Comment by sandstrom
5 years ago
Are you sure this will help your objective?
Putin is a maniac and his war is horrible.
But as you've probably seen from all the 'prisoners of war' videos out of Ukraine, most soldiers don't want to fight this war.
Russians that are savvy enough to setup their own domain, will also be the ones that use a VPN to read foreign news. Very few in the Russian "tech scene" like Putin.
Shutting down their means of communication may make it harder for them to stage demonstrations, etc.
Instead, you should "magically" add emails to their inboxes, with e.g. Zelenskyy's speech to the Russian people, or add banners when they login to control panels etc.
(I'm not Russian btw, I live in another European country and not a customer)
> But as you've probably seen from all the 'prisoners of war' videos out of Ukraine, most soldiers don't want to fight this war.
Most soldiers? How many remorseful POWs have you seen vs. the ~200k soldiers actively participating in the war?
Some POWs will say almost anything to not get killed and have a chance at freedom again. Just like in a trial, a statement or confession made under duress is not valid and they’re likely under extreme duress and afraid for their lives.
Tampering with your customers data would destroy confidence in their business and might actually be a violation of the law.
Probably, but I'm not talking about legality here. In war people do a lot of illegal things.
I'm just saying, banning this people are probably not having the desired effect.
Showing an alternative point of view would be more effective.
That said, I don't think this is the right crowd. My guess is that 90% of them are already heavily against Putin.
Be very careful forming opinion about Russia's army based on these videos. These videos are intended to help other Russian soldiers decide to surrender ("you'll be treated well" message) and that's about it.
They are ruthless and this war is going to be absolutely ruthless if it will not stop soon. Russians had no trouble bombing and shelling sieged cities, hospitals, and even UN convoys in Syria, and they'll do it in Ukraine, too. They're alredy using cluster munitions in the city streets, shit like butterfly mines, etc., and it's going to be a lot worse once they set up heavy artilery and complete the sieges.
This time they'll not be able to lie about it in the west all that easilly, judging by the reaction in my country. Xenophobia will be less of a hindrance to seeing things clearly, at least in some eastern european countries, compared to their Syrian involvement.
But I'm already starting to see the same justifications being used to bomb the cities, as was used in Syria.
> But as you've probably seen from all the 'prisoners of war' videos out of Ukraine, most soldiers don't want to fight this war.
You should not believe them. They might be just lying.