It feels like the whole Depp thing has set online discourse about #metoo back 20-40 years.
Because of this ambiguity, it's also unclear whether or not Trump (and the US) violated the memorandum by withholding aid in 2019 during the Trump-Ukrainian scandal.
Even if it is a treaty, it doesn't impose any obligation of military assistance to any of the parties. The only requirement there is consultation among the parties if there is a concern about the commitments from the Budapest memorandum.
The other confusing thing is that no one seems to be sure if the Budapest memorandum qualifies as an international treaty. Some feel it's just a political good will sort of thing, and others feel it's legally binding treaty.
But the Budapest memo was signed in 1994 which predates the Union state. Should the union state exempt Belarus from the protections afforded by the memorandum?
For instance, some folks consider the first violation to be the 2013 US sanctions on Belarus. But this is complicated because of the Russian federation 'Union State' which didn't officially form until 1997.
Random intersection between my software career and time spent in live audio: the scene with Urban Dance Squad where the singer is holding an EV RE-20 as a handheld microphone
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