Oh noes! Won't anybody have pity on the poor woman who never had any problem with being married to one of the greatest mass murderers of recent history?
From what I hear, she was no passive beneficiary, making decisions and actively participating in the regime's crimes.
There's thousands of people out there with cancer who can't get the best care, or even adequate care. I hope no one is foolish enough to make her a priority
I'm wife's hometown and we're meeting her childhood friends in a few hours at an izakaya for sushi, fish, and all sorts of stuff. Please have a moment of silence for my liver this weekend.
That's true. Russia does have really good doctors - if you have money. And you have to be able to withstand yelling and belittling but as a Russian you get used to that.
A friend of mine is truggling with that. I wouldn't have thought that Moscow's health care was so shitty. I was for some reason expecting the opposite.
This comment leads me to believe that you haven't had much 'up close and personal' experience with cancer... (Not trying to talk down to you in saying that or anything, btw, though you're super fortunate if that's indeed the case.)
Just for reference: during the early 00's I would get a bill for somewhere around $10k each month for my dad's chemo infusions alone. This went on for at least 2 - 3 years, if memory serves, which - for those who aren't keeping score at home - ended up totalling nearly $500k by the time he died.
Obviously, not every treatment is created (or priced) equally, but... I think you can probably see what I'm getting at, anyway
Has she actually committed any crimes? Yeah, she's married to a dictator who did but did she have any actual political power or responsibility herself?
Maybe this is just an oversimplification on my part, but I think of it like this: Say that my INSERT RELEVANT FAMILY MEMBER HERE spends weeks/months/decades of their life violently oppressing a population just beating the absolute shit out of someone(s) in order to gain - or maintain - some sort of benefit. I'm fully aware of this activity, yet still have no problems availing myself of these clearly ill-gotten gains year after year. Have I committed any crimes? Yeah, maybe I was, say, married to a dictator who did, but... How responsible am I?
To put it another way: If you saw someone attempting to attack/stab/etc someone else across the street from you, do you feel that you have a moral imperative to call 911 even if you do not personally know either party (having no political power or responsibility, say)?
"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing..."