The plant that went up in flames reportedly manufactures equipment for the Russian military.

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    1 year ago

    Maybe this is what Russians get for giving Putin free reign for a quarter of a century.

    Don’t want to see anyone get hurt, but FFS the Russian people just went along with it when Putin came to power and steadily gained ever more control of the government. The Russian people could have stopped this 10, 15, 20 years ago but didn’t. Now they have an entrenched mad man in there who controls everything, has gotten them into a pointless war in Ukraine, and clearly shows no sign of stepping down.

    Attacks on Russian soil have only started.

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      1 year ago

      Russians have tried to get him out of office but then they get arrested, radiation poisoning or suicided.

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        They’ve had protests, sure, and individuals have tried to go up against him, but never in the masses needed to overthrow his government.

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        1 year ago

        Bill was President up until 2001 and Putin gained power only 2 years earlier. At the time there was no reason not to support him. He was a freely elected leader. But that was 2 decades ago and a whole lot of things changed since then.

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    This is exceptionally interesting considering the fact that Ukraine has made great use of western-supplied night vision against Russian forces. It seems logical that they would want to deny such an advantage to their enemies.

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      1 year ago

      Will someone please think about the водка! There were likely several dozens thousands of bottles that sacrificed everything during this event.