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odkevin t1_je4iraw wrote

March 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was not up to Russia to advise Chinese President Xi Jinping on whether he should visit Ukraine or not.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has extended an invitation to the Chinese leader to visit, the Associated Press reported earlier on Wednesday.

"We know China's balanced position, we value it highly and we believe the leader of China makes his own decisions on the expediency of certain contacts. We have no right to offer any advice here," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

China's Xi visited Putin in Moscow last week and the pair issued a joint statement referring to a 12-point Chinese proposal for dialogue and an eventual ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

The Chinese plan met with a dismissive response in Washington, given Beijing's refusal to condemn Russia's invasion. The United States says a ceasefire now would enable Russia to hold on to Ukrainian territory it has seized and give its forces time to regroup.

Ukraine has welcomed China's diplomatic involvement but Zelenskiy has said he will only consider peace settlements after Russian troops leave Ukrainian territory.

Reporting by Reuters, Editing by Andrew Osborn and Angus MacSwan

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klappstuhlgeneral OP t1_je4hp1s wrote

>I wouldn't expect any officialist party to oppose NATO whims

Are you sure you're parsing the situation right here?

Dead-in-the-head NATO (Macron) won't see any opposition from "officialist" (whatever that is) parties? Yeah, right - Schröder and Scholz, also known as the "Bloodhounds of the West".

While the US needs to be cajoled to send a couple of tanks? And there is 0 NATO involvement whatsoever (granted there is involvement from countries that ARE IN NATO - but that's kinda hard to avoid here, point in case).

With that cooperation in Iraq and Afg (esp the departure) it should be clear to everyone that everyone is just a US pawn here... /s

Your reading of the situation is about as accurate as Putin's here I think.

If you think the green party position "rhetoric" is "funny", maybe should try reading some first hand information on their thoughts and principles then?

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Hamlenain t1_je4h6lo wrote

The rioters (1200), probably not. The protesters (1 200 000 to 3 300 000) supported by 94% of the current workforce according to polls running since late 2022, probably yes.

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HoplandTek t1_je4g9l6 wrote

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UglyInThMorning t1_je4fz9v wrote

Truly restricting access to materials that could be used to make explosives is incredibly difficult because that’s a category that includes goddamn near everything. I started to give examples and then realized maybe I shouldn’t include a shopping list, but you can build a bomb out of like, three farts and a nine volt battery if you know what you’re doing.

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