This headline might be confusing for Americans. Free insulin?
I took it to mean they are withholding insulin from anyone that doesn’t have Russian citizenship. Price or no price.
The article does say free insulin paid by the government. We have that in my country (Brazil), even for foreigners, but my first thought was that in the USA not even citizens get that.
An official document has already been issued [by the Russia-appointed administration] that medicines purchased from the Russian state budget will not be issued to foreign citizens, that is, citizens of Ukraine.
It does not sound that sinister until you realize these people usually can’t even get back to Ukraine.
All medicine free or not and randomly kidnapping kids. You have to go down some wild conspiracy rabbit holes to compare it to the US. fuck russia
What do you mean with that? Nothing can be compared to the USA? Is USA perfect then? Brazil has universal free healthcare too. It doesn’t mean Brazil is better than the USA in every possible aspect. Don’t be afraid of comparisons.
So because USA is better than Russia in many things, then free healthcare is bad because Russia has it and the US doesn’t?
It’s this black&white mentality that creates all stupid polarization of opinions, you know?
No matter where you are in the world, if you are vulnerable in any way, a conservative will find a way to harm you. It’s a universal truth.
My first thought was that maybe Russia was experiencing shortages due to the deteriorating economic situation in Russia but, reading the article, this feels more like a petty bureaucrat that’s upset that the occupied people of Ukraine are not cooperating as well as he wishes, so he makes passive-aggressive “punishments” of the people. This may ultimately be good for the war effort, leading to more behind-the-lines resistance movements.
Putin has done so many shitty things during the war that it’s hard to rank them. This, however, is among the worst.
This is incredibly cruel.
