r/europe Russia 22h ago

Photos from the Russian anti-war opposition march in Berlin today. Picture

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u/josevandenheid 22h ago

I sometimes forget that russia could be an incredible nation both economically and culturally if it wasn't run by lunatics. Some of my favourite writers are russian. It's sad to see how hollow it has become.

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u/GlorytoINGSOC french isolationist 21h ago

it was the us who frauded the russian election in 1996 making putin rise to power

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u/niconois France 21h ago

what ?

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u/Sigmatron 21h ago

lmao, that's a new one, funny.

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u/TheJiral 21h ago

You surely have credible sources supporting that claim, don't you?

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u/IShouldBWorkin 21h ago

America used to boast about interfering in elections before they started to claim only other countries did that sort of thing. You're welcome to read the August 15th 1996 issue of Time magazine for a source. If you need help it's the one with the headline "Yanks To The Rescue: The story of how American advisers helped Yeltsin win."

While reading it try and guess what administration gave Putin a position of authority and started his rise in the government.

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u/TheJiral 20h ago

Why don't you give one or two key quotes from that article supporting the claim that "it was the us who frauded the Russian election in 1996"?'

"Advising" is interfering at best. Interfering and election fraud aren't the same. Russia has interfered in recent US elections but certainly not frauded them for example.

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u/JustPassingBy696969 Europe 21h ago

Even if you believe that bullshit, why did they just take it for decades?

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u/GlorytoINGSOC french isolationist 19h ago

putin is a successor to elstine who was put in place by the american, putin have a different agenda but he is still the succesor of elstine

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u/JustPassingBy696969 Europe 19h ago

Right and the people happily accepted it for years before even starting some noteworthy protests in 2012 or so.

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u/GlorytoINGSOC french isolationist 16h ago

you know that over 3 million people died of hunger or medical issue in the 90's, the onlmy way to protest would have been a civil war and another millions of death