• pingveno@lemmy.mlOP
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      This is a ridiculous accusation. The West had warned Russia and Russia chose to brush off the warning. ISIS has claimed responsibility. Face it, Putin is just trying to spread conspiracy theories to cover up his failure as a leader.

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          What election? Do you mean the one where the opposition’s leader was murdered?

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            The opposition

            There were three opposition parties, actually. And I assume you’re talking about the blood clot that nazi got in prison, right? Any actual evidence pointing to that being unnatural, or are we doing the standard blueanon “putin is behind this somehow” line of conspiratorial thinking?

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              Surely you’re familiar with controlled opposition, people who run merely to provide the illusion of a real election while any real contenders are kept dead, silenced, locked up, off the ballot, or otherwise suppressed?

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          In what way has Russia chosen to brush off the warning?

          This was well documented with statements released to Russian state media.

          One of your regime’s top ghouls went on TV and promised to conduct acts of terrorism in Russia.

          She explicitly said battlefield, not concert halls. Considering the US passed along intelligence to the Russians, what’s the supposed angle here? What 5D chess is the US playing? Come on, at least come up with something coherent.

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        Western values on display once again.

        This is a ridiculous accusation… ISIS has claimed responsibility

        Not the contradiction you think it is

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        So why would ISIS attack Russia? What is their motive? It’s easy to “claim responsibility.” It’s an entirely different story to use a great deal of resources to actually plan and carry out a terrorist attack of this scale. And for what reason? To provoke another world powe?? I call bullshit.

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          They have been fighting each other as part of the ongoing Syrian civil war for about the past decade. I’d say that’s motive enough.