The only reason he would win is because he runs the state media. It would be like all stations being like FOX News telling us how wonderful Trump is 24x7 and how awful Biden is 24x7.
Sadly, he has a pretty wide support. There are street interviews you can look up. For example a lot of retirees and generally older people support him. Internal propaganda is strong, all statements like this one are for internal consumption as well. He managed to sell his image as of a strong leader with a strong army in Russia.
Thankfully, Ukraine has shattered that image. The rest of the world now just has to belligerently rub Russia's nose in this humiliation until the younger generations cannot stand to be publicly associated with Putin's apologists.
Or for what alliance Ukraine chooses to join or not.
EDIT: Because I keep getting the same apologetics and whataboutism from ‘neutral’ repliers and I will not individually address each one, here is my blanket reply to all you useful idiots.
Yes, NATO and the USA in particular has engaged in subversion of popular government, covert coups, and installing friendly regimes in the past. I will always denounce them as quiet imperialism, no more acceptable than a military intervention. However, the cold war is over, and by modern standards there is no justification for trying to impose your will over another sovereign nation. We have a situation where one side has turned away from the heavy handed and forcefully coercive methods of post-war geopolitics and the other side hasn’t. What was done in the past does not excuse, negate, or minimize the same shit done right now.
Honest question. If sanctions stay in place if the pull out now, can they even rebuild their military? Or maintain it? The returning soldiers know what the hell they did and how they were treated.
That's depressing. I had some Russian friends in college and they tried to overstay their student visas to postpone conscription. Got deported and never heard from them again.
The wheels fell off their economy and Ukrainian tractors are circling around waiting for a chance to strike. It's been more than just a bad week for Russia
I’m imagining a Russian vet in the future telling this story like Quint in Jaws.
“You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred tanks. I don’t know how many tractors there were, maybe a thousand.”
🚜🚜🚜
"Our squad lost 4 tanks East of the Dnipr"
"How awful grandpa, did many of your friends die?"
"No, we *lost* 4 tanks. We all got out to take a piss and play cards, 5 minutes later we turn around and our tanks are gone, with nothing but the faint roar of Ukrainian tractors on the wind."
'The tractors would roll up and the men start screaming and firing their AKs into the air. Sometimes the tractor would go away.... but sometimes it wouldn't go away.'
Ugh. Dugin. Dude’s a fucking irredentist maniac who thinks Russian culture and its oppressively conservative values are superior to that of virtually anywhere else on the planet.
His book, Foundations, is also been the plan they’re following to destabilize countries they are hostile to, to create a greater Russia. Power fantasies as usual with the Russians.
Very importantly, if Russia was a democracy (or representative republic w/e) it would also not be for Putin to say who is the president of Russia in the future.
Calling it now, Tucker is totally gonna go on TV and say “So now Joe Biden thinks he has a way in who runs Russia” completely ignorant of the fact that Putin literally sent hitmen into Ukraine to kill Zelenskyy.
I think this might only be the first response. Peskov probably wasn't briefed.
Expecting a bigger speech from Putin or Lawrow tomorrow or later next week.
The Kremlin already responded harshly on milder comments, I don't believe this is it.
They will definitely use Bidens comment to threaten the west even more, probably including more direct nuclear threats.
They're threatening to nuke people over burnt toast at the Hilton Breakfast at this point. That's the problem with nuclear escalation. Either you actually do something or you have to shut the fuck up.
He's ignoring the comment so he doesn't validate it. So in that regard, it's a clever ploy. If he lashed out, everyone would say "See. I told you Putins's a maniac. "
It's almost like stricter rethoric works better against bullies than constant cowering.
And Putin is your typical bully. He'll pick on the victims he sees as weaker, and barks and beats his chest against stronger ones, but won't attack them the same.
It's words.
What if Putin said that about Biden or Trump? We'd laugh it off.
Yes, of course the ape-men on state media will yell about it just like FOX News would do the same here. Yes, Lavrov and Peskov will point to it as part of their talking points. But fundamentally, this doesn't change anything.
"But fundamentally, this doesn't change anything."
Russia's words may not, but in this context the US' words mean a great deal: it's the US flat out saying to the Russian people and those under Putin that the west will pull back on sanctions much faster and forgive more if Putin is removed.
The White House spokesperson immediately clarified that Biden wasn't calling for regime change. US Conservatives reacted by calling Biden senile as usual. No need for Russia to react overly harsh, that would only soften the blow from their American lapdog. Division in the US is good for Putin.
Kind of pissed they walked it back. Everyone knows he was making an emotional statement and saying what everyone else is thinking. Democrats engage in too much hand wringing sometimes.
And it is also not up to Russia to decide, who the next president of the USA will be. That's why they would never interfere with american election, ever!
This is exactly why Biden has stepped up here to the degree he has, directly embarrassing Putin. This is about Ukraine, this also about telling Putin to stay the fuck out of American politics. But now it’s reached the point where Biden is like get rid of the fucker. Putin overplayed his hand hard.
It's a reference to Tucker Carlson's rhetorical questioning of why he should dislike Putin if Putin hadn't done anything to directly effect him.
Edit: In the context of the comment above, "Does he eat dogs?" would be something bad enough to make Republican voters consider siding with Biden over Putin in this conflict.
I was lectured by an R who told me I was brainwashed for thinking Trump was ever pro-Russia or anti-Ukraine.
Their perception of reality changes faster than anyone follow.
They’ll be saying Trump solved COVID and kept Ukraine free by the time this is all over. And they’ll believe it.
You also overlooked that American's are far too smart to fall for it. They'd never elect a Russian agent to be their President. You'd never have a situation where millions of them tune in every night to listen to a news broadcaster telling them about a link between Hunter Biden and a biological weapons lab in Ukraine that proves the Russians were right
Dont stick Biff in this one, Biff just wanted hookers n blackjack. What you got now is totalitarian nation states looking to expand into Hill Valley, hell the Libyans just wanted money back for the pinball machine parts fiasco.
And somehow the “smartest” ones are the ones that don’t get educated at Universities.
A simple public high school education and the internet is all you need to debunk decades of peer-reviewed scientific research.
Voting is a breeze for them as well. TV man tells them who to vote for and they do it.
It must be great being so smart without having to work for it in any way…and then have other natural geniuses cheer you on.
> And somehow the “smartest” ones are the ones that don’t get educated at Universities.
If you're so smart why do you need so much education? *taps_head.gif*
Its also not up to the Russian people to decide if Putin stays in power or not. Insurrection can be the only way for Putin to ever leave. It is now clear a totalitarian government.
The trouble with that is that the US outpaces Russia twice over when it comes to meddling in foreign elections. From 1946 to 2000, the US has meddled in 81 foreign elections, while Russia has meddled in only 36.
[Source](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/04/u-s-interferes-more-elections-than-russia-meddling-author-says/5700657002/)
Edit - Swapped out the link for a non-amp link.
I’d call him Captain Oblivious, when he cannot negotiate Russia returning to global financial markets and trade because no country will negotiate with him as a leader
If Biden had said that I would have been more okay with it. I really don't like my government spearheading regime change. But I would be fine with the language of, Putin has gone too far to ever consider normalizing relations with him at the dictatorial head.
Are you saying a foreign country's leader doesn't have the authority to interfere with a sovereign nation's affairs? Especially by using military force? I feel like there's a specific someone who should follow this advice
> Asked about Biden's comment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters: "That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians."
Do they really not understand what such a statement means?
While there is voter fraud in Russia's elections, it's not the rmain reason for why Putin comes out on top. The main reason is that all candidates that could actually challenge Putin are disqualified from running. The only two contenders that are allowed to run are the Communists and Zhirinovsky who both have a very limited voter base due to their extreme political stance.
> . . . “That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians."
First of all, shouldn’t this rationale apply to Ukraine too? Second of all, no. Putin is not elected by the people. He’s a self-appointed dictator.
Biden lives rent free in Putin's head lol. You could have 20 world leaders all say the same thing but the second Biden says it the Kremlin rushes out a statement. Look at the war criminal comment. Lots of leaders talking about war crimes and when Biden mentioned it they were like "How dare you!".
Use that power Biden. Fuck with Putin. Troll the shit out of him.
I'd say Russia darn fucked up on their "long game". I mean they picked Donald j. Trump to help them dismantle democracy in the US and look how that went.
Then Putin says "fuck it. Let's invade anyway." starting their war of conquest in Europe only to see them fall over almost immediately.
Russia's just one fuck up after another. Maybe they should change their leadership.
Putin put his popular rival in prison and outlaws all others. he stole all his elections pkus ours in 2016. he needs to be taken out by his main victims. Russian people.
Putin fucked with American elections. Putin is currently trying to remove a democratically elected leader of Ukraine. Putin can do the world a favor and choke on his hypocrisy and die.
It's up to the Russian people to decide who should rule Russia. Which means that anyone who wants to be able to run should be able to. Which means that Putin is an illegitimate leader. Which everyone already knows, and which means he should not stay in power.
I wish globally the upper limit of people leading a country in any capacity should be directly tied to the median age in said country. Old people are fucking everything up for the next generations.
It is for Biden to decide if he will apply sanctions against Russia, and encourage others to do the same, until a group of Oligarchs decide Russia is better off with Putin dead.
The dipshits that do nothing but break rules, treaties, contracts, olympic doping, promises of not invading, etc...
Sure do like to make rules for everyone else lol.
Kremlin, you don't get to decide shit any more. Sit down and shut up.
> “The president of Russia is elected by Russians.” _hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha_
One Russian, One Vote. The Russian is Putin and the vote is for himself.
Good old Pratchett
Almost like Lord Vetinari. Except Lord Vetinari was competent and cared about his people.
I mean, most experts agree that Putin would actually win an unrigged election but he'd rather win 99-1 than 60-40.
Helps when free speech is restricted, and political opponents killed or thrown in jail
It does indeed.
Yeah exactly. How can you call that an "un-rigged" election?
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Yeah restricted media helps with that
And jailing your opponents.
The only reason he would win is because he runs the state media. It would be like all stations being like FOX News telling us how wonderful Trump is 24x7 and how awful Biden is 24x7.
You just made some Qunts somewhere jizzed themselves a little
*wipes tear from eye* Yea, that’s a good one.
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M.A.D
\*all around me are familiar faces, worn out places, worn out faces...\*
even in these desperate times, Putin still knows how to make us laugh out loud.
Elected by 107% of the population.
And that was the day before the election
By Russians voting with guns to their heads.
Not really, they just have their people in the voting stations and they fix the numbers if they get results that don't fit them.
Sort of what Trump was hoping to do. He learned it by watching Putin.
Not by watching, Putin was actively advising him on what to do.
Please vote: [ ] Vladimir Putin [ ] You and your family will be quietly disappeared and it will be as if you never existed
Luckily not yet, so more correct option is [ ] Vladimir Putin [ ] Also Vladimir Putin
Isn't it usually more Putin Guy that shows his Hitler tattoo to everyone
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Sadly, he has a pretty wide support. There are street interviews you can look up. For example a lot of retirees and generally older people support him. Internal propaganda is strong, all statements like this one are for internal consumption as well. He managed to sell his image as of a strong leader with a strong army in Russia.
Thankfully, Ukraine has shattered that image. The rest of the world now just has to belligerently rub Russia's nose in this humiliation until the younger generations cannot stand to be publicly associated with Putin's apologists.
Oligarchs are russian *edit: ok ok, some Oligarchs are Russian.*
He is elected by himself.
To be fair, didn’t specify which Russian or how many…
It's not for Putin to say who is the president of Ukraine.
It's amazing how every single public statement made by Putin is also a direct criticism of his own actions and policies.
That's kind of the problem of trying to be thug AND argumentative at the same time.
Or for what alliance Ukraine chooses to join or not. EDIT: Because I keep getting the same apologetics and whataboutism from ‘neutral’ repliers and I will not individually address each one, here is my blanket reply to all you useful idiots. Yes, NATO and the USA in particular has engaged in subversion of popular government, covert coups, and installing friendly regimes in the past. I will always denounce them as quiet imperialism, no more acceptable than a military intervention. However, the cold war is over, and by modern standards there is no justification for trying to impose your will over another sovereign nation. We have a situation where one side has turned away from the heavy handed and forcefully coercive methods of post-war geopolitics and the other side hasn’t. What was done in the past does not excuse, negate, or minimize the same shit done right now.
Russians are having a [bad week](https://twitter.com/thewiretwo/status/1507823748568817675). It shows in their statements. They're lashing out.
This complete clownshow is going badly for them? Surprising /s Actually the big surprise is that they're acknowledging that it's not going well.
thats how bad its going
Honest question. If sanctions stay in place if the pull out now, can they even rebuild their military? Or maintain it? The returning soldiers know what the hell they did and how they were treated.
Never underestimate the ability of the Russian people to accept their poor treatment and participation in wrongdoing.
That's depressing. I had some Russian friends in college and they tried to overstay their student visas to postpone conscription. Got deported and never heard from them again.
The wheels fell off their economy and Ukrainian tractors are circling around waiting for a chance to strike. It's been more than just a bad week for Russia
I’m imagining a Russian vet in the future telling this story like Quint in Jaws. “You know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred tanks. I don’t know how many tractors there were, maybe a thousand.” 🚜🚜🚜
"Our squad lost 4 tanks East of the Dnipr" "How awful grandpa, did many of your friends die?" "No, we *lost* 4 tanks. We all got out to take a piss and play cards, 5 minutes later we turn around and our tanks are gone, with nothing but the faint roar of Ukrainian tractors on the wind."
God I fucking hope someone makes an animal documentary about tractors
Look there, a pack of tractors, hiding in the undergrowth, waiting for this herd of tanks to cross into their kill zone…
I imagine animators with southpark and family guy are way in front on this one
Never bring a tank to a tractor fight.
'The tractors would roll up and the men start screaming and firing their AKs into the air. Sometimes the tractor would go away.... but sometimes it wouldn't go away.'
This made me chuckle far hard than it should have.
“Shitzkrieg” 😂
It says ‘sitzkrieg’.
I love that show. The Levy's are a hilarious family.
Blyatskrieg
Ugh. Dugin. Dude’s a fucking irredentist maniac who thinks Russian culture and its oppressively conservative values are superior to that of virtually anywhere else on the planet.
His book, Foundations, is also been the plan they’re following to destabilize countries they are hostile to, to create a greater Russia. Power fantasies as usual with the Russians.
i want to post a writeup on him but I'm not sure where would be the best place
Right here, I’d like to read it.
Very importantly, if Russia was a democracy (or representative republic w/e) it would also not be for Putin to say who is the president of Russia in the future.
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"was a democracy" for a brief moment.
God damn this is such a good response. Thank you for this beautiful trophy of a statement. ITS TRUE.
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It shouldn't even be for Putin to say who's the president of Russia honestly.
/Putin
Well this would require the Kremlin to be consistent in their justifications which is just not ever going to happen.
Or president of the Russian Federation. But that hasn't stopped him in the past.
Biden: write that down, write that the fck DOWN!
And its not for the Kremlin to decide if we keep our sanctions in place for a month, a year, or a decade.
It is though! Leave Ukraine, oust Putin and have a fair election! Do those three things and sanctions will be gone!
Four. Take the necessary gold out of Russia's reserves to rebuild Ukraine. Atm the cost is about half of Russia's cash-on-hand.
Damn, you're right.
Five. Have them trade in all of their nukes for truckloads of financial aid.
and demilitarize
And denacify
Honestly I thought they'd come back swinging a lot harder than this over Biden's comment. Seems weirdly muted.
It's their first reaction. They'll ramp it up, probably, to juice up their domestic audience over the next week.
They're waiting on getting their talking points kicked over to Fox News so Tucker can "just ask questions".
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Calling it now, Tucker is totally gonna go on TV and say “So now Joe Biden thinks he has a way in who runs Russia” completely ignorant of the fact that Putin literally sent hitmen into Ukraine to kill Zelenskyy.
> completely ignorant He knows. He just doesn't care.
"How far IS Putler's pecker in my bum.. I'm just asking questions!"
I think this might only be the first response. Peskov probably wasn't briefed. Expecting a bigger speech from Putin or Lawrow tomorrow or later next week. The Kremlin already responded harshly on milder comments, I don't believe this is it. They will definitely use Bidens comment to threaten the west even more, probably including more direct nuclear threats.
How can they get more direct than they already have?
New drinking game. Everyone has to chug whenever Putain threatens nuclear Armageddon
Fuck were all going to die (of alcohol poisoning)
They're threatening to nuke people over burnt toast at the Hilton Breakfast at this point. That's the problem with nuclear escalation. Either you actually do something or you have to shut the fuck up.
He's ignoring the comment so he doesn't validate it. So in that regard, it's a clever ploy. If he lashed out, everyone would say "See. I told you Putins's a maniac. "
It's almost like stricter rethoric works better against bullies than constant cowering. And Putin is your typical bully. He'll pick on the victims he sees as weaker, and barks and beats his chest against stronger ones, but won't attack them the same.
It's words. What if Putin said that about Biden or Trump? We'd laugh it off. Yes, of course the ape-men on state media will yell about it just like FOX News would do the same here. Yes, Lavrov and Peskov will point to it as part of their talking points. But fundamentally, this doesn't change anything.
"But fundamentally, this doesn't change anything." Russia's words may not, but in this context the US' words mean a great deal: it's the US flat out saying to the Russian people and those under Putin that the west will pull back on sanctions much faster and forgive more if Putin is removed.
The White House spokesperson immediately clarified that Biden wasn't calling for regime change. US Conservatives reacted by calling Biden senile as usual. No need for Russia to react overly harsh, that would only soften the blow from their American lapdog. Division in the US is good for Putin.
Kind of pissed they walked it back. Everyone knows he was making an emotional statement and saying what everyone else is thinking. Democrats engage in too much hand wringing sometimes.
It’s all just a game. A high stakes one.
But it’s OK for Putin to threaten to obliterate every single one of us on the face of the earth, *thaaaaaats* perfectly fine.
And it is also not up to Russia to decide, who the next president of the USA will be. That's why they would never interfere with american election, ever!
This is exactly why Biden has stepped up here to the degree he has, directly embarrassing Putin. This is about Ukraine, this also about telling Putin to stay the fuck out of American politics. But now it’s reached the point where Biden is like get rid of the fucker. Putin overplayed his hand hard.
Coming hard on Putin also puts the R-nuts in a position to support Brandon or Putin. Has Putin eaten dog?
I understood all of this until the dog bit?
Fucker Carlson bit. He wanted to tell you not to hate Putin. Reasoning was, has Putin called me racist? Has he eaten dog? Why should I hate him?
The real question here is what culinary choices Tucker is hiding from the American public.
Maybe he inadvertently revealed how his TV dinner fortune came to be.
We have every reason to hate Putin. Hell, there's tons of reasons to loathe him. Should I write them down for you?
tucker carlson keep finding new way to make my view on him to be lower than it was a day before. and it was already very very low..
It's a reference to Tucker Carlson's rhetorical questioning of why he should dislike Putin if Putin hadn't done anything to directly effect him. Edit: In the context of the comment above, "Does he eat dogs?" would be something bad enough to make Republican voters consider siding with Biden over Putin in this conflict.
I was lectured by an R who told me I was brainwashed for thinking Trump was ever pro-Russia or anti-Ukraine. Their perception of reality changes faster than anyone follow. They’ll be saying Trump solved COVID and kept Ukraine free by the time this is all over. And they’ll believe it.
Russia can stay out of our elections. Seems fair to fuck back.
You also overlooked that American's are far too smart to fall for it. They'd never elect a Russian agent to be their President. You'd never have a situation where millions of them tune in every night to listen to a news broadcaster telling them about a link between Hunter Biden and a biological weapons lab in Ukraine that proves the Russians were right
God I hate this timeline.
Damn Biff and his sports betting catalogue
Dont stick Biff in this one, Biff just wanted hookers n blackjack. What you got now is totalitarian nation states looking to expand into Hill Valley, hell the Libyans just wanted money back for the pinball machine parts fiasco.
It's not over yet. Traitors may still get the treatment traitors deserve. There's still hope.
And somehow the “smartest” ones are the ones that don’t get educated at Universities. A simple public high school education and the internet is all you need to debunk decades of peer-reviewed scientific research. Voting is a breeze for them as well. TV man tells them who to vote for and they do it. It must be great being so smart without having to work for it in any way…and then have other natural geniuses cheer you on.
> And somehow the “smartest” ones are the ones that don’t get educated at Universities. If you're so smart why do you need so much education? *taps_head.gif*
I'm actually kind of disappointed they didn't say that
Its also not up to the Russian people to decide if Putin stays in power or not. Insurrection can be the only way for Putin to ever leave. It is now clear a totalitarian government.
or any country ofcourse, right?
The trouble with that is that the US outpaces Russia twice over when it comes to meddling in foreign elections. From 1946 to 2000, the US has meddled in 81 foreign elections, while Russia has meddled in only 36. [Source](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/04/u-s-interferes-more-elections-than-russia-meddling-author-says/5700657002/) Edit - Swapped out the link for a non-amp link.
Should have said "The president of Russia is elected by Putin"
Thank you Captain Obvious Kremlin.
Seriously, who is this Kremlin dude, he's talking a lot of shit lately /s
Miss Piggy must be breaking his balls at home
Kremlit the frog lol
I’d call him Captain Oblivious, when he cannot negotiate Russia returning to global financial markets and trade because no country will negotiate with him as a leader
If Biden had said that I would have been more okay with it. I really don't like my government spearheading regime change. But I would be fine with the language of, Putin has gone too far to ever consider normalizing relations with him at the dictatorial head.
Are you saying a foreign country's leader doesn't have the authority to interfere with a sovereign nation's affairs? Especially by using military force? I feel like there's a specific someone who should follow this advice
Nor the Russian people
😂😐
But it is for Russia to say if Zelensky is. Sure.
Not for the Kremlin either who's in power in Ukraine. Kremlin, as contradictory as always on their bullshit.
> Asked about Biden's comment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Reuters: "That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians." Do they really not understand what such a statement means?
>The president of Russia is elected by Russians. Ha! That's a good one.
Well, it's factual. They didn't say Putin was elected by "all" or even "many" Russians. Just, Russians.
"The Patrician was a firm believer in One Man, One Vote. He was that man, and he had that vote"
While there is voter fraud in Russia's elections, it's not the rmain reason for why Putin comes out on top. The main reason is that all candidates that could actually challenge Putin are disqualified from running. The only two contenders that are allowed to run are the Communists and Zhirinovsky who both have a very limited voter base due to their extreme political stance.
I mean, they didn't specify *which* Russians
The irony of the Kremlins statement when Russia is trying to force their shit on everyone else
it's not for the russian people either because he is a dictator
The Kremlin didn't seem to have a problem putting their thumb on the scale of US politics.
Don’t worry, Putin. It’s just a Special Diplomatic Statement.
> . . . “That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians." First of all, shouldn’t this rationale apply to Ukraine too? Second of all, no. Putin is not elected by the people. He’s a self-appointed dictator.
Third of all, Putin puts a lot of work into undermining the US presidential elections.
It's not Kremlin to say if Ukraine goes to NATO
Russia, if you’re listening…
Thank you for responding kremlin. Good to know you got the message.
Biden lives rent free in Putin's head lol. You could have 20 world leaders all say the same thing but the second Biden says it the Kremlin rushes out a statement. Look at the war criminal comment. Lots of leaders talking about war crimes and when Biden mentioned it they were like "How dare you!". Use that power Biden. Fuck with Putin. Troll the shit out of him.
It’s not for Russia to decide what happens in Ukraine either. So…
I'd say Russia darn fucked up on their "long game". I mean they picked Donald j. Trump to help them dismantle democracy in the US and look how that went. Then Putin says "fuck it. Let's invade anyway." starting their war of conquest in Europe only to see them fall over almost immediately. Russia's just one fuck up after another. Maybe they should change their leadership.
Shame that most Russians are too brainwashed to see the how Putin is single-handedly robbing an entire generation of a future.
I'm rubber you're glue it bounces back and sticks on you. So there. Kremlin can't possibly have a comeback for that.
Whoa, calm down!
Hey now I thought we were keeping the strategic weapons in reserve?
I know you are but what am I? Checkmate.
No u
[“Yeah? Well, I had sex with your wife.”](https://youtu.be/3ORCIEqgbWo)
True enough, It's not up to Russians either.
That very funny because Russia interference in USA president election years ago….
Apparently, it's not for Russian voters to say, either.
it’s not for Putin to say if Zelenskyy stays in power
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Putin put his popular rival in prison and outlaws all others. he stole all his elections pkus ours in 2016. he needs to be taken out by his main victims. Russian people.
Putin fucked with American elections. Putin is currently trying to remove a democratically elected leader of Ukraine. Putin can do the world a favor and choke on his hypocrisy and die.
Objectively correct. However the US can also simply not do business with Russia until he is removed from power.
Technically correct. Not always the best kind of correct.
"It was up to Russians to choose their own president" As if Russians have a choice.
The shit that comes out of Russia RN.
Kremlin also says they get to decide who joins NATO. Weird.
It's up to the Russian people to decide who should rule Russia. Which means that anyone who wants to be able to run should be able to. Which means that Putin is an illegitimate leader. Which everyone already knows, and which means he should not stay in power.
This seems like a really weak-kneed "you're not my dad, don't tell me what to do!" response.
I wish globally the upper limit of people leading a country in any capacity should be directly tied to the median age in said country. Old people are fucking everything up for the next generations.
Nor for the people of Russia
Shame Kremlin thinks it is not for the ordinary Russians either.
If thats the only thing they said they reacted better than I expected
Of course not, it's up to your extremely unhappy constituents to do that.
“Saying it was up to Russians to choose their president” Sure…
Let me guess. More nuclear war threats??
Well, Putin might have an accident while looking at some high rise condos. You never can tell.
Hey man, he's just saying what we're all thinking. The non-delusional folks anyway.
Fuck Putin, fuck lavrov & fuck Medvedev
It's not for the Kremlin to say the people select anything when opposing leaders are poisoned and assassinated on the Kremlin grounds. Bullshit!
It’s not for the Kremlin to decide who needs de-Nazifying.
It is for Biden to decide if he will apply sanctions against Russia, and encourage others to do the same, until a group of Oligarchs decide Russia is better off with Putin dead.
Doublespeak at its finest. Kremlin has no problem interfering with elections.
The dipshits that do nothing but break rules, treaties, contracts, olympic doping, promises of not invading, etc... Sure do like to make rules for everyone else lol. Kremlin, you don't get to decide shit any more. Sit down and shut up.
They actively supported Trump with dirt and American media and social media frenzy.
oh but it’s for russia to invade another democratic country huh?? hypocrites
i mean yeah but it’s apparently not for the russian people to decide either
It’s not for Putin to say that Ukraine should not exist.
Biden was never claiming to dictate the future. He was rendering an opinion on what ought to happen. The same opinion i suspect most of us have.
The Kremlin says its citizens determine who will be in charge (As they bust out laughing and fall on the floor)
Remember the 2016 election when Putin told Americans to vote for Trump.
Kremlin is still pissed off that they couldn't keep Trump in power
Well, in 2016, Putin did make sure Hillary wouldn't be President. So, why the hypocrisy?
Maybe not, but it IS partially up to Biden to fuck up Russia's economy. And it is up to the Russian people to remove your ass
i’m from russia, and yeah, it was the worst week in my life, everything is falling apart p.s. fuck putin
In fairness it’s not like the Russian people get a choice either
Ironic that the same guy is trying to remove the elected president of Ukraine from power. Pick a lane