Why should an emigrant in London affect the life of a city in Siberia he has no relation to? He has no skin in the game, if life becomes worse because of his choice, it will not affect him in any way.

>But in 2023, the State Duma passed a law under which overseas polling stations would only issue the proportional-representation ballot. One less reason to go to the election.

Good. Vote in British elections, have fun

>the least repulsive party

This kind of "Holier than thou" attitude is part of the reason why "Russian liberals" are not popular in Russia

>you get the feeling there’s plenty of room in there for someone to get disappeared

It's wrong embassy. He needs to go to the Saudi one where they killed and dismembered WP journalist[0]. Saudi regime as a very good friend of the GB[1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia%E2%80%93United_Ki...

No, it takes a lot of delta V to change orbit

- His lips are moving.

Morelli explains this principle or commandment as follows: "With rare exceptions, people tend to join the victorious cause. In the case of war, the preference of public opinion depends very much on the apparent results of the conflict. If the results are not good, the propaganda must disguise our losses and exaggerate those of the enemy." [0]

It's the same in Russia, if you are wondering

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Basic_Principles_of_War_Pr...

Luckily, NATO spokesman answered that question 27 years ago.

Press conference by Mr Jamie Shea, NATO Spokesman, 25 May 1999 [0]

Question (Norwegian News Agency): I am sorry Jamie but if you say that the Army has a lot of back-up generators, why are you depriving 70% of the country of not only electricity, but also water supply, if he has so much back-up electricity that he can use because you say you are only targeting military targets?

Jamie Shea : Yes, I'm afraid electricity also drives command and control systems. If President Milosevic really wants all of his population to have water and electricity all he has to do is accept NATO's five conditions and we will stop this campaign. But as long as he doesn't do so we will continue to attack those targets which provide the electricity for his armed forces.

[0] https://www.nato.int/en/news-and-events/events/transcripts/1...

Because these are cogeneration[0] facilities - they generate both electricity and heat.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration

Is this a fact?

Are you sure about that?

I thought Russia is isolated and nearly bankrupt.

What political capital exactly does Russia have to exert pressure on other states?

What power exactly does Russia have to block any significant progress that is made by the vast majority of states?

This attempt by Washington Post to dilute American responsibility for weakining the pact doesn't look too convincing.

>Only in C23. It was explicitly rejected for C++ 23 (and C++ 26 too, I believe).

It was added in C++20[0], see the note[1] "This is also known as two's complement representation".

[0] https://timsong-cpp.github.io/cppwp/n4868/basic.fundamental#...

[1] https://timsong-cpp.github.io/cppwp/n4868/basic.fundamental#...

"Pyatt: ... But anyway we could land jelly side up on this one if we move fast. So let me work on Klitschko and if you can just keep... we want to try to get somebody with an international personality to come out here and help to midwife this thing. ...

Nuland: So on that piece Geoff, when I wrote the note [US vice-president's national security adviser Jake] Sullivan's come back to me VFR [direct to me], saying you need [US Vice-President Joe] Biden and I said probably tomorrow for an atta-boy and to get the deets [details] to stick. So Biden's willing."

And here is a commentary from the Cato Institute, an American think tank, with subtitle "The extent of the Obama administration’s meddling in Ukraine’s politics was breathtaking."[3]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Nuland#Leaked_phone_c...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_R._Pyatt

[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957

[3] https://www.cato.org/commentary/americas-ukraine-hypocrisy

It's just more of the same - "Western propaganda lies, Kiev regime lies, here are 5 links to sources which contradict the article"

Look at the words in the Swadesh list[0]. They are all short.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadesh_list