• Jay@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    His “plans” are probably to stir up shit, mess with elections, sabotage, bribe people in positions of power, stage civil unrest… all the things he was going to do anyway.

    The only difference is he’s whining about it in the open instead of doing it behind everyone’s back.

  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Putin is doing this in hopes of intimidating other countries. He and everyone around him knows Russia doesn’t have the resources to start another conflict.

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    7 months ago

    Isn’t Finland in NATO now? Putin isn’t dumb enough to actually start shit with NATO. It’s exactly why he started shit with Ukraine that isn’t in NATO yet.

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      7 months ago

      They are, and they also have a defense pact with the US. Direct confrontation would be stupid as that could trigger NATO Article 5, so Putin will likely try to stir shit on a non-military level (social, political, imports, etc).

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        7 months ago

        Putin will likely try to stir shit on a non-military level (social, political, imports, etc

        Because that is all he can do at the moment.

    • wizzor@sopuli.xyz
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      7 months ago

      Putin is probably miffed as the signing of a defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the US looms, which would bring US weapons to Finnish soil on a permanent basis. This is a step towards practical implementation of NATO defense collaboration.

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    7 months ago

    may your next visit to moscow include a long one-way trip up an elevator.

  • spez@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Why would they want all of this? Nonsense."

    WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THIS JESSICA! I DIDN’T WANT TO PUNCH YOU! AAAHHHHHHH!