r/YUROP

What represents best your political orientation (for those who identify with these) I didn't have more options to put "none" if needed

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So... this just happened.

My app fo2.exe, for emulating Fallout 1 and 2 on Android (and PSP), has received a DMCA notice from a copyright enforcement company/subcontractor called Tracer acting on behalf of Bethesda/ZeniMax Media, Inc.

No game files. No ROMs. No textures. No music. No ripped assets. Nothing like that.

It's an emulator.

I'm serving in the National Guard of Ukraine, and my company is currently deployed around ****** city, one of the hottest areas of the war. People are actually dying here. Ripped legs and hands in 1...2...3...

I can appeal the DMCA, but that could potentially lead to a legal fight. And honestly... I could literally die tomorrow. So what the fuck am I supposed to be afraid of?

Just curious what Reddit thinks.

I bought something digital today. And I was asking about refunds in case I didn't like it (cuz it was somewhat expensive, at least for me). And at first the customer service person sent me back that they had a 7 day refund window. But then I said that I was a European Union citizen and that, as far as I was aware, within the EEA a 14 day window is mandated. And she was immediately like "Yeah, sorry, you're right. If you live in Europe it's 14 days."

I know it's arguably minor, but it made me happy to live in Europe, not in America.

I have plenty of complaints about my government, both my national government and some about the people currently in charge of the EU (Von Der Leyen and EPP I'm not the biggest fan of), but I think we can't deny we have one of the best government systems in the world.

Not that lobbying isn't a problem at all, and it must be fought, but our governments are at least accountable enough to us (and our unions strong enough) so that we have some actual decent consumer rights. Whereas in America it's like "consumer what?"

And we have like decent unions and guaranteed paid days off and healthcare. Americans barely have unions, don't have ANY guaranteed paid days off and healthcare is the number one cause of bankruptcy in the United States.

So yeah, feel lucky to be a euroid.

Do you like the idea of a federal Europe? having some areas of sovereignty like the Army, a substantial budget, an elected president and government and many more

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I'm writing this from a throwaway account for obvious reasons.

I'm 17 years old and live in Russia. I'll turn 18 in November, and I'm currently finishing school.

I have never supported the war in Ukraine. I know that Ukrainians are the ones suffering and dying because of it, and I don't want to minimize that in any way.

At the same time, I can't pretend that this hasn't completely changed my own life too. I'm scared. I'm angry and deeply sad that the country where I was born and where my home is has become a machine built around war. I worry about my family and what might happen to them. And now I'm getting closer to the age when I could be required to serve.

I didn't choose any of this. I didn't choose to be born in Russia, I didn't choose this government, and I didn't choose this war. As a minor, I also simply haven't had the freedom or resources to just leave whenever I wanted.

I would genuinely like to be able to do something politically meaningful. I would like to oppose what is happening rather than simply run away from it. But I'm 17, I have very limited possibilities, and I'm not in a position where I can realistically become a political activist or meaningfully change anything. That doesn't mean I don't care.

What I do know is that I don't want to participate in the war. I don't want to join the military, I don't want to become part of the machinery that is carrying it out, and I don't want to be forced into something I fundamentally disagree with.

I've been looking into asylum and other legal ways of leaving Russia, but I'm honestly very confused about what is realistically possible for someone in my situation. I don't want to make up stories about being persecuted or pretend something happened to me that didn't. I just want to find a legal and safe way out before I become part of this.

I've also encountered the idea that because I'm Russian, I'm somehow personally responsible for everything happening. I understand why people in countries affected by the war may feel anger towards Russians. I don't blame them for being angry. But it's difficult to hear that when I'm desperately trying to make sure that I personally don't contribute to it.

So I'm asking people who live in Europe or know European asylum and immigration systems:

What would you realistically recommend someone like me do?

Are there realistic legal ways for a 17-year-old Russian to leave and stay somewhere in Europe? Could asylum or another form of protection apply in circumstances like mine? Are there countries where my situation would be treated more seriously than others?

I'm not asking anyone to tell me that I'm guaranteed asylum. I just want to know if there is actually a path forward, because right now it feels like I'm trapped between a country whose actions I don't support and a world that may see me as guilty simply because I was born there.

Any serious advice would mean a lot to me.