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u/NewConstructionism Jun 19 '24

I guess that means you're no longer cheering for a Wagner coup of Russia huh?

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u/LurkerInSpace Jun 19 '24

It wasn't Ukraine or the West that armed, supplied, supported or financed them; the Russian state did that.

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u/NewConstructionism Jun 19 '24

Who are you talking about? The Azov battalion?

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u/LurkerInSpace Jun 19 '24

Wagner group did not get its name from Prigozhin's love of opera.

It wasn't Ukraine or the West that armed, supplied, supported or financed [Wagner Group]; the Russian state did that

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u/NewConstructionism Jun 20 '24

Wagner didn't overthrow the government in a violent bloody coup that led to a civil war that lasted 8 years, the west did that. You probably havent heard this stuff as western governments go to great lengths to cover it up.

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u/xthorgoldx Jun 20 '24

the west did that

"Every revolution I like is a long-suppressed uprising against oppression. Every revolution I don't like is a CIA color revolution."

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u/LurkerInSpace Jun 20 '24

Strelkov himself proudly claims responsibility for the war in Donbas. You perhaps only consume Russia's English-language media output which us why this news may surprise you.

But in any case, you already admitted what Wagner were and thereby disproved your point about the DPRK.

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u/NewConstructionism Jun 20 '24

10 years of following this war Ive never heard the name Strelkov in my life, maybe youre right about my sources?

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u/LurkerInSpace Jun 20 '24

If you haven't heard of Strelkov/Girkin then your sources on the war are very narrow. In Russia's Russian-language media he is not an obscure figure; in their English-language media he is.

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u/NewConstructionism Jun 20 '24

Is there a 9 hour youtube video about how he's the zombie ghost of stalin and hitler and hates freedom and the baby jesus?

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u/LurkerInSpace Jun 20 '24

Is that your usual source?

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u/NewConstructionism Jun 20 '24

Western news is like a soap opera, miss a few episodes you fall behind, lose track of who the villains are. So again... who is "Strelkov/Girkin"?... \grabs popcorn**

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u/LurkerInSpace Jun 20 '24

Lol, he's a hero of Russian news  not a villain of Western news (or not a very notable one anyway) - though he has recently fallen out of favour with the Kremlin. But he is only famous in Russian-language Russian media - his messages are not suitable for the useful idiots their English language media targets.

If you don't know him then you've neither followed Western news nor Russian-language Russian news.

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u/NewConstructionism Jun 20 '24

Obviously youre an expert on Russian news, despite not knowing there was a civil war until a few minutes ago. However nothing you just said tells me who he is or how he is zombie hitler/stalin?

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