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is Putin dead yet? dude's old. somebody oughta smack him with a skateboard,
edit; comments suggesting some sort of violence against Putin tend to elicit a positive reaction.
curious!? fuckin "change my mind" meme guy has notes, but he might busy abusing his partner
Much like Sadam before him, he has a number of body doubles so even if it did appear he was assassinated in public, probably get some story about a miraculous rescue and recovery if acknowledged 'Putin' was in the area at all.
it's so tedious. Putin, Orban, Trump, Bolsonaro, just an endless stream of vacuous cartoon characters
Need more Luigi’s
For me the tedious part is not the vacuous character but the people who vote for them.
Keep fighting! Freedom fighters are the heroes of our times.
I'm amazed no one has pointed out the possibility that this was staged by Putin himself as a prerequisite to enforce greater surveillance, military and police presence, claim opposition and Ukraine to be terrorists, and so on. This is, besides a malfunction, much more likely than a failed assassination attempt that went this badly, doesn't have a suspect, and got reported on.
I watched live on reddit while two comments that said basically the same as you were nuked by the admins, not even mods
Why would he need a reason though? Couldn’t he just do that at any time?
When has it ever happened in history for a dictator to stage an assassnation or coup attempt on himself? They always sell the image that they are forever beloved and wanted to be in power by everyone.
why would he tell people that the people around him and closest to him dislike him and want him dead? This is the complete opposite of what every dictator fears to unveal. His gaurds are already under heavy paranioa. Now he openly tells everyone it's your chance to take me out because no one likes me?
If he wanted to blame ukraine ,it'd have been a lot cheaper and more believable if he just let a drone hit his palace.
A malfunction of a $300,000 car engine overheating in cold weather is more believable , but realistically no. He's is too old and has dragged his country's economy and people lives to ruins. He is nothing but an ego at this point and does not take many decisions. This is why I'm %100 positive that not much will change in Russia after his death.
Hitler used the burning of the Reichstag as an excuse to clamp down on political dissidence and consolidate his power. It's still not clear whether it was intentionally caused by the Nazis or just a convenient opportunity for them.
We can rule out a Ukrainian assassination attempt. They have a pretty good track record of success.
We'll know if it's a false flag if Putin immediately freaks out and increases his personal security or suddenly relocates to one of his bitch bunkers.
Better luck next time.
Man, when (when, not if) Putin dies eastern Europe is going to have a weeeeird power vacuum
power vacuum
That's a strange way to spell "block party."
It would have been great if it was with Putin inside.
Damn you'd be banned on Reddit for saying that!
Only if I'd wish if Musk would be in it right? Since it's a limo, it would have been great if Putin, Trump, Vance and Musk would be in it.
Too true. I was just banned on Reddit for liking too many pro-Luigi posts
Now they're getting it - blow up putin - end of war and Ukraine prevails. Also, trump and his entire criminal organization no longer have the backing and deviousness of putin and fail. America wins. The world wins.
Let's not miss next time, okay?
Blowing up Putin would be nice but it’s not a guarantee the war would end. It would lead to a power struggle in the Kremlin, no doubt, but there are loads of hawks in that regime and many are much more extreme than even Putin.
Of course, a more extreme war hawk might end up benefitting Ukraine by hastening the collapse of Russia. Or it might lead to nuclear war. It’s really hard to predict exactly what will happen.
Of course, considering he's a paranoid former KGB agent who won't even sit at a normal table with his closest advisors, it would not exactly be trivial to drop him.
"I'm not a fan of his politics or anything, but there's no excuse for attacking other people's property." - US conservative "opinion"
I'd rather that he lives to see all his sick imperial dreams crushed.
You know what, I'd be happy either way!
He will die of illness before the world finally turns on him
Now that our government is his closest ally, his sick imperial dreams will live long beyond his vile life
The headline is mistaken. I checked out an article with photos from the scene.
The limousine was authentic. The place was nice, a few blocks from the FSB headquarters.
But there was no "tremendous explosion" - the car just burnt. Every house had its windows intact, the car itself had its windows intact while burning, etc.
Explanations: technical malfunction, passer-by with fire cubes and a lighter.
Captured image from the video shows that the hood of the engine compartment had been warped. This means there had been an explosion :
First of all, this does not look like an assassination attempt. The engine caught fire. A Russian-made limousine. Might be (politically motivated) vandalism, might be "a Tesla".
There's no freedom of speech or poltical expression in Russia anymore. The state controls the media and the media control the narrative. This is the totalitarian approach. The disadvantage for Putin/Kreml is that they really don't know anymore how deep the resentment against them goes. And neither do we.
Of course the explanation will be that Ukrainian sympathisers did it, but I think it's easy to see that a Russian does not even have to be a Ukrainian sympathiser to want Putin dead.
There's no freedom of speech or poltical expression in Russia anymore. The state controls the media and the media control the narrative.
Ah so just like the US then
Who ever downvoted you needs to visit the whitehouse.gov and other government sites and social media accounts. They are like North Korean level propaganda now.
There’s a high chance that the car is just shit… would be nice if it was an actual assassination attempt but honestly who knows.
"The attack on my life has left me scarred" 🤣
What kind of low rent dictator has to park on the street?