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| Russia Trolls the US by Changing the Moscow Embassy Address |
| 2022-06-23 |
| [MoscowTimes] Authorities in Moscow said on Wednesday that they have changed the official address of the U.S. Embassy building in the Russian capital to one named after pro-Kremlin separatists in Ukraine. "The United States Embassy in Russia has a new official address," Moscow City hall said in a statement, saying it had named a previously unnamed open area in front of the embassy's main entrance. It said the embassy is now located at 1 Donetsk People's Republic Square, referring to a breakaway region in eastern Ukraine that Moscow recognized as independent shortly before sending troops there. The embassy's previous address was 8 Bolshoi Devyatinsky Lane. The statement added that the change was made after Moscow councilors proposed honoring the "defenders of Donbas" — a majority Russian-speaking region in Ukraine that Russia says it is liberating as part of its military campaign — on the map of Moscow. The new address was chosen in a public vote in which nearly 280,000 people participated, the city hall said. In February 2018, a street outside the Russian Embassy in Washington was named after Boris Nemtsov, an opposition politician who was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015. |
| Posted by:Slenter Panda4300 |
| #10 What an interesting place the inside of your head must be, Zenobia F. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-06-23 22:38 |
| #9 No, Hitler and Stalin Weren't lit'rally ballin', OMG! Please stop! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2022-06-23 12:54 |
| #8 And speaking of Russian Pride Month... "That Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Was only a cynical act! No, Hitler and Stalin Weren't lit'rally ballin', So Rossiya's honor's intact!" |
| Posted by: Omiling Poodle3480 2022-06-23 12:48 |
| #7 Heard rumors that Tugg Speedman is operating in the area. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-06-23 11:59 |
| #6 That's o.k. It's not like the Russians are bombing the Chinese embassy in Belgrade or anything. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-06-23 08:50 |
| #5 But hold on, they'll be deploying the hashtags and pronouns any day now... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-23 08:47 |
| #4 Sorta like painting a pride flag or a BLM banner on a street here. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-06-23 08:47 |
| #3 When your ability to project power internationally is limited to renaming a street in your own capitol... |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-06-23 08:45 |
| #2 when it comes to trolling |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-23 07:53 |
| #1 The Russian government has a better sense of humor than the American when it comes to trolling |
| Posted by: Cloluck Bourbon1058 2022-06-23 05:52 |