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Russia spreading false claims about Qur’an burnings to harm NATO bid, says Sweden
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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I thought we all assumed that's what was happening anyways
But seriously, if anything fucky is going on rn, my default is that Russia is behind it. Kinda sucks because it's just another conspiracy theory, but it fits too well not to be true most of the time. The coups going on in Niger (and Mali and Burkina Faso before) are the most obvious examples. Less obvious is the disinformation campaign in Germany (and probably all over europe) against progressive policies atm.
I think it’s less about being against progressive policies and more about creating societal friction by supporting controversial figures and helping politicians that are pro-russia. The conservative/ alt right politics fit Russia, but more importantly those parties are often less critical of Russia (they don’t mind their anti human rights / free press autocratic tendencies as much) while also being underrated in the polls. Populistic anti-migration parties often aren’t taken seriously and rarely included in coalitions, but get a surprising amount of votes which can still be fairly useful to influence those countries.
The coup in Niger is directly tied to Russia through the Wagner group. Those assholes are neck deep in seemingly half the continent's internal strife.
Apparently the west is just sitting on their asses doing nothing with exponentially more resources than russia?
Saying one thing is happening doesn’t make it mutually exclusive for other things to be happening.
Careful, you're going to confuse the little tankie.
You're never confused because you let your CIA handbook do all the thinking for you. Everyone you disagree with is apparently a tankie. The word has lost all meaning (if it even had one beyond bashing leftists in the first place).
The person I responded to said, and I quote, "if anything fucky is going on rn, my default is that Russia is behind it."