> Russian shells hit the Plant Genetic Resources Bank in Kharkiv. Founded in 01908, the gene bank preserved the seeds of 160,000 varieties of crops and plant seeds
Founded by Russian Empire, propped forward by the USSR.
Both of these entities see so much undeserved slander from Ukrainian state and the whole world, so that neither deserve to inherit it.
Have your own Mickey Mouse Decolonial seed bank, use that one.
Same story with Syria which was purposefully destroyed by the US/EU. They didn't dislodge Assad but they did loot and then lose the seed bank.
Come on, please don't take HN threads into flamewar, and especially not nationalistic flamewar. We've had to warn you about this more than once before. Eventually we have to ban such accounts and we've cut you a ton of slack already. I don't want to ban you, so please don't do this!
This is some next level muddled thinking, does the Russian propaganda talk about “slander” and former territories of the empire “deserving” to be destroyed for not wanting to be an imperial province anymore?
How the hell are you offended about people saying that Russia is following an imperialist policy? That’s a plain fact.
And you’re blaming the victims of that policy saying that they had it coming because they hate it!
A seed bank is not something that can be started from one day to another. It requires decades of continuous work from thousands of people, in this case most of them were Ukrainians.
And you would have it destroyed because you’ve decided they don’t deserve it.
Do you want anything that used to be a part of the Russian empire to be burned to the ground as punishment?
I don't view the creation of Russian Empire in a bad light - quite contrary, most other historical options would likely been worse, up and until 1917 at least. And as a Russian I believe that Russian Empire is a part of essential legacy of the humankind. Same with USSR despite its tragic and cruel history.
With the assumption that "imperialistic" policy is an inherently bad thing you should not be entitled to those seeds, which it seems you've stolen anyway.
With regards to burning stuff to the ground, I'd like to hear the Syria story first.
EU was doing civil war in Syria, by astroturfing, endorsing, arming and financing "democratic opposition". It's not even the case of me doing the thinking.
I’m sure you’re not doing the thinking. You’re copying the line of the Russian regime uncritically.
That cynical authoritarian regime which continues to have a country with a declining population, one of the largest wealth inequalities in the world, no human rights, assassinates political opposition whenever it feels like it and has an economy completely based on exploitation of natural resources.
The proud and brave Russians have somehow decided that this regime is what they will fight for because its their best bet for advancing humanity.
Meanwhile the EU bears the humanitarian cost of the Syrian civil war, because they’re interested in protecting human lives.
But in Russia the human lives don’t have value. All that Russia cares about and understands is having a sphere of influence and power projection. Because Soviet Union was great once, and that felt good.
There are plenty bad regimes on the planet. Iraq is going to jail homosexuals for 12 years now. KSA didn't allow women to drive. Most of your answer applies to KSA 100%.
It was you who turned Syria from autocracy into autocracy destroyed by a civil war. This was your crime. Why did you do that?
You're like that sad disadvantaged teenager who planned to mug an annoying neighbour but ended up murdering him when he resisted, and suddenly became a felon for life. Whereas Russia didn't do anything wrong in this specific case.
Founded by Russian Empire, propped forward by the USSR.
Both of these entities see so much undeserved slander from Ukrainian state and the whole world, so that neither deserve to inherit it.
Have your own Mickey Mouse Decolonial seed bank, use that one.
Same story with Syria which was purposefully destroyed by the US/EU. They didn't dislodge Assad but they did loot and then lose the seed bank.