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In response to "Thousands Gather to Pay Respects to Gorbachev, but Putin Is Conspicuously Absent" by crash davis

This seems like a miscalculation. It takes almost no effort to co-opt the legacy of a dead hero. -- nm*

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Sep 3 '22, 11:17

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Or Gorbachev isn’t viewed as a hero there. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 3, 11:44 1
- This. Putin’s all about empire. He presided over the collapse, so Russian media sees him as vaguely embarrassing at best. -- nm - mafic Sep 3, 13:41
Rumor is he is either dealing with cancer OR he's incredibly paranoid right now. -- nm - Remlik Sep 3, 11:27
We don't know what the calculation was. Maybe he didn't want to be assassinated. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 3, 11:21
Putin? Miscalculation? say it ain't so Mop -- nm - crash davis Sep 3, 11:19

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