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Re: Russia 'Coup' Live Forecast

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Post by brutusborn »

hutzlibu wrote: post #121
brutusborn wrote: post #115

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Surely someone records this and translates it for western eyes. Do you have a source link or are we just playing Chinese whispers?

Erm, you can directly check tass.com if you like. They even have a english version. Or really any other russian source. Russian militar blogger telegram channels, etc. (It is a good habit btw. to always also have a look at the opposing side of view)

So looks like the coup was fake, I find it funny that the coup ended before you could send a single source link. I just wanted to know where people got their info, I wasn’t asking for much.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/24/europe/russia-putin-wagne...

Re: Russia 'Coup' Live Forecast

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Post by hutzlibu »

brutusborn wrote: post #171
hutzlibu wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Erm, you can directly check tass.com if you like. They even have a english version. Or really any other russian source. Russian militar blogger telegram channels, etc. (It is a good habit btw. to always also have a look at the opposing side of view)

So looks like the coup was fake, I find it funny that the coup ended before you could send a single source link. I just wanted to know where people got their info, I wasn’t asking for much. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/24/europe/russia-putin-wagne...

tass.com was not a link?

Also I do not see, where tanks on the road to moscow were fake. It was the russian way of doing politics.

Re: Russia 'Coup' Live Forecast

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Post by marak830 »

marak830 wrote: post #106
Lewton wrote: post #95

@dang anything mentioning Wagner group is being flagged off the main page, I could see why some people would react that way when there’s a 20 articles shared about the same thing in an hour, but it’s a bit disturbing that there’s currently zero articles on the front page about this

There is a more and zero chance that those flags are not from general user accounts. Also @danf doesn't actually taf him from what I have read, there is an option at the bottom of the page(apparently, I've never used it XD) Edit: mailto:hn@ycombinator.com Is the link at the bottom.

My apologies for the typos I just noticed and I was super busy at the time :-(

Re: Russia 'Coup' Live Forecast

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Post by jacquesm »

hutzlibu wrote: post #170
jacquesm wrote: post #169

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It gets pretty weird, apparently there is now some kind of deal where he gets to abscond to Belarus and Wagner soldiers will be placed under regular Russian command.

Yes, I totally did not see that coming. I still would be surprised, if Prigoshin would die of natural causes. In either case it shows how weak Putin is, that he has to let him go, after they did an armed uprising.

Agreed they both come out of this much weaker than they were going in.

Re: Russia 'Coup' Live Forecast

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Post by brutusborn »

hutzlibu wrote: post #172
brutusborn wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So looks like the coup was fake, I find it funny that the coup ended before you could send a single source link. I just wanted to know where people got their info, I wasn’t asking for much. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/24/europe/russia-putin-wagne...

tass.com was not a link? Also I do not see, where tanks on the road to moscow were fake. It was the russian way of doing politics.

It's a link, but not a source. That's like you asking me for a source of a Biden speech and I reply "youtube.com" Not very useful.

Tanks on the road to Moscow could be used to give an impression of a coup. For all we know Putin set this up to expose any rogue elements looking to oust him.

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Post by avgcorrection »

ilyt wrote: post #21
rixrax wrote: post #4

Will current regime resort to use of nuclear weapons against Wagner formations as they approach Moscow? After all, the state and the power regime are facing an existential risk.

While russia nuking themselves would be hilarious end of the current clown fiesta, I don't think they are that stupid, there is no way to explain that to public in favourable way to whichever side is left standing

> While russia nuking themselves would be hilarious end of the current clown fiesta

Oh dropping nuclear bombs on place-where-I-don’t-live is so funny hahahaha it’s not like nuclear weapons have been a genuine threat since WWII and still is hahaha.

Re: Russia 'Coup' Live Forecast

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Post by avgcorrection »

ilyt wrote: post #101
mtlmtlmtlmtl wrote: post #94

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I'm quite disturbed that you think a nuclear genocide on the Russian people would be "hilarious". It would be a humanitarian disaster and an almost unprecedented tragedy. Let's not participate in the vilification of the Russian people.

Sorry, I ran out of fucks somewhere in the middle of COVID. Them nuking their own army/PMC themselves would be small price if that ended Ukraine's conflict > Let's not participate in the vilification of the Russian people. I'm vilifying their leadership. But I'm still amazed there is no revolt there

> Sorry, I ran out of fucks somewhere in the middle of COVID.

Oh my gosh. Did having to wear masks in public and self-isolating make you a badass on the Internet?

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