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"Russia condemns the USA-Israeli war against its ally Iran."

"Russia provides intelligence on American targets to Iran."

"Russia condemns 'EU warmongers' for not joining war against Iran and not attacking its ally"

Can't make this up. Russia thinks the rest of the world is as stupid, braindead and as brainwashed as Russians and Americans.

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[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

"The masks are off," Dmitriev wrote. "U.K. and EU warmongers are showing how deeply anti-Trump they really are. They tried to hide it for a long time, but now everyone can see it."

Welcome to the club! Snacks are there on the table, take a few minutes to mingle and get to know everyone.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even by the diplomatic standards of Lavrov, who is usually absolutely unhinged when it comes to logic and morals, this is completely bonkers. Well done, I can't wrap my brain around this fuckery!

[–] Bassman27@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

They want to prolong the war as they benefit from the lack of oil exports. This is just stirring the pot to drag things out and they know they’re doing it

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 12 points 1 month ago

A transparent divide and conquer ploy

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shut up russia, nobody cares what you want.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Trump does.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)


(The Russians)

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Russian government, go fuck yourself."

We have much to thank Ukraine for. :)

Like for example ??🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Get clowned on more by Ukraine, dipshits!

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ironic since Russia is telling whoppers :)

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Can't make this up. Russia thinks the rest of the world is as stupid, braindead and as brainwashed as Russians and Americans.

Each of these statements is directed at a different propaganda network, who will quote only one of them. The targets of these networks will never see all 3 statements, and all think that Russia is doing what they want.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Oh bugger off Russia.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Fucking EU pussies afraid to get embroiled in a quagmire unlike Chad Russia who can feed prisoners into a meat grinder for decades.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But... They're supporting Iran? Why would this hold any credibility whatsoever? Brazen bullshittery, that's what this is.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

If E.U and U.K. get involved, they will spend money and resources there weakening them back at home (leaving nothing for Ukraine), and Russia will have more targets to give Iran. Overall it seems like a benefit to Russia

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s a statement to an audience of one: Donald Trump.

Same with Trump's meeting with Macron and the UK. It was just to placate him.

It’s mind-boggling to think that (if we’re lucky) kids will read this in future history books, gaping at how other world leaders openly stroke the ego of the president of the United States like gullible kid. And it works, exceedingly well.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Copy-pasta from my comment on the topic from a diff thread:

"The masks are off," Dmitriev wrote. "U.K. and EU warmongers are showing how deeply anti-Trump they really are. They tried to hide it for a long time, but now everyone can see it."

State-level trolling.

At the same time, Dmitriev's comments were widely seen as effectively encouraging additional countries to join military action against Tehran — one of Moscow's key strategic partners.

Except it may not be contradictory in terms of goals. Russia does not want the EU to be a US vassal. Not for altruistic reasons but because it'll be easier to restore trade with an unaligned EU. At the same time Russia might (perhaps correctly) consider that NATO cannot reopen the strait given how trivial and cheap it is for Iran to keep it closed. The longer the war lasts, the longer the strait stays closed, the more everyone needs Russian fossil fuels. And at the same time any naval assets that enter the strait are likely going down, which would diminish the naval capabilities of these actors as well as their military power projection.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

russian envoy go fuck yourself

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hihi, slams

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Bubble boy says what?