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by rosndo 1589 days ago
Bullshit. Third world banks still care about where your money comes from, they have more than just their own government to answer to. If you lie to the bank about the origins of the money, you’re almost certainly violating the law.

Sure, you can probably get physical cash in some third world country. Good luck financing protests in Canada with that.
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baybal2 1589 days ago
> Third world banks still care about where your money comes from

They care even less than banks used by mobs owning half of Piccadilly, and those are not third world banks, but first world's most biggest, and most powerful ones.

> you’re almost certainly violating the law.

At least in Russia, you aren't. No provable damages = no charge. And even if it is, only "aggravated, and particularly large fraud" carries a criminal sentence.

> Good luck financing protests in Canada with that.

If you haven't been reading news as of last half a decade, "money in bags" worked spectacularly well for KGB financing political opposition in the West.

> Bullshit

Do not swear

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rosndo 1589 days ago
> They care even less than banks used by mobs owning half of Piccadilly, and those are not third world banks, but first world's most biggest, and most powrful ones

Apples and oranges. Truck protestors are nothing like the ”mobs” you speak of.

> At least in Russia, you aren't. No provable damages = no charge. And even if it is, only "aggravated, and particularly large fraud" carries a criminal sentence.

Even if that’s the whole story, you still haven’t solved the problem of getting the money out of Russia.

> If you haven't been reading news as of last half a decade, "money in bags" worked spectacularly well for KGB financing political opposition in the West.

The KGB has not even existed for multiple decades.

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baybal2 1589 days ago
> The KGB has not even existed for multiple decades.

KGB lives, merged with mafia, and now owns a whole nuclear state after a few rebrandings.

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rosndo 1589 days ago
Why can’t we just refer to things with their real names instead of playing games?

Does the story just fall apart when “the mob” is revealed to be people like Chichvarkin?

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