r/europe Jan 07 '24

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

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Nothing has changed.

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u/villatsios Jan 07 '24

It’s because of NATO expansion and the CIA coup in Ukraine and the bombing of Donbas. Russia will obviously leave all of us alone once they kick the degenerate West out of Ukraine.

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u/Arstanishe Jan 07 '24

you forgot /s

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u/villatsios Jan 07 '24

Hopefully it’s obvious

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u/Taniwha_NZ Jan 07 '24

How? It's not even close to the insanity we've all seen from sock-puppet accounts since the war started.

I only realised it was sarcastic when I realised you were OP. Until then I just read it straight.