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To my understanding blaming Putin personally is just a weird thing the media is doing to make Russia seem more crazy. Pretty sure in reality it's not one man a
by herbst 4y ago
To my understanding blaming Putin personally is just a weird thing the media is doing to make Russia seem more crazy.
Pretty sure in reality it's not one man alone doing crazy decisions without the whole state organ being behind him.
- jacobolus 4y agoThere are a whole bunch of people in the “whole state organ” who were opposed to one extent or another. Some of them mysteriously fell out of windows or shot themselves in the back of the head. Others were fired or jailed. Others were publicly humiliated. The rest fell into line. Invading Ukraine certainly wasn’t, say, Elvira Nabiullina’s choice, or the choice of the oligarchs with homes in London or NYC. The turnover rate at the top ranks of the Russian military the past 6 months is higher than a typical McDonalds.