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submitted 9 months ago by Stamau123@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Moscow has warned it is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with Washington if the US confiscates frozen Russian assets. The Kremlin has called the Wall Street Journal's report Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was assassinated by Putin's ally "pulp fiction".

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  • Russia dismisses WSJ report Wagner boss was assassinated by Putin ally
  • Kremlin takes temporary ownership of Russia's biggest car dealership
  • Russia threatens to sever diplomatic ties with US
  • Hungarian president accepts invite for Zelenskyy meeting
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[-] yesman@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

The funny part about that is that they were leasing the planes along with maintenance contracts. So they've got the planes, but every third one will need to be cannibalized for parts. Then it will be every other plane. Meanwhile, flying on Russian airlines will be more and more interesting as the planes are "engineered" to keep them flying.

Now, Russia has a robust aircraft industry. But just like every other Russian industry, it's kinda busy with other stuff. And flying isn't exactly an optional for moving across Russia's vast territory.

This is going to be a tragedy factory for decades.

[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

And flying isn't exactly an optional

Except that it is. Most people take the train. From Moscow to Vladivostok in only 7 days.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

I thought you'd say most people stay put and never leave the place they are born into. Would've been not too far from reality, too

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