Putin, you see, did not shake the British ambassador’s hand in the Kremlin, did not speak to him, and generally refused to come closer than 70 feet, citing health reasons. 😂
Or, you know, crazy thought, Putin told them the truth and anti-corona restrictions are still in effect in the Kremlin. Strange how that perfectly explains why he was meeting with kids before the ceremony and why he’s behaving the way he is in UAE.
I mean, that’s not as flattering to the British sense of self-importance, but maybe, just maybe Putin didn’t snub 3 diplomats from hostile countries at the expense of the other 18 attending.
Is 70ft far enough when it comes to the British?
Can never be too safe.
Real fucking mood to call a popular elected president a “despot” when you still have a literal hereditary monarch.
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Fun fact: queen Elizabeth (first one) refused Ivan the Terrible marriage proposition.
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Nicholas I, but he died during it and Alexander II finished.
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Honestly i wonder too, official version is “centuries of oppression”, 1920 war and Katyn but OUN killed up to 10 times more people than in Katyn (even if you belived the nazi version), nazis killed 6 million, 1920 war was not even very significant on the long list of wars Poland waged, and Germany did way more opression than Russia during the millenium.
The only thing it comes to mind is the uniform propaganda bubble because if you look historically russophobia was never that strong in Poland before, even during the partitions we had strong prorussian factions.
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Religion role is also not to be unerestimated. Catholic church in Poland is most consistently reactionary institution here, and while they weren’t even that russophobic originally (they supported the partitions and “God protect the Tsar” was sung in every church), after communism won in Russia, they got rabies. Interestingly enough, they are very moderate in the case of Ukraine war, they see there is nothing to gain here.
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UK must be absolutely livid over this.
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I think it’s a race between UK and Germany in a race to an economic collapse. If Germany goes then EU crash will inevitably follow.
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I expect that the whole neoliberal order that US created in Europe implode is going to implode at this point. The kind of an economic crash that Europe is now entering hasn’t been seen since the end of WW2. Younger generations in Europe can’t comprehend what’s happening because it’s completely outside their lived experience.
Seems a bit reactionary don’t you think
Anglos near-exterminated the native population of pretty much two continents (most of North America, and Australia) with their various diseases, and genocidal tendencies. Can never be too cautious.
I don’t think you read the link.
You read #15 and didn’t include the gay roller emote?
Brits never did that though.
It would have been so funny if the UK ambassador had tried slowly creeping toward Vlad to see what he’d do. A full on scooby doo chase scene would be optimal.
I’m with you there, buddy. Would’ve been nice to see FPS officers faceplant the brit into the floor.
