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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by DominikR on Thursday July 25, 2013 @07:42AM (#6101902)
What are you talking about, there is clearly ongoing agricultural activities on both sides of the border!

Ukraine/Russia (farmland): https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d4036!2d...

Belarus/Russia (nothing): https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d3707!2d...

So lets recap: You are unable to produce any proof. Nothing can be seen on satellite imagery. There is no mention of minefields and fences on Wikipedia or any other credible source.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by madaxe on Thursday July 25, 2013 @10:00AM (#6102442)
Yeah, as I said, the farmland is within no-mans-land. It's farmed by permit holders who are allowed to go within there - usually subsistence farmers, some (no official figures, but met a few) of whom are stateless and have been trapped in the exclusion zone since glasnost. There are minefields wrapped around the security fences. You're welcome to go for a walk across there, and see what happens.
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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by DominikR on Thursday July 25, 2013 @11:05AM (#6102793)
Again no proof - is it so hard to show me on Google Maps/Earth the fence that supposedly surrounds all of Russia?
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