Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome by Kazakh Authorities

Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @12:18PM (#35153907)

I never said I don't care about that. But the situation is complicated. While many of those Russians align like you say, it doesn't change the fact that it remains a mix, that Russians have a heavy influence there, that there's tensions around that, and that alienating Russia or taking explicit anti-Putin positions is what the current Georgian gov't is currently trying to avoid.

In any case I genuinely feel for the Russian anti-war or opposition diaspora and don't hold bigoted anti-Russian positions like others on this thread might be showing. It's a complicated situation and indicative of the broader problems we'll see more and more of as empires and hegemonies built around domination of hydrocarbon exports become more volatile.

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Re:Russian Assets Reportedly Seized at Baikonur Cosmodrome b... by 5e92cb50239222b on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @12:25PM (#35154041)

OK, that's fair, and I apologize for putting words in your mouth. It's been the default assumption lately, sadly.

I am from Kazakhstan, and our government has been in a position similar to what they're experiencing in Georgia. Lots of paranoia about Putin trying to stir up something here. To slow down immigration, they implemented some new anti-immigration laws that aren't targeted specifically at Russian citizens (although it quite obvious to everyone bothering to observe), so they pretty much can't stay here for more than a few months. But I guess Georgia depends on migrant's money much more than we do, so they can't simply do the same.

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