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Ukraine to compete at 2024 Olympics on one condition: athletes from Russia and Belarus must perform under neutral flags (www.rt.com)

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[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The east of his country isn’t and he has no control over the army. Putin’s support increased during the war.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putin support increased so much that civilians were actively supporting a coup against him, nice

[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You consider Wagner ‘civilians’?

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, but civilians were bringing food and water to Wagner mercenaries.

Russians love so much Putin that when they oppose him they get Novchok-ed or threw out of windows, they love him so much that their fiercest criticism to him is "I don't follow politics"

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

But the Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine say that they don’t support Prigozhin’s coup attempt

Only oligarchs get that treatment, a far cry from the US. And the Communist Party is the 2nd biggest party in Russia, and the most critical of United Russia & Putin.