What is happening in Russia right now with Putin and Wagner mercenary troops? Live updates (www.usatoday.com)

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[-] danieljackson@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

Born to a poor ethnic Georgian family in the town of Gori [...], Stalin joined the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party [...] and raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings and protection rackets.

Local thugs raising to power in Russia/USSR is not a new thing.

[-] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Western leaders are saints

[-] danieljackson@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe. But we were talking about Stalin here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

[-] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

What you call 'whataboutism' we call 'double standards' or 'hypocrisy'

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