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[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 years ago

Well to be fair, Putin does seem to be an expert in problems at the moment

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

His "plans" are probably to stir up shit, mess with elections, sabotage, bribe people in positions of power, stage civil unrest... all the things he was going to do anyway.

The only difference is he's whining about it in the open instead of doing it behind everyone's back.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like an ex US president I didn’t vote for.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a reason orange dipshit looked up to the Kremlin.

[–] PeckerBrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

The view from his kneepads.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

He's also been shipping asylum seekers to the border to overwhelm social services.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Well, our latest election went shit already. No need to help, Putin, our own government is already messing up this country!

[–] jimbolauski@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Putin is doing this in hopes of intimidating other countries. He and everyone around him knows Russia doesn't have the resources to start another conflict.

[–] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Isn't Finland in NATO now? Putin isn't dumb enough to actually start shit with NATO. It's exactly why he started shit with Ukraine that isn't in NATO yet.

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They are, and they also have a defense pact with the US. Direct confrontation would be stupid as that could trigger NATO Article 5, so Putin will likely try to stir shit on a non-military level (social, political, imports, etc).

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Putin will likely try to stir shit on a non-military level (social, political, imports, etc

Because that is all he can do at the moment.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Putin is probably miffed as the signing of a defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the US looms, which would bring US weapons to Finnish soil on a permanent basis. This is a step towards practical implementation of NATO defense collaboration.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Virkkunen@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can someone post that story about one Finnish soldier against a thousand Russian soldiers?

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

an putins sorta an authority on making problems.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I just hope he doesn't decide to nuke Finland before I can find a way to import official Finnish salmiakki koskenkorva.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

may your next visit to moscow include a long one-way trip up an elevator.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 years ago

Oh no! Anyway.