They've been banned since 1997, though Lithuania has withdrawn and Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Finland plan to.

Funny how all countries are adjacent to Russia...

Ukraine has withdrawn as well.

It may be worth looking into getting him a phone that only allows trusted numbers to call him.

But regarding scammers, asking "is your mother proud that she raised a thief?" really annoys them.

One of them threatened to come over and rape my sister.

I don't have a sister.

An interesting one is .uk, because the UK's country code is actually GB (the ccTLD is delegated, but unused).

And that's before we get into the really weird not-a-proper-country ones like .im or .pn.

Normal travel insurance doesn't cover high-risk activities like mountaineering. You have to buy a specialist policy.

Was the hospital affiliated with a religious order?

no

The coup has already happened.

Maybe it looks like you're trying to trick the meter into running backwards?

Endocrinology wouldn't be an entire specialism of medicine if things were that simple.

Apparently upgrading the SSD can be done, but it's a weird form factor and you need another Mac to restore it.

Federal law says you can't. The PLCAA passed in 2005.