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MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now (beehaw.org)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/news@beehaw.org
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please post any subsequent updates here unless they're huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don't have to be their own thread

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[–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

A nuclear weapons storage facility. The prospect of Prigozhin and his prison-recruited mercenaries in charge of nuclear weapons is not reassuring.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    While that's true, those weapons are currently under the control of a fascist government and increasingly desperate despot, so I don't see how them being in the hands of mercs is any worse. At least you know what mercs are motivated by.

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