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German pro-Russian politician calls Ukraine’s resistance cost “absurd” (www.pravda.com.ua)
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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I gotta hand it to Putin, he is clever in propping up fringe, populist lunatics from either political spectrum to destabilise the West. He pays lip service to the far left by invoking anti-Western imperialism. Then on the far-right and ultraconservatives, he purports to be supportive of traditional values. It makes it hard for traditional mainstream politics to sway on either side without being pro-Russia. That being said, I appreciate a counterforce from the German left to pit against AfD, but it is very hard for me to support BsW for being such a Putin lick ass.