• Ghostalmedia
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    20410 months ago

    Yeah, but he was stripped of all of his power. Wagner group is being rolled into the state military. The opportunity for Wagner to push back and or give Putin the boot has passed.

    And, this dude was also an evil corrupt piece of shit. If he overthrew Putin, Russia would’ve still been an authoritarian disinformation state.

    • Guy Dudeman
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      8410 months ago

      He was a straight-up Neo-Nazi and named the group after Hitler’s favorite composer. So yeah, he would have been infinitely worse than Putin… and that’s saying something.

    • @[email protected]
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      10 months ago

      Wagners are straight up fleeing into neighboring countries and Africa. They must have read the history books about what happens when one warlord assimilates another’s forces (they kill them quietly and easily now that they’re disarmed).

      • Ghostalmedia
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        1410 months ago

        Seems like most reasonable folks didn’t think he’d reform Russia. The only “good” he’d cause would be unrest that would force Russia to pull out of invading their democratic neighbors.

    • @[email protected]
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      210 months ago

      If he overthrew Putin, Russia would’ve still been an authoritarian disinformation state.

      He would at least cause a schism between the putin fanatics and everyone else.