If there’s one thing the Ukraine War should have taught everyone, it’s that you can never expect ideological consistency from Russia’s government or Russian propaganda. Russia’s foreign policy is purely transactional.

Australia doesn’t have the death penalty.

Russia has in the past two years

• Claimed Ukrainians are really Russians, and Ukraine has no legitimacy as a nation.
• Claimed Russia is simply trying to remove Nazis from Ukraine.
• Claimed they are trying to save Russian speakers in Ukraine, despite the fact those same Russian speakers have suffered and died just the same as any other Ukrainians.
• Repeatedly bombed and terrorised Ukrainian civilians, including those Russian speakers.
• Claimed they are at war with NATO, but also made it illegal to call the Ukraine War a “war”.
• Despite being “at war with NATO”, they’ve moved forces away from the Finnish border to reinforce their units in Ukraine. Is (NATO member) Finland a threat or not?
• Annexed four Ukrainian oblasts, despite not even occupying them entirely.
• Said the west shouldn’t interfere in Russian affairs on the grounds of national sovereignty, despite invading their sovereign neighbour.

I could keep going, but you get the picture. It’s true that other governments have inconsistent policies, and I have agreed with that. But the sheer scale of Russian disinformation, distraction and destruction are far beyond those of other governments. And playing the “what about” card is nothing but a tactic of derailing the conversation; it adds nothing, just making the discourse confused and meaningless. We aren’t talking about “other countries”, we’re talking about Russia.

Lol same. I feel like I’m more active here than I ever was on Reddit.

Because for Trump and his followers, every accusation is an admission.

They already do that.

Kbin and Lemmy federate with each other. In fact, I’m talking to you from a kbin instance right now!

Yeah it’s not over. It needs to pass Turkey’s parliament, and Hungary still hasn’t dropped their objection yet (but they’re likely to).

Every foreign policy has inconsistencies, but Russia’s are virtually unending. Also, let’s not devolve into whataboutism.

How does Putin’s boot taste?

Quick reminder that Jackie Chan is pro-authoritarian and supports the Hong Kong national security law.

There's a kbin app called "kmoon" in development.

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I guess she knows a few things about losing to Trump? 🤷🏻‍♀️

ACAB

Rule Goldberg

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Found the link to Hariette's post
https://kbin.social/...

Anyway…

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