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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive moves into a fourth month, with only modest gains to show so far, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria he rejected suggestions it was time to negotiate peace with the Kremlin.

“When you want to have a compromise or a dialogue with somebody, you cannot do it with a liar,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

The eerie thing is the change in the behaviour of conservatives regarding Russia.

What change in behavior? Conservatives hated the communist Soviet Union, but Russia as ruled by czars or fascist dictators is everything they admire.

(Also, to answer your question: yeah, probably.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

"What change" ? They were the cause of the red scare. Weird how the enemy suddenly becomes a friend, Trump is duped and the westworlds most open spy ever. EVERRRR

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

You completely missed the point, which is that post-1990 Russia is the polar fucking opposite of the Soviet Union that the conservatives hated during the Red Scare, in terms of ideology along the left-right spectrum.

Trying to pretend fascist Russia is the same as the USSR is bullshit on the same caliber as calling the modern Republicans the "party of Lincoln."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Fun fact: Lincoln was Marx's penpal and Marx influenced Lincoln's opposition to slavery :)

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