It was hard enough watching the world idolize a figure skater nicknamed the russian rocket. But seeing those same people portray her as anti-war while ignoring her regular paid appearances in shows by openly pro-putin skaters who support the russian military is genuinely painful.
Before anyone comes screaming now that if Russians aren't allowed to enter Finland, then why are Americans: maybe because the USA and Finland don't share a border and Russia is threatening Finland and other European countries. You're welcome.
The drone that struck a street in Kyiv was packed with shrapnel.
The shrapnel scatters over tens of meters and is specifically designed to cause a high number of human casualties.
Europe just stands by and watches.
can someone who has any knowledge of situations like this in other sports over the past few years tell me what is the likelihood of worlds actually being moved now.. i put all my money into this tampere trip back in april when there was no talk of russia even being back by now
Funny how they go silent about Ukrainian rinks being destroyed and Ukrainian skaters risking their lives 24/7 just to qualify for ISU events, only to compete against pro-war Ruzzian AINAs funding the killing of Ukrainians through Plushenko’s shows. Kremlin paycheck arrived ?💰
Official ISU statement in regards to today’s announcement by the Finnish government and the ISU Figure Skating World Championships in Tampere.
#FigureSkating
How the ISU reacted to the destruction of the Ukrainian national team’s two main ice rinks in October 2026: 😴😴😴
Finland restricts the entry of russians due to objective military threats
ISU after 0.001 sec:🤬🤬🤬
ukrainian skaters had their rinks destroyed because of the war and you're telling me it's finland's fault for banning the russians from entering the country BE FOR REAL
Says the person running an account dedicated to ruzzian skaters who openly support putin and perform in pro-war shows that help fund the killing of Ukrainians. Funny how other genocides only come up when you need to deflect from your ruzzian faves being called out.
amber glenn liking shady comments about how she misses the 22-26 era without the russians. meanwhile she’s representing a state just as genocidal and imperialist. liberal shi omfggg
«Марко Рубіо заявив, що Україна може отримати лише такі гарантії безпеки, з якими погодиться і росія»
Поліція заявила, що банк може встановити лише таку систему безпеки, з якою погодиться грабіжник.
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Kaori Sakamoto: “Mone receives high evaluations from judges all over the world. Unlike jumps, spins don’t suddenly fall apart. When something you’ve excelled at for a long time becomes advantageous, it gives you a core pillar where you know, ‘I can always rely on this.’ That’s a tremendous strength.”
https://t.co/IDbWYv908T
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photo: ISU
#iceskate #iceskating #フィギュアスケート #figureskate #figureskating
Ceding Ukrainian land for peace is just abstract words. It’s not only about reality, even more about philosophy. Putin was talking about Donbas, but then he decided to occupy Kyiv, our capital. His words were about Donbas, but the reality was about Kyiv. He kept saying he was defending Russian-speaking people and then tortured hundreds and thousands to death in Bucha and other places. So that wasn’t about Russian-speaking people.
This is why when Americans asked, “Can you exchange Donbas for security?” I said right there, “Can you tell me what it means? What security? NATO?”
“Not NATO, but similar to NATO.”
“Similar? But you don't want the answer about Donbas to be ‘similar.’ You want a clear answer about Donbas. This is your goal. And this is Putin’s goal, for today. What will you do if we have security guarantees but not NATO?”
They took our nuclear weapons. I'm not a fan of nuclear weapons. I think the world would be a better place without them. But the Russians took our nuclear weapons, didn’t they? They did. Then they stopped our integration into Europe, then prevented us from being in NATO. And in the end they occupied us. This is why it’s an abstract question. Nobody trusts Putin to stop if we leave Donbas. He will pause. Then he will come back in one year, two years, or five years. And who will be guilty?
From an interview with DR Nyheder. (2/3)
Sloviansk this morning. Pure hell.
While some russians sit in Abu Dhabi pretending to seek peace, others are bombing Ukrainian cities and killing Ukrainians.
This is russia's idea of “peace”: negotiations abroad, terror against Ukraine.
@Iamme_1234_ I’ve explained why you shouldn’t look for any reasonable anti-war meaning in the actions of russians who do only what the kremlin allows them to do and how these attempts to find such meaning play right into russia’s efforts to blur the line between the victim and the aggressor.
It was hard enough watching the world idolize a figure skater nicknamed the russian rocket. But seeing those same people portray her as anti-war while ignoring her regular paid appearances in shows by openly pro-putin skaters who support the russian military is genuinely painful.