Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect (www.bbc.co.uk)
from MonsterMonster@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 17:30
https://lemmy.world/post/40430210

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine if Russia is treated with respect - and claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries are “nonsense”.

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MonsterMonster@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 17:34 next collapse

Putin is on the back foot.

shalafi@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 01:19 collapse

This isn’t the first story that had me feeling the same. He’s not flat out desperate yet, but the fall is inevitable.

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works on 19 Dec 17:41 next collapse

As if Putler can be trusted.

xxce2AAb@feddit.dk on 19 Dec 17:43 next collapse

What a hilariously worthless statement given how many of his promises Putin has ever kept: Zero.

newthrowaway20@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 17:46 next collapse

Liar tells a lie.

Prove_your_argument@piefed.social on 19 Dec 17:47 next collapse

Yeah, as long as the world regularly respectfully cedes land, resources and slaves then russia won’t go to war at all with anybody.

ccunning@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 17:51 next collapse

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EvilBit@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 17:55 next collapse

“I swear, this is our last imperialist incursion into another sovereignty if you respect us by giving us the land we encroached upon and other economic rewards for having done it. Pinky swear!”

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 19 Dec 18:04 next collapse

Lol no

RamRabbit@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 18:05 next collapse

I’ll take this into consideration if you withdraw to your own borders in the current war your started…

llamatron@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 18:14 next collapse

Yeah right. And meanwhile he’ll still be running the bot farms, relentless disinformation campaigns and killing people he doesn’t like on foreign soil.

Respect is earned.

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io on 19 Dec 18:16 next collapse

And 'hybrid warfare' anchor dragging across international telecom cables, etc, etc.

chloroken@lemmy.ml on 21 Dec 13:46 collapse

We’re talking about Putin here, not the US.

Or did you forget that we’re literally sponsoring a genocide and bombing fisherman as you type this?

devolution@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 18:17 next collapse

PTP (Putin or Trump Promises) = wipe your ass with it.

EndOfLine@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 18:22 next collapse

What about “special military operations” which is what Putin was calling his invasion of Ukraine?

His words are worthless.

Davel23@fedia.io on 19 Dec 18:29 next collapse

"Trust me, bro!"

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io on 19 Dec 18:35 next collapse

Buddy, you're clearly angling for a takeover of Belarus openly. Try not to have your next target picked out when you make shit up about respect.

bklyn@piefed.social on 19 Dec 18:46 next collapse

lol

credo@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 18:53 next collapse

You will respect me at the point of this gun.

SuiXi3D@fedia.io on 19 Dec 19:07 next collapse

So... give us what we want or we'll take it by force, in other words?

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 20:43 next collapse

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captainlezbian@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 21:45 next collapse

I’d never show Putin what men like him believe respect to be. It’s never short of complete submission.

Madrigal@lemmy.world on 19 Dec 21:57 collapse

Abusive Parenting 101

Taleya@aussie.zone on 19 Dec 22:23 next collapse

Die already you murderous twat

leriotdelac@lemmy.zip on 19 Dec 23:45 next collapse

What a joke of a person. Wish he starts burning in hell yesterday.

shiroininja@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 00:02 next collapse

Why does his hands look like gloves made from a corpse

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org on 20 Dec 01:17 next collapse

Oh, well if you pinky promise. /s

I think the most interesting thing here is the trajectory of Russian demands. They’ve really moved closer and closer to an actually reasonable ask over the past few months. It makes me think they know exactly when they’re going to run out of stuff.

Typhoon@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 01:19 next collapse

No more wars? But Ukraine isn’t even a war. It’s a special military operation. He needs to promise no more of those.

shalafi@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 01:20 next collapse

Not trying to be funny, but I thought this was The Onion at first glance.

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GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca on 20 Dec 03:01 next collapse

“I will not attack any countries after Austria Georgia and Poland Ukraine.” I think I’ve heard this song before.

Rusty@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 03:28 next collapse

In 2004 Putin said: We have settled all our border issues. What this amounts to is full and absolute recognition of and respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty, not only as concerns its land borders, but also its sea borders. Source: en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/22661

modernangel@sh.itjust.works on 20 Dec 05:47 next collapse

Liar says what

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz on 20 Dec 06:05 next collapse

But, Maldova, Poland, Estonia, <…and more> are really already part of Russia if you think about it. And Russia needs to protect it’s borders, so if you have a border, abutting Russia, you’re really already part of Russia. Mirroring the circular logic justification for Israeli settlements.

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works on 20 Dec 12:09 collapse

Also, Russia technically isn’t at war right now either.

MrSulu@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 06:52 next collapse

I believe him…

radiouser@crazypeople.online on 20 Dec 08:13 next collapse

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 20 Dec 13:31 next collapse

Bully tactics. Why are mental children in power everywhere currently?

horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Dec 13:39 next collapse

What about special military operations tho?

beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com on 20 Dec 13:50 next collapse

How about a nice Christmas tree branch up putin’s ass? Which side in first?

DreasNil@feddit.nu on 20 Dec 13:53 next collapse

Lol

mcv@lemmy.zip on 21 Dec 01:16 next collapse

We did and you started wars. First end those wars and start acting more respectable.

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 09:10 next collapse

Just like he promised after stealing the Crimea in 2014?

filister@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 09:21 next collapse

On 5 December 1994, at a ceremony in Budapest, Ukraine joined Belarus and Kazakhstan in giving up their nuclear arsenals in return for security guarantees from the United States, the UK, France, China and Russia.

This aged like fine milk.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip on 21 Dec 11:41 next collapse

And by “respect,” he mans capitulation and servility.

I’m surprised he didn’t demand thanks for the restraint Russia has exercised by not having defeated Ukraine yet.

Blackmist@feddit.uk on 21 Dec 12:17 next collapse

Just special military operations, obviously. Not wars. Wars are a bad thing.

Klear@quokk.au on 21 Dec 12:29 next collapse

Here he goes again with impossible requests. Nobody is going to respect Russia for a looong tine.

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 12:41 next collapse

then be respectable and hold legitimate elections you Nazi piece of shit.

melsaskca@lemmy.ca on 21 Dec 12:55 next collapse

When did Pootin’ become the evil Rodney Dangerfield?

Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip on 21 Dec 13:09 next collapse

He also told us he wasn’t invading Ukraine.

richardwallass@sh.itjust.works on 21 Dec 13:46 next collapse

Respect the criminal.

TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 14:04 collapse

Before the war, ordinary Russians were slowly getting fed up with Putin. As per the dictator’s playbook, Putin is stoking the base tribalism of the citizens to distract them from his government’s own corruption. The world respects Russia, it’s only that the world doesn’t respect him.