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Natalia Poklonskaya

stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
edited March 2014 in Ten Forward
New chief prosecutor for Crimea.

Discuss. :)
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    She's big in Japan apparently.
  • jmaster29jmaster29 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    stardestroyer001 wrote: »
    New chief prosecutor for Crimea.

    Discuss. :)

    Uhhhhh, hi? Is it exactly a good thing?
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  • smeeinn1tsmeeinn1t Member Posts: 618 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Putin-Puppet, cute though.
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2014
    centersolace wrote: »
    She's big in Japan apparently.

    I saw that in the Metro the other day. Awesome!
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  • jmaster29jmaster29 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    smeeinn1t wrote: »
    Putin-Puppet, cute though.

    Indeed. Smexy, but a puppet of Putin.
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  • ryan218ryan218 Member Posts: 36,106 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    jmaster29 wrote: »
    Indeed. Smexy, but a puppet of Putin.

    Careful, guys. Politics is against the Forum ToS. ;)

    Besides, I think 'puppet' is a little harsh. It suggests she's being used and manipulated by Russia. I find it much more likely that the Crimean Government genuinely wants those close ties with RUssia, but that the majority of Crimean citizens don't. That referendum was a total farce.

    And I've just turned this into a political thread. Damn it!
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  • jmaster29jmaster29 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    ryan218 wrote: »
    Careful, guys. Politics is against the Forum ToS. ;)

    Besides, I think 'puppet' is a little harsh. It suggests she's being used and manipulated by Russia. I find it much more likely that the Crimean Government genuinely wants those close ties with RUssia, but that the majority of Crimean citizens don't. That referendum was a total farce.

    And I've just turned this into a political thread. Damn it!

    Very true. I don't support what Russia is doing though. America is agitating the Russians, and that doesn't end well.
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  • ryan218ryan218 Member Posts: 36,106 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    jmaster29 wrote: »
    Very true. I don't support what Russia is doing though. America is agitating the Russians, and that doesn't end well.

    Someone has to rein Russia in. Economic sanctions from their biggest trade partners; the EU and the US, are the only way to go. Obama's making the right call by steering away from an armed conflict. Neither Russia nor America is going to start WWIII anytime soon.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    i would love to get in on this convertsation but politics on a game forum, i think not.
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited March 2014
    mirrorchaos wrote: »
    i would love to get in on this convertsation but politics on a game forum, i think not.

    How about discussing the Japanese art instead?
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    Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
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    'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
    'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
    '...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Obvious Putin minion. Guy never did learn tactics that he wasn't trained in in the KGB.

    But cute, sort of.
  • grandnaguszek1grandnaguszek1 Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Obvious Putin minion. Guy never did learn tactics that he wasn't trained in in the KGB.

    But cute, sort of.

    Very very cute. Not every day you see a cute chick in a fancy uniform like that, it looks nice.

    I think I went a little off topic...
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    My favorite pic that has come out of this so far:

    http://i.imgur.com/4gXZqdV.jpg
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  • disposeableh3r0disposeableh3r0 Member Posts: 1,927 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    lan451 wrote: »
    My favorite pic that has come out of this so far:

    http://i.imgur.com/4gXZqdV.jpg

    many lol were just had.
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  • ryan218ryan218 Member Posts: 36,106 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    lan451 wrote: »
    My favorite pic that has come out of this so far:

    http://i.imgur.com/4gXZqdV.jpg

    *Dies from laughter.*
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  • dojegundojegun Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    lan451 wrote: »
    My favorite pic that has come out of this so far:

    http://i.imgur.com/4gXZqdV.jpg

    Only 2800 attack points. Don't know why Obama is so scared. I bet US has one or two blue eyes in their deck. :D
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    ryan218 wrote: »
    Someone has to rein Russia in. Economic sanctions from their biggest trade partners; the EU and the US, are the only way to go. Obama's making the right call by steering away from an armed conflict. Neither Russia nor America is going to start WWIII anytime soon.
    Yes, that was a wonderful move. Now Russia can buy back shares from foreign investors at a cheap price.

    I am getting the impresson that Russia outsmarted the West here. And deservedly so. Why did we make promises to not extend the Nato in the East again and then not hold to them? What good reason has Russia to trust us, considering our own behavior towards them?

    If we're the good guys, we should have behaved better. But we aren't, we're no less crooks then Putin is. He might just have played he game a little better. This time.
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  • llywarchllywarch Member Posts: 224 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    This has to be one of the strangest things of the modern internet age. Removing politics out of it, One country invades another and a cute woman in uniform is suddenly an internet meme. So weird.
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    llywarch wrote: »
    This has to be one of the strangest things of the modern internet age. Removing politics out of it, One country invades another and a cute woman in uniform is suddenly an internet meme. So weird.

    Welcome to the internet. And Japan. Enjoy your stay.
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  • marc8219marc8219 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    She isn't a "Putin puppet", stop watching faux news some of you. She and other Crimeans just want nothing to do with the new Ukraine government that seized power in an illegal coup, nothing wrong with that.
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  • ryan218ryan218 Member Posts: 36,106 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    marc8219 wrote: »
    She isn't a "Putin puppet", stop watching faux news some of you. She and other Crimeans just want nothing to do with the new Ukraine government that seized power in an illegal coup, nothing wrong with that.

    Except when the legitimacy of said referendum comes into question. But I agree, she isn't a puppet of Putin, however, you know that American war for independence? You know, that 'illegal coup'? He was ousted by the parliament. That's completely legal.
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  • marc8219marc8219 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    ryan218 wrote: »
    Except when the legitimacy of said referendum comes into question. But I agree, she isn't a puppet of Putin, however, you know that American war for independence? You know, that 'illegal coup'? He was ousted by the parliament. That's completely legal.

    The referendum is legitimate, it was observed by several EU MP's who were quoted saying so.
    The coup was illegal according to Ukraine's constitution, their parliament can't oust a leader elected by the people like that, and not suprisngly, large parts of the country won't accept this.
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  • eisenw0lfeisenw0lf Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    marc8219 wrote: »
    She isn't a "Putin puppet", stop watching faux news some of you. She and other Crimeans just want nothing to do with the new Ukraine government that seized power in an illegal coup, nothing wrong with that.

    Of course. It is just a weird coincidence that thousands of Russian troops poured into Crimea the day the Ukrainian government changed and forced the population to hold a referendum in which they could only vote for secession. Seems legit. Putin democracy is best democracy. :rolleyes:
  • ryan218ryan218 Member Posts: 36,106 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    marc8219 wrote: »
    The referendum is legitimate, it was observed by several EU MP's who were quoted saying so.
    The coup was illegal according to Ukraine's constitution, their parliament can't oust a leader elected by the people like that, and not suprisngly, large parts of the country won't accept this.

    The referendum is also illegal according to Ukraine's constitution. A referendum which impacts the borders of Ukraine must be open to all Ukrainians. Crimea completely ignored that.

    The legitimacy of the referendum comes into question when you consider how many Crimeans boycotted it because it was illegal. And the referendum was farcical as it did not give Crimea the option of remaining part of Ukraine.

    It also doesn't excuse Russia invading Ukrainian soil before the referendum even took place and blockading Ukrainian bases and ports on what was at that time Ukrainian soil. Russia are hardly the victims here.
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  • ryan218ryan218 Member Posts: 36,106 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    eisenw0lf wrote: »
    Of course. It is just a weird coincidence that thousands of Russian troops poured into Crimea the day the Ukrainian government changed and forced the population to hold a referendum in which they could only vote for secession. Seems legit. Putin democracy is best democracy. :rolleyes:

    Wait, that's democracy? :eek: It sounds more like an autocracy or corrupt-acy. ;)
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  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    edited March 2014
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    She is cute, in a Mid 1980's kind of way.:)
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Ok, guys, stop or I report this thread to the mods.

    Here are the facts, deal with them as you wish:

    --The eastern Ukraine and the Crimea region both have a substantial population of ethnic Russians.

    --Putin is a KGB-trained strongman who wants control of the Black Sea trade routes because he's economically screwed otherwise.

    --The previous leader of the Ukraine (Viktor Yanukovich) was very, very pro-Russia, and was controversial for most of his term in office due to his heavy-handed tactics and corruption (granted, the other options were corrupt, too).

    --Ukraine had a mostly peaceful revolution in which Yanukovich was removed from power by a pro-EU block in Parliament supported by most of the western Ukraine, which has very few ethnic Russians.

    --The Crimea region, backed heavily by Russia, voted to join Russia, at least in part due to a boycott of the polls by the Tatar ethnic group.

    --Russian forces were present in the Crimea region during, before, and after the vote, which makes the results suspicious at best.

    These are the facts. Let's agree on those and stop arguing before I report this thread to Q.
  • stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    worffan101 wrote: »
    Ok, guys, stop or I report this thread to the mods.

    Here are the facts, deal with them as you wish:

    --The eastern Ukraine and the Crimea region both have a substantial population of ethnic Russians.

    --Putin is a KGB-trained strongman who wants control of the Black Sea trade routes because he's economically screwed otherwise.

    --The previous leader of the Ukraine (Viktor Yanukovich) was very, very pro-Russia, and was controversial for most of his term in office due to his heavy-handed tactics and corruption (granted, the other options were corrupt, too).

    --Ukraine had a mostly peaceful revolution in which Yanukovich was removed from power by a pro-EU block in Parliament supported by most of the western Ukraine, which has very few ethnic Russians.

    --The Crimea region, backed heavily by Russia, voted to join Russia, at least in part due to a boycott of the polls by the Tatar ethnic group.

    --Russian forces were present in the Crimea region during, before, and after the vote, which makes the results suspicious at best.

    These are the facts. Let's agree on those and stop arguing before I report this thread to Q.

    So wait a second... you're going to report this thread and everyone in it for discussing politics... where you yourself are also discussing politics?
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    stardestroyer001 wrote: »
    So wait a second... you're going to report this thread and everyone in it for discussing politics... where you yourself are also discussing politics?

    Yes. Even though that makes me a hypocrite.

    The goal of my post was to get people to stop slinging mud before I felt it necessary to warn a mod.

    Anyway, they seem to have stopped, so I can go back to grinding MU in peace without my conscience bugging me.
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Y'all crazy. Here have some more Natalia pics, courtesy of Japan.

    http://i.imgur.com/1FpqcES.jpg
    http://i.imgur.com/RepbMj4.jpg
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    http://i.imgur.com/dWwCvf2.jpg

    Compilation with some that might not be Japanese:

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