”RBI made €1.3bn in profit in Russia last year, where it employed 9,942 people in 490 retail branches. It also took part in a Russian scheme on loan perks for Russian military conscripts… RBI is one of eight leading EU banks still in Russia. The others are: Dutch… petri Mar 9, 2024, 7:37 PM
”F-35As being able to deliver nuclear strikes will add major credibility to NATO's nuclear deterrence posture in Europe. The aircraft's unique ability to pierce enemy air defense networks and defend itself on the way to its target will be a standing capability Russia has never petri Mar 9, 2024, 7:19 PM
”Russian state-sponsored hackers had been spying on the email accounts of some members of its senior leadership team. Now, Microsoft is disclosing that the attack, from the same group behind the SolarWinds attack, has also led to some source code being stolen in what Microsoft describes as an ongoing… petri Mar 8, 2024, 3:24 PM
If you market it yourself why not self-publish, and keep it all? ”Authors Equity will pay between 60% and 70% of each book’s profit to its authors”… petri Mar 7, 2024, 5:51 PM
”The banned phrases…include those related to “human rights,” “climate change China” and “Nobel Peace Prize”… Terms such as “Communist Party corruption,” references to “Tiananmen Square massacre,” “tank man,” the “Dalai Lama,” the late Chinese human-rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and “democracy” are also on… petri Mar 7, 2024, 2:40 PM
”Germany is offering communications apps to soldiers and other federal employees on Chinese phone maker Huawei's app store — even though the telecoms giant has been deemed a security risk by the U.S. and European Union… They are repeating the same mistakes over and over again and they petri Mar 6, 2024, 1:39 PM
”…existing app marketplaces you have downloaded to your device will stop working if you leave the EU for too long… and any apps you previously installed from an alternative app marketplace will no longer be able to update themselves.”… petri Mar 6, 2024, 4:51 AM
”Russia has identified Germany as the weakest link in the alliance and Scholz as a useful idiot to take Germany out of the equation.”… petri Mar 6, 2024, 4:34 AM
”The mere act of observing the bead at one moment in time changes where it will be at a later moment when the laser shines the second time. If the rules of quantum mechanics hold, the bead may sometimes be found at B, but sometimes it won’t be.”… petri Mar 5, 2024, 2:51 PM
”Telling customers to invest 1% of their wealth in generic assets stored in Oracle databases isn't just a category mistake; it's downright reckless. All sorts of wild financial stuff appears on Oracle databases, including sports bets and zero day options.”… petri Mar 5, 2024, 2:42 PM
”When I was a foreign correspondent in West Berlin during the dying days of the Cold War in 1988, a British spy gave me a vivid insight into the state of Germany’s intelligence services. ‘If you want the Kremlin to take something seriously, give it to the Germans and… petri Mar 5, 2024, 6:12 AM
”The German officers believe it would take 10 to 20 Taurus missiles to bypass Russian air defences and destroy the bridge in an aircraft operation. “There’s no real reason to say we can’t do it …We know Germany is pretty penetrated by Russian intelligence so it just demonstrates… petri Mar 3, 2024, 6:12 PM
Threads is the new Facebook. It’s Nostr or Blueskye if you’re looking for decentralised social media.… petri Mar 3, 2024, 5:49 AM
”Drivers of vehicles with Russian license plates must apply for Lithuanian registration, or leave the country "and the entire territory of the European Union" by March 11. Beyond the deadline, drivers of vehicles with Russian registration are subject to a fine and confiscation of the car.”… petri Mar 3, 2024, 5:42 AM
”Western countries only need to allocate 0.25 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) to Ukraine to allow it to win the war… The reality is that things get worse before they get better. Then they get even worse. And then they suddenly go completely crazy. And only then… petri Mar 2, 2024, 6:49 PM
“The East Air Command confirms the downing of a Su-34 fighter-bomber. Unfortunately, it was only one,” the Air Force wrote on Telegram. Ukraine now has "tools" to destroy planes "at quite long distances," explaining the recent uptick. Russia's total losses during the petri Mar 2, 2024, 6:41 PM
”Russia considers itself at war with the West. Within the mental framework of this undeclared war, all relations between Russia and the West must be zero sum. Anything that harms the West helps Russia, without limit to location or scope… Russia does not accept the West’s basic idea that… petri Mar 2, 2024, 6:19 PM
