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Talking to Western Volunteers in the Russian Army Part 2: On Donbass culture

🕑 Added 2024-12-17 23:01:30 +0000 UTC

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Howard Crane

I seriously doubt I'll ever be accepted to fight in this great Holy War, so are there any locally-produced DPR flags I can buy? I was bought a Russian Federation flag for Christmas which I'll fly next to my Irish tricolour when I get a pole for it. I'd like to contribute somehow to the area and expand my flag collection.

Cheburashka

What list are you checking? Remember how you say that Russia has strict laws but lack of enforcement otherwise it would be impossible to get anything done. Well the US is the opposite, they're laws are the ambiguous and their application can be broad. I got an email from Coinbase telling me that the transaction was "blocked in accordance with regulations established by The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury." There's no other explanation, no information about which regulation or statute it breached. From it's Wikipedia, the The Office of Foreign Assets Control operates under the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence "It administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objective." But as far as I know the US has not listed Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. So what's the official reason for freezing the transaction? I have no idea.

Russians With Attitude

What makes you think that, though? it's not listed

Cheburashka

Just for your information RWA. The Bitcoin address you listed is under the OFAC sanctions, probably under the CAATSA act. If you try sending funds through a third party like Coin Base the funds will be frozen. I thought that you should know.

Russians With Attitude

Of course it can survive the sanctions. A more important question, can it keep up the same tempo and spend the same amount of money on the military while maintaining the same level of internal prosperity - that's another matter entirely.