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FYI: the "the" before Ukraine is superfluous. You can just type "like Ukraine just accused you of."
What about The Hague
And The United States
What about:
Normal country names don't begin with "the"
"The United States of America" makes grammatical sense. "The Ukraine" or any of the above doesn't .
Except when you're from the Netherlands.
That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land.
The Holland.
I was being facetious
The name of Ukraine is Ukraine. "The Ukraine" was a USSR administrative district. The name of The United States is The United States
Pepsi has a history in Russia. They once traded the USSR soda in exchange for a fleet of naval ships. IIRC at the time Pepsi had the 4th largest navy in the world. They sold the ships to Norway.
Yeah, no. They can earn millions with Russia, so they do. Spend half on that in good PR, and you still earned millions in blood money.
And if people get pissed? The news cycle means they'll forget about this in about 3 days so you're good