A former convict who fought in Vladimir Putin’s war went on to kill six people with an accomplice after being freed from prison, police in Russia claim. People in Russia have raised concerns over former convict fighters in the war being rewarded by Putin.

  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There is no way the Russian citizens could effectively perform a coup d’état the same way any other citizenry of a developed country cannot. The military technology of the major powers is so far beyond what a militia or insurgency could effectively defeat. You can’t take shotguns and hunting rifles against tanks and aircraft

    And before you say Afghanistan, they didn’t beat anyone, they were just taking too long to die and political will died off. That wouldn’t happen with a domestic rebellion.

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      They don’t need to take on tanks and aircraft. The second that dude shows his face anywhere, a hunting rifle would do just fine. And in lieu of him showing his face, target those just beneath him. Take popshots at his enforcers. Burn down EVERY recruiting office. Shit like that.

      Russians are doing very little to express they’ve had enough, so instead they line up to be more meat for the grinder.

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        People in the West either don’t know or forget that Russian governments have a very long history of crushing any dissent through torture and murdering millions. Just read how Stalin was personally going through cities and towns killing everyone who disagreed with him. Have you ever seen a Western leader killing hundreds with his own hand? Not even Hitler was such a lunatic.

        The second someone decides to kill Putin, he and his whole family will be dead.

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          Dang, that’s a lot of straw-man. Wanna try responding to something I actually posted, or is this just some copy-pasta you throw at anything with knee-jerk relevance?

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      You’d think so, wouldn’t you? I wonder if the answer would be that simple. Warfare has never been just the shooting.

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      That’s not how any of that works at all. You cannot patrol a street corner or kick in doors with tanks and planes. On top of that, when you bomb someone’s house that you deem a “militia member” you’re killing the neighbors around that person as well. Even worse, your soldiers at least in foreign countries don’t have to shoot people that look like them, and usually speak the same language.