, neither Russia nor Ukraine has officially declared war on anyone.
hvidhaven1 - The Western based Christian Magazine The Postil Magazine has more accurate articles about the situation in Ukraine.
See ‘The Military Situation in Ukraine’ by Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud from 1st April
‘The Hidden Truth about the war in Ukraine’ from 1st August - Jacques Baud
‘The Nazis of Ukraine’ from 1st April by C B Forde
See also article from ‘UK Column’ news from Colonel Jacques Baud from January 2023
Can you travel in by train from, say, Poland, with the tourist visa? Thanks!
No, only by bus.
@@IrishPartizan Ah, ok. Thanks a lot!
I'm absolutely on your site of history! Gonna drink one day in Minsk
3:56 Fat chance getting a visa in Latvia. Luka threw out all our diplomats from your host country and Latvia responded symmetrically.
Cards of foreign banks in Minsk/Belarus. No extra charge if you pay for buying something. If you want to withdraw cash, then they will additionally charge you.
Thanks
Hi, do you know how much is the charge?
@@SP-hr3uv Traditionally this is 2 or 3 per cent and it differs from bank to bank. There’s usually a warning notice as you start withdrawing from ATM or you may do that in a bank office and ask the officer about their commission for the withdrawing service. All ATMs in Belarus have English language option to choose.
@@hitrends7351 thanks for your information.
In my case I have a charge from my own bank. And there is also the charge from the ATM. So I usually pay 10$ charge for a withdraw of 100$...
@@SP-hr3uv 10 per cent is hell a lot. Half of it is ok, what is not ok anyway. Plan yr foreign cash spends while in yr home country and withdraw it before the trip. Then make card payments at max while abroad. This should be of no commission.
You are so right about the war!
Coca-Cola still there?
What’s with the sign behind you at 08:27 with the raccoon 🦝?
About the need to sort garbage and that broken glass should be thrown into a container for glass.)
Says garbage sorting is people's job not raccoon's
Does my Chase Debit card work in Minsk?
As long as it has the Visa and Mastercard, you are good to go.
What do you do for work?
Creeps people out and talks shite
I dont expect much war talk. Youre not that type of channel like duran and iearlgrey.
Niamiha. What is this name?
Great informative video as always Niall. I hadn’t realised that McDonalds had left Belarus until you mentioned it and then I looked it up. Obviously the sanctions on Russia have no direct read across to Belarus but the fact that McDonalds decided to leave I guess shows how close the ties are between Belarus and Russia.
And Belarus is not the poorer without McDs. Belarusian cuisne is far more healthy and wholesome than fast food crap.
@@IrishPartizan indeed Niall and I am no fan of McDonalds in any country it was more the political significance that intrigued me. Keep the videos coming.
@@IrishPartizan and here in the US, McDonalds prices in the last 4 years or so, gone up to be quite expensive for the crap. A royal ripoff nowadays.
I think you are a good man but oh my God you must have had it so bad back at home that you chose to go to Belarus and even stay there... above all places. Well, enjoy your stay while it lasts and God have mercy on your soul.
Niall also had a video on this topic :)
Great video, thanks, very educational and entertaining. "Fawlty" not Faulty.
Farty Towels.
filmik ciekawy do 16:16, potem sama ruska propaganda xd, kanał sobie dissolve. Czemu tam siedzisz i wspierasz reżym?
Why are you an advocate for Western imperialist aggression and continued NATO expansion? Do you support the bombings of Serbia, Libya, Syria as well as the proxy war in Ukraine?
Hi! very interesting video, i follow you since i saw you with Mr Bald, now i am in Minsk as well and wondering if i suddenly see you!, great and interesting videos all my best wishes!
Thanks great video! More more more please!
Gwan ya boya!
Interesting video. It's a shame many of the western fast food franchises are already there, although I didn't see any morbidly obese people like I see everywhere I go (Seattle, WA).
Ta an video see go hana mhaith 😂☘️🇮🇪☘️
You MEntioned the wAR DONT worry l think you got away with it
IEarlGrey is a another good channel for news on the war.
The points about NATO are all good but I don't think you can ignore the connections between the reigning American Foreign Policy School and the outright crooks and scoundrels in the International Finance world who robbed Russia blind throughout the 1990's until Putin brought them to heel and never left the Ukraine. The bonds between these two groups- their shared interests, their shared blood, and their shared prejudices must be taken in to consideration. Kennan assumed a world in which statesmen are rational actors attempting to achieve the best interests of their country. But what if the foreign policy of the world's reigning Superpower were hijacked by a cabal that doesn't even think in those terms? Because that is the conundrum we face today and it makes finding a settlement for the human tragedy playing out in the Ukraine that much harder.
retired u.s. diplomat here…absolutely correct.
i love minsk soooo much
You can visit Grodno visa free I believe?
Great content as usual hope you enjoyed the rugby 🇨🇮🇺🇦
Even if NATO didn't exist Putin would have still gone in. It's not all about NATO.
Yes it is. George Kennan thought so as do Peter Hitchens, Chomsky, John Mearscheimer and even Joe Biden.
I think one of the biggest mistskes is the hyperfixation of the ww2 narritave by the west but that is just propaganda to justify this proxy war. Putin is not Hitler, Russia is not Nazi Germany. This is a war thats been going on since 2014 and if the west hadnt betrayed the Minsk accords the war never woulda happened and diplomacy would have worked.
@@IrishPartizan NATO is trash and so is the WEF. I despise being an American and having our country balls deep in this shit.
Putin didn't want NATO on his doorstep. It's no different than WW2......
Think about it.....He doesn't want a battle on Russian soil. Why? Because he must pay to fix the damage.
So if the battlefield is Ukraine and Belarus....
Someone else is on the 🪝hook.
The USA thinks the same way.
actually a certain n.y.-london financial crew, embittered expatriate children and their politician friends have alot to do with fomenting the war in the ukraine
Белорусам хватило ума не уничтожать советскую и имперскую историю в отличии от украинцев и прибалтов. Страна будет развиваться. У соседей всё не так.
закрой рот да
Pretty sure the Baltic’s have a higher standard of living than Belarus.
i would be grateful if you shoot video about MINSK night life, bars,clubs,you know)
Coming soon.
Since we're asking such poignant questions today, here's one that I've been meaning to ask you.
Oasis or Blur?
The calendar girl wanted your number!
Totally agree re Nato. Peter Hitchens is dead right. Hi from Walkinstown.
Good call there. Peter Hitchens is well worth a read as is this article - www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-10581335/PETER-HITCHENS-saw-coming-Thats-wont-join-carnival-hypocrisy.html
You have a short memory on Serbia. Enjoy your channel a lot but I’m taking a little break. Good luck.
The truth hurts. Have a nice day.
George Kennan was absolutely right about the situation
Great video as always :) Thumbs up! I disagree though with your NATO idea. Adolf Putin and the Russian Nazi Federation attacked Cheynya and Georgia before the huge NATO expansion. It's a good thing NATO kept moving east because of the history of Adolf Putin and the Russian Nazi Federation attacking their neighbors. The only thing that would have saved all former Soviet Republics including Russia is if they would have joined NATO after the fall of the Soviet Union. Putin is a dumb leader if he would have welcomed the 2014 Ukraine elections and supported Ukraine and called them a brother nation. Then announced financial and trade partnerships and looking forward to future partnerships. Ukraine would have kissed Putin's ass as Lukashenko has. Instead, Adolf Putin attacked in 2014 and the Wagner group was born to start the war in eastern Ukraine and steal Crimea. I pray Russia fails and Belarus gets a real leader.
У Беларуси настоящий лидер, а всех остальных можете оставить себе☝️
What kind of settlement are you proposing when 1 is the clear agressor. You seem a Putin supporter to me, but probably you have to be when you want to stay there and out of jail.
And: the illegal bombing of Serbia? Don't you think what Serbia was doing in Kosovo and Bosnia wasn't illegal?
All peace deals are made when 2 or more sides are fighting each other. Agreeing to a deal means putting the citizens & peace over the childish game the Elites play with the back & forth blame game. Being stubborn only continues a war. Right now over 300K lives lost & the longer it goes on the less opportunity for a deal. If a war was happening near me id want a peace deal like anyone else would. Unfortunately its not the people on the ground in these war zones that have the say. Its easy to play tough when people are not directly involved.
The irony of these wars is they are battles between Elites but the Elites never pay the cost. Once you start killing each other the ideas of whos right & wrong is thrown out the window because you both have blood on your hands. People do conquer for peace & virtue, they conquer for Land, Power & Influence. Only after an unquestionable victory does a side get to write the history & make its claims about who was the bad guys but in the sphere of TRUTH those claims are merely propaganda because the loss of life & destruction out weighed the benefits of the war. Take WW2 for example, 50,000,000 humans lost there lives & what was solved? America has been in constant wars since WW2 so it wasn't a matter of fighting to reach the goal of peace.
We all know 2 wrongs don't make a right & we know things just don't happen for no reason. Conflicts continue because War doesn't resolve anything. What war does is breed hatred. There are Mothers & Father & Sisters & Brothers on both side of this conflict that have lost loved ones that will hold the side that took there family members away accountable till the day they die. You cant ask those people to forgive & move on while calling for more war to settle the conflict. Every person that dies & every home that gets destroyed or every person that is displaced create more hatred. Its the stubbornness of Elites that keep these conflicts alive. In the case in Ukraine its both side's that are responsible & one sides actions does not excuse another's. Both sides Elites can play hard ball because they are the ones suffering but it will have a massive cost on Human Life & Human Suffering which in turn creates more sentiment for war.
They can continue this conflict with it spreading & not knowing who will be the last standing with the possibility of MILLIONS of lives lost & missive Infrastructure destruction or they can come to an agreement that could avoid all the death & destruction. Its always the Elites that are not at risk of losing anything that say "Making a deal is appeasing the enemy".
The Irish have a positive position of neutrality. We don't view the world through the prism of NATO and the Anglo countries. Perhaps you could try to think outside the box ?
Now getting announcements in English on the Metro, I notice!