• ganksy@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      It says in the article that his comments in closed meetings with Ukraine were conciliatory and that his pro-russian comments were for his domestic audience. Radical wasn’t radical enough.

      The article also quotes Xitter user Bubba3030 a pro Kremlin, pro trump, god loving, eagle flag champion, definitely not bot farm American who has a completely different take.

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        It says in the article that his comments in closed meetings with Ukraine were conciliatory and that his pro-russian comments were for his domestic audience.

        That’s because he is hoping to help with rebuilding of Ukraine (because money). At home he is shit talking them, saying they should negotiate, stop fighting and cede territory to Russia all the while enabling local arms companies to export weapons (because that brings money again).

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      I know next to nothing, but it seems this guy’s trying to play both fields so to speak, something old USSR patriots might not like. They are supposed to be “neutral”, but have sold arms to Russia and also Ukraine.