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It’s incredible how Putin was able to turn Russia’s image from “occasionally drunk, but beloved funny uncle” to “scumbag murderer rapist” in a bit more than a decade.
It has always been a sketchy place, but they at least kept an okay image up, and a lot of people in the cities enjoyed a significant quality of life increase since the 2000s. I have some Russian colleagues who fled before/after the war, and I see their sorrow as they see the horror Russia is doing to Ukraine and its own citizens. You cannot choose where you are born, and they are sad to see the decline of the country they grew up in.
The war started in 2014 but somehow half of Europe and all of the US forgot.
Not to mention what happened in Georgia. Or what happened in Chechnya.
Or with people living in Moscow just because Putler wanted to start a war. Or journalists.
Sorry,but Russia never was a beloved uncle. Russia was always the "shady, violent, uncle who can't keep his hand off his kids but everyone ignores that because some family image they need to uphold and furthermore while he is quite poor he makes great gifts to the rest of the family. So everyone tolerates him."
Russia had some kind of chance during the wild 90s, before Putin and his fellow chekists retook all control. In some ways the West should've had a different approach to Russia during this period of time and in the early 00s. Not that anyone or anything but Russian pride and megalomania, and Putin's ambitions, are to blame for the current situation. At this point Russia has to be defeated and their overblown self-understanding changed.
Russia was kind of the drunk uncle before Putin's intensification, filled with vodka drinking bear wrestlers, insane driving, and comrade jokes. This personified especially in Jeltsin's behaviour
Germany was too busy making money 🤡
And Russia spent 40 years violently oppressing east Germans - and every one else around them for the past five decades. Essentially Russians are like chihuahuas
And you would think east germans would learn a lesson but instead they are Russian base within germany lol
culture of bootlicking strikes again.
People are stupid. Never gonna argue against that
That’s why I was specifically talking about image
Yep. This was the image we had from the Russians. A bit odd and drunk but reasonable people. All gone
"I lost my phone" is gonna be heard a lot from now on over there.
Then they can say the classic line, "Don't you all have phones?!"
Then you'll get 4kg ankle monitor with 200$ deposit, which you'll never get back, even if you return it. Complaints will be handled by spending undetermined time in a government "resort" with fun quarry themed activities.
Ruskies have this all this figured out.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say losing your phone is probably gonna result in a penalty
Surely the pro play would be simply not to go to Russia in the first place. Thinking about it that was always the pro play.
people sitll going to russia?
A lot of people from Middle Asia come there for seasonal work (mainly construction and farming). For migrants its good money, for russia it was kind of necessary before the war because of Russia's aging population, and essential after the war. Like, it will collapse industries if migrants stop coming.
So its strange that putin&co keep stoking xenophobia. Though, when did economic sense stopped a fascist from doing fascism.
Yes, but it's basically just some former soviet states and China that visit in noticable numbers.
attaches tracking device to feral dog
Don’t they have a bunch of dogs in Moscow that like take the subway and shit?
Even better, the feral dogs are commuting too. chef's kiss
Decent cover. “Well, this guy commutes to the dumpster behind the butcher shop every day…”
Why do they need an app instead of just using cell tower data? I guess you just take a flip phone then.
Seems like the app stores could derail this by simply not approving the app outside of Russia, which would fall outside of Russia’s jurisdiction to do anything about.
or… better yet, not agree to the Russia’s terms and prevent the app outright?
That’s kinda my point. Even if Russia tries to order them to make it available, they can’t do so except to Russian users, which defeats the purpose.
Unless they have a Windows 10 app, that won't work for me.