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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith Putin driving out news reporters and cutting off outside internet...
It looks like he wants Russia to emulate North Korea and be totally insulated from the outside world.
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With Putin driving out news reporters and cutting off outside internet... (Original Post)
Kablooie
Mar 2022
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relayerbob
(6,537 posts)1. Who doesn't want to run a country like North Korea?
DemocraticPatriot
(4,313 posts)8. Only a leader who cares about his people starving...
for instance, President Joe Biden, or the President of Ukraine, would not want to run a country like North Korea....
The others? I suppose they might be good with it.
onecaliberal
(32,786 posts)2. Only he's murdering the citizens of a sovereign nation at the same time.
RainCaster
(10,842 posts)3. Broke and starving, too
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)4. The stores will be empty.
The money worthless.
I read that most of their wheat comes from Ukraine.
No bread if their there is no wheat.
msongs
(67,366 posts)5. so nobody in russia will notice the suddene disappearance of all these media outlets nt
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)6. Just like they won't notice
Their sons coming home in boxes? You can only hide the truth for so long
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)7. Unless they are cremating them.
No bodies left.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,313 posts)9. Except they aren't coming home...
thus the mobile Russian crematoriums in Ukraine...
Probably those soldiers will be labeled as "missing in action"....
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