Map of African countries that have signed military agreements with Russia (lemmygrad.ml)

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[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago

The feel good map of the world. :)

[-] DistractedDev@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

How can you think Russia is a 'feel good' place in any way? It's a genocidal dictatorship with basically no regard for the lives of it's own citizens that is actively murdering a countries worth of people for oil. I get being anti capitalist, but I definitely would not call Russia anti capitalist. Maybe at one point they claimed to be communist, but I certainly don't see any of those ideals in their current government.

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

Theres a lot I disagree with in there but I'll point out the one that is most fundamentally wrong. Nobody said Russia is anti-capitalist, not the person you responded to, not the original comment, not even the post, nor does anyone on this site. Anti-Imperialism is the primary reason we support Russia, they pose a legitimate opposition to US hegemony and any nation that pivots away from the US/Western imperialist bloc towards Russia is a net positive in the struggle against imperialism.

[-] honeynut@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

idk if "supporting Russia" is the best way to phrase it. Bearing in mind that Putin is himself a reactionary anticommunist, the projects that the Russian state engages in should be examined critically as ways that the semi/periphery can better position themselves against antagonism by core countries with the caveat that these relationships can also potentially be used to undermine popular people's struggles i.e. Wagner mercs being invited to assist against principled uprisings.