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“Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side. We will bury you,” he said quoting former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev.

Russian politician Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Russia could have a right to go to war with NATO.

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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Ha! Your mouth is writing checks your ass can't cash.

I wish a motherfucker would tho.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just claiming you have the right doesn't mean you actually have the right. Ask January 6 trumpers for more information on that subject.

On another point: just because you can doesn't mean you should. You can kick a Lion in the balls but that doesn't make it a great idea.

Then again, I'm sure Russia's leadership knows this and right now is just posing like an 8th grader bragging about his uncle being a navy seal because holy shit, Russia is fuuuuuuucked.

For the next decades it will be busy pulling itself together, trying to rebuild an international economy that doesn't rely 100% on unsustainable practices of just selling all it's minerals, getting rid of the reputation that Putin gave it, trying to rebuild a military that isn't the laughing stock of the world... And all that is assuming that the country doesn't fall apart, doesn't dove into civil war and that say, china doesn't decide it likes the taste ofmsome of the pieces that are left.

Russia is fubar, and right now Ukraine is the victim, butt within this decade, the innocent Russian citizens will be the victims of it all

[–] flying_monkies@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

🎶Dumb ways to die 🎶

[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has everyone in Russia forgotten about mutual assured destruction? Or are they old and susceptible to COVID and just plan to take everyone else with them?

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

So Dmitry. Found something to say from the bottom of the bottle again, eh?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

He knows Glasgow is part of NATO, right? No-one sane is offering that lot outside.

This guy called it a war! To prison with him!

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

i dont think putin could window his way out of that loss if it where to ever happen

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

And not even 15 years ago this russkie was hailed as the dovish counterpart to Putler.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Given how reliable their "advanced weaponry" has been in Ukraine, I expect many of their nucks are non functional so if they go to war, Russia will become a giant radioactive hole while the rest of the world will escape annihilation. Can somebody please just take out Putin FFS?

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[–] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If you go to war with one NATO country, you go to war with all NATO countries.

The only interesting question here isn’t how the war will go, it’s how the NATO countries will get to divide up the spoils after Russia is crushed.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The former Russian Prime Minister - widely seen as a stopgap for Vladimir Putin -  repeatedly takes to social media to write provocative and inflammatory statements about the Ukraine war and its Western allies.

In Tuesday's tweet, Medvedev warned the "apocalypse" was "drawing nearer", quoting biblical verse and old Soviet leaders.

“We are remembered until we stand in the others’ way,” attributed to Vladimir Lenin, who led the Bolshevik Revolution and was the first leader and founder of the Soviet Union.

Medvedev, Russia's Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, ended the tweet with a notorious quote from former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev made to Western ambassadors in 1956, which reads: "Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side.

Most of Medvedev's past threats have rung hollow or provoked ridicule online from large numbers of social media users.

He added Poland was "temporarily occupied", alluding to NATO presence inside the country, which includes 10,000 American troops, according to AP.


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[–] ladananton450@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'd like to see you do that, mr. Medvedev.

[–] roofuskit@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Lol, might as well change his surname to Kim Jong.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Good luck with that...

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