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[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Took my meme addled brain way too long to remember Chad is also a country

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 16 points 7 months ago
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 16 points 7 months ago

Typical Chad

[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago

Chad about to become gigachad

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago

It's in the name

[–] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So swapping US for Russia?

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Kinda. Nigeria is doing the same. Apparently they're easier to work with.

Makes sense; Russia's foreign interests have mostly remained aligned with the Global South against the US even after capitalists overthrew the USSR.

[–] Skua@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago

Niger, not Nigeria. Unless there's another story that o have missed

[–] nekandro@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

The key is that Russia doesn't really care about ideology in the way that the West does. It's less of an attempt to align ideologies, more an attempt to gain allies directly.