• Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 years ago

        The east of his country isn’t and he has no control over the army. Putin’s support increased during the war.

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              2 years ago

              No, but civilians were bringing food and water to Wagner mercenaries.

              Russians love so much Putin that when they oppose him they get Novchok-ed or threw out of windows, they love him so much that their fiercest criticism to him is “I don’t follow politics”

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                2 years ago

                But the Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine say that they don’t support Prigozhin’s coup attempt

                Only oligarchs get that treatment, a far cry from the US. And the Communist Party is the 2nd biggest party in Russia, and the most critical of United Russia & Putin.