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The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.

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[-] The_Walkening@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

clip the wings of the oligarchy,

"Pandora Papers Reveal Offshore Holdings of Ukrainian President and his Inner Circle"

Like seriously, you're arguing that Ukraine's liberal democracy is somehow better than Russia, when the point of liberal democracies under late capitalism is to strip all the copper out of the walls (privatize, austeritize, union-bust), everywhere, all the time.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

...and? The man is a successful comedian, has a production company, and everyone knew he's a millionaire. Shuffling money offshore is how you keep it safe in a corrupt country.

No tax fraud, no shady business, no nothing has been found regarding those offshore companies. Forbes estimates him at around 20 million Euro, that's nowhere even close to oligarch scale.

when the point of liberal democracies under late capitalism

...is to be not as bad as straight-up Kleptocracies. Russia is a mafia state. In Ukraine the state arrests you for corruption, in Russia you get arrested for reporting about corruption. The difference is that simple.

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