Namika
Namika t1_ja9283m wrote
Reply to comment by pushaper in Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio
That's more like a revolutionary group. They are trying to overthrow their own government.
Partisans tend to be more about citizens fighting back against a foreign army that is on their soil.
Namika t1_ja90yba wrote
Reply to comment by pushaper in Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio
Partisans are historically defined as locals under occupation that sabotage the occupying force.
Think of like, the French Resistance fighting back against the Nazi's in occupied France in WW2. Or even the Taliban fighting the Americans in Afghanistan, those would technically be partisans because they are locals fighting a foreign army occupying their land.
Anyway, you are correct that this Belarus group probably shouldn't be called partisans. Belarus is not at war.
Namika t1_ja9061g wrote
Reply to comment by Jay_CD in Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio
> You'd think that the security around a bit of kit like this would be water tight
I take it you've never been to the poorer parts of Eastern Europe.
Things over there aren't exactly functioning at peak competency.
Namika t1_jdli2mj wrote
Reply to comment by Bawbawian in Too big for Switzerland? Credit Suisse rescue creates bank twice the size of the economy by Kl--------k
Not anymore. The US and EU have an agreement to look through the Swiss banks' books as if it was a domestic bank.
If you want to hide your money you have to put it in a Chinese or Russian bank, but those have their own issues...