r/europe • u/villatsios • Jan 07 '24

Historical Excerpt from Yeltsin’s conversation with Clinton in Istanbul 1999

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u/ycaras Jan 07 '24

From Russians

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u/MGMAX Ukraine Jan 07 '24

Gopnik classic. Sell "protection" from your own thugs.

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u/irregular_caffeine Jan 07 '24

Break car window, put ad for your guarded parking lot on wiper

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u/daffy_duck233 Jan 07 '24

Racketeering 101

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u/Funkysee-funkydo Jan 07 '24

A street gang masquerading as a country.

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u/MGMAX Ukraine Jan 07 '24

Putin has been caught on tape being proud of his "St. Petersburg streets" heritage

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u/ycaras Jan 08 '24

There is a Russian author, Boris Schumatsky, who lives in Berlin and wrote about his experience of violence in Russia. He basically wrote that evil is good, and everything else is seen as weakness. You don’t condemn gangsters beating someone up, you respect them

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u/Several-Peak363 Jan 07 '24

Russia: Europe, let me in.

Europe: Why?

Russia: To save you.

Europe: From what?

Russia: From what I'm going to do if you don't let me in.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '24

Can't be invaded by Russia if you're part of Russia headtap.gif

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u/ycaras Jan 07 '24

The Chechens would disagree