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0 pointsErneX3mo ago0 comments

Exactly that, never to be seen again :)

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caminante3mo ago

Huh?

If you melt down gold, how are you not staring at the same gold?

Moscow didn't steal anything either.

gtech13mo ago

Hah, and me who thought they only stole Romania's national treasure, under the guise of 'safekeeping'.

I guess Russia has always been a shitty country.

euroderf2mo ago

> I guess Russia has always been a shitty country.

Eight hundred years is time enough to perfect it.

caminante3mo ago

Except you're leaving out two key facts:

1. National treasures (ex gold) were returned in '35 and '56.

2. Romania intervened against the Bolsheviks in Bessarabia.

#2 seems like FAFO to me. And I'm sure some Romanians got kickbacks from the "transfers." Nobody forced Romania to transfer their assets.

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ErneXOP3mo ago

"The Spaniards will never see their gold again, just as they don't see their ears" this is supposedly what Stalin said according to Alexander Orlov. From the same link.

throw202512203mo ago

> supposedly

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caminante3mo ago

You didn't answer my question.

Cherrypicking a quote from Stalin who was using sarcastic humor at a banquet when the gold arrived also doesn't refute my point or answer my question.

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caminante3mo ago

Huh?

If you melt down gold, how are you not staring at the same gold?

Moscow didn't steal anything either.

gtech13mo ago

Hah, and me who thought they only stole Romania's national treasure, under the guise of 'safekeeping'.

I guess Russia has always been a shitty country.

euroderf2mo ago

> I guess Russia has always been a shitty country.

Eight hundred years is time enough to perfect it.

caminante3mo ago

Except you're leaving out two key facts:

1. National treasures (ex gold) were returned in '35 and '56.

2. Romania intervened against the Bolsheviks in Bessarabia.

#2 seems like FAFO to me. And I'm sure some Romanians got kickbacks from the "transfers." Nobody forced Romania to transfer their assets.

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ErneXOP3mo ago

"The Spaniards will never see their gold again, just as they don't see their ears" this is supposedly what Stalin said according to Alexander Orlov. From the same link.

throw202512203mo ago

> supposedly

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caminante3mo ago

You didn't answer my question.

Cherrypicking a quote from Stalin who was using sarcastic humor at a banquet when the gold arrived also doesn't refute my point or answer my question.

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