Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trump’s trip to Beijing (apnews.com)
from morysal@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 16 May 15:26
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Casterial@lemmy.world on 16 May 16:08 next collapse

Russia still relevant?

TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca on 16 May 16:36 collapse

Extremely. Their foreign interference campaigns are doing substantial damage to western democracy. They are an extremely hostile fascist nation.

EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 16 May 19:19 next collapse

They produce 10% of the world’s oil and 24% of its natural gas. Literally one of the most important countries on earth, which the Europeans rely on. When a human starves themselves of food, they die. When Europe starves itself of energy, its economies begin to wither.

cenariodantesco@lemmy.world on 16 May 19:34 collapse

correct me if I’m wrong but, the last couple weeks Russia’s oil has been burning, is it still 10%?

EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 16 May 20:00 collapse

Hard to say, but less oil means higher prices. So Ukraine/Western Europe, and the USA have lowered global supply and spiked prices with their wars.

Forsho@sh.itjust.works on 16 May 19:46 next collapse

You make it sound like “Western democracy” and “fascism” do not walk hand on hand in Palestine, Libya, Cuba or 30 other countries that your “eurocentrism culture” wants to loot.

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 16 May 19:56 next collapse

the leaders you keep electing and your oligarchs are doing damage to western democracy.

thethrilloftime69@feddit.online on 16 May 23:44 collapse

You know Western Democracy is fascism right?

Ariselas@piefed.ca on 16 May 16:34 next collapse

Xi “And then I told him his hands were very big!” Putin and Xi “HAHAHAHA!!!!!”

redsand@infosec.pub on 16 May 23:38 collapse

Putin: “Did he say ‘thank you’?” Xi through tears: “He did.” Both: “AHAHAHAHAHA!”

EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world on 16 May 17:14 next collapse

Xi prefers to give orders to all of his vasalls personally.

EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 16 May 19:23 collapse

lol 😂 did Xi tell Putin to enter into the Ukrainian civil war? Was he behind his rise into Russian politics?

Better question: how will he treat him compared to Trump?

EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world on 16 May 19:27 collapse

Now Xi is the mightiest person on the planet. Why should he not make them do what he wants? This doesn’t mean that he doesn’t allow them to do other things as well. I’m not a fan, but it is what it is

WanderWisley@lemmy.world on 16 May 19:40 next collapse

This is the stupidest episode of love island ever.

Flower@sh.itjust.works on 16 May 21:30 collapse

But Xi took Trump also to his special place and now Putin is jelly.

Xi added, “There ‌are ⁠also 1,000-year-old trees in other places.”

Trump asked Xi if other foreign leaders were also received in the compound.

“Very rarely,” Xi responded. “At first, we usually didn’t hold diplomatic events here. Even after ​we started having ​some, it’s ⁠still extremely rare. For example, Putin has been here.”

Then he invited Trump to touch a 280-year-old ​tree.

“Good. I like it,” Trump replied.

OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 16 May 22:12 next collapse

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finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world on 17 May 00:11 collapse

Well, they needed a few days to hose off Trump’s chairs.