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What's incredible is this wouldn't be the first time Russia has spent such an insane amount of money on a futile war they absolutely collapse.
Collapsing is a proud Russian tradition. And now the US gets to do it with them!
We couldn't afford the Vietnam war. The Nixon Shock sealed our fate - it's just been very gradual.
As soon as it became clear how much russia botched the invasion initially, I've thought of vovka as Tsar Nicolas III
Be careful what you wish for. We might end up with Soviet Union Two: Electric Boogaloo.
Maybe this time they won't dismantle the worker's councils after the revolution, that'd be nice.
We'll get Stalin 2.0.
As in, an improvement on the original (fewer famines) model? Or an upgraded, more effective (bigger famines) model?
Maybe they'll get it right this time and will be more resilient to capitalist interference.
Yeah... That was the problem....
Incoming headline:
senior Kremlin official dies of suicide after shooting himself in the back of the head 3 times after falling out of 10th floor window.
It's especially impressive that he mananged to do that with his hands tied behind his back. Some people are just determined I guess.
Stuffed inside of a bag he put himself in.
injuries consistent of a 10story fall, from a 2-story building. or fell off a boat or plane. or the PLANE exploded.
Cause of death: ricin poisoning
That guy better stay on the ground floor for the rest of his life. Anything higher up than oh say about 30 feet gets so darn slippery this time of year in Moscow that you just wouldn't believe it.
And stay away from tea too. And silenced handguns aimed at the back of the head. Just so many accidental ways people are dying nowadays
I recently heard Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian political dissident, give a talk. He survived two attempted poisonings among other things. He described how the current method of poisoning is for Putin’s henchmen to sneak into your home and put polonium into your underwear. So this guy might want to consider walking around naked for a while as well…
I hear the Polonium is lovely this time of year...
Russia is a colonial abomination that shoud not exist, so that's pretty decent news.
It's not so much a nation as it is a very large swath of land nobody wants to live in, controlled by a somewhat organized crime syndicate who gained control of some production and defense capabilities like petroleum and nuclear weapons.
Calling them "colonial" almost makes it seem more systematic and organized than what it is, it's kleptocracy and they are trying to steal land with resources from targets of opportunity.
Considering Putin used a colonial war in Chechnya to consolidate power, it very much is a colonial state.
Don't you mean "imperial"? I take "colonial" to mean that it would itself be a colony.
I'd say both, colonialism is sort of a subtype of imperialism where the conquered territories get settled by the ruling people. Russia has engaged in this for a long time.
It won't be great news after the civil war ends up being between fascist and fascister.
I really wish there was a setting to hide images automatically.
I’ll believe it even I see it, just like any Trump news.
Seriously. Russia was supposed to collapse in 2023. Then in 2024. Then in 2025. Putin was sick and he was about to die. Endless supply of hopium. At this point I consider it all fake news until proven otherwise. Also there was the recent Money & Macro economic analysis that contradicts a lot of the hopium theories. And there's the whole contradiction between impending economic collapse and lauching war on NATO countries. The two are mutually exclusive.
Yeah, with Putin's approval at 80% it's hard to see a civil war happening any time soon.
Sometimes things go out with a bang. There's a good chance that Putin's regime also survives it with only some regions falling out with it first.
Yep. History curves to justice my ass.
We didn't start the fire, we didn't light it but we tried to fight it. And fucking failed the open book test each time.
In Russia this is called “Tuesday”.
Well, that took long enough. The Russian people should be in revolt.
"Ivan, pull the lever to lower the price of vodka a leetle bit more, the peasants need to be pacified."
“But, Gregor, we are the peasants!”
Rethinking my EU5-related life choices right now
"Russia risks new Lenin"
Yay! 😃🍿
Makes sense if the goal is to replicate 1917 to bring Bolsheviks to power... oh wait...
I kinda doubt that the CCP will allow Russia to collapse before the USA. Like a world power balancing act.
I mean those are probably better ways to incite a civil war than by provoking protestors.
But what do I know
Just said that in front of world+dog? 🫨 Even saying that on air would be shocking, but in an official government journal?! Meanwhile, in America, no one in government would have the balls to say such a thing and would be immediately removed if they did so.