Comment on Far-right activist Tommy Robinson says "Russia is not the enemy of Britain" as he travels to Moscow to meet Elon Musk’s father

• moderatecentrist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think Russia is a pretty oppressive nation.

  • Here’s an article about a Russian who publicly opposed the invasion of Ukraine, leading to him getting a sentence of 25 years in prison.
  • Here’s an article about Alexei Navalny, an opposition politician, getting a Russian intelligence officer to admit that the FSB (Russian government agency) poisoned Navalny. Why is the Russian state poisoning opposition politicians?

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  • PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    ideal, imagined scenario.

    Not Russia still ruled by the capitalist oligarchy.

    ideal, imagined scenario.

    I also think Russia under their current ruling class and mode of production is an oppressive nation, but I was talking about an…

    ideal, imagined scenario.

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    • moderatecentrist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Fair enough. I agree with the point you said before about wanting an outcome where Ukrainians and Russians can live peacefully. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is of course preventing that at the moment. I hope Russia withdraws their invasion of Ukraine as soon as possible but I guess that’s not likely to happen soon.

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      • PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Spot on. And have a good rest of your day mate

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