A West Australian councillor has endorsed and congratulated Vladimir Putin on his election win during a bizarre appearance on Russian state television.

In a video published on Russian state media, Port Hedland man Adrian McRae congratulated Mr Putin on his "transparent and comprehensive" victory.

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[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not defending the guy, but why would they?

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Supporting a foreign enemy? I don't know if we've actually declared Putin that, but we may as well have by sending equipment to Ukraine.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago

I don't know why anyone is downvoting you rather than discussing the issue.

Heads up that my knowledge about any and all of this is less-than-stellar.

As far as I know Russia isn't a foreign enemy and Australia's support of any nations right to self-determination and independence doesn't automatically imply a state of war against an occupying or oppressing country or a designation as a 'foreign enemy'. I don't even know if the term foreign enemy has been or would be used in any such context but I'm not really into military stuff so who knows (maybe someone reading this perhaps).

I don't think Australia declared war on Indonesia or designated it a foreign enemy when troops were sent to East Timor.

I might be wrong but this knob hasn't done anything illegal by appearing on Russian TV and praising their elections. He'll probably get a bit more scrutiny for being a naive tool.

Whose to say he isn't a spook and this isn't some wacky shenanigans to play Russia.