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somelamer567 6 hours ago

Interesting: the Russians are calling "our partners", "our would-be enemies" now. They're not even pretending anymore. Given that this steady parade of seemingly-planted and promoted derogatory anti-Western stories that has been happening for years originates from You Know Where, it's a revelation that the Russian establishment and secret services are not even pretending anymore.

It should also be pointed out that Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church have been understood to have been cat's paws for Russia's notorious KGB successor agencies for a very long time now.

wartywhoa23 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

All very true, and an important point about ROC/KGB ties, but

> the Russians are calling "our partners", "our would-be enemies" now.

is a total wind vane which can flip 180° in a matter of days (if not minutes, as in Orwell's scene where they seamlessly switch from being at war with Eurasia to that with Eastasia)...

tpolm 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Come on, Russian "страна наиболее вероятного противника" (the country of the most likely enemy) was always the military name of the US since the Cold War. Now used in military texts and also as a sarcastic cliché

orbital-decay 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Moreover, it's adversary, not enemy.

tim333 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The Russians seem to refer to most people not helping them as enemies. Often as nazis too.

somelamer567 an hour ago | parent [-]

Exactly. Russians seem to understand the word "Nazis" is a less-literate way than the rest of the world.

"Nazi" -- in Russia -- means anybody that Russia hates, resents, is jealous of, or otherwise dislikes. Anybody not explicitly in Russia's thrall is "anti-Russian", considered an enemy, and is hence labelled a "Nazi".

Coincidentally, this "Whoever isn't with us, is against us" thinking is a hallmark of fascist regimes like the actual Nazi Germany, where it was an article of faith.

u8080 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

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somelamer567 11 minutes ago | parent [-]

Ad-hominem attack.

Can you do better?