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After condemning Latvia’s support for Kyiv, activist moves to Russia and is sent to fight in Ukraine, relatives say — Meduza (meduza.io)

submitted 2 days ago by The_other_fish@aussie.zone to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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Sergey Mulivanov, a 59-year-old activist with the Latvian Russian Union who moved to Russia two years ago, was charged with fraud and sent to fight in the war against Ukraine, his lawyer, relatives, and acquaintances told the news outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti.

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[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 24 points 2 days ago (4 children)

This news inspires such conflict. On one hand the guy played stupid games and won stupid prizes, so you could say he's got what he deserved. On the other hand he's clearly disabled and mentally ill so this is basically eugenics which I don't think we should be applauding. The whole situation fucking sucks, his choices, the war, Russia, the history that brought everything to this point, all of it.

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[–] The_other_fish@aussie.zone [S] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I kinda get what you're saying, the guy is naive at best and stupid at worst, but even he doesn't deserve this horrible fate.

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[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why? Sincerely curious. I mean, he’d genuinely and naively spread all this Russian disinformation, or would be a sleeper agent of the enemy, especially if he had Latvian citizenship. Now he’s gone, or would be soon. What’s the problem? Why doesn’t he deserve all this? I think Ukrainian kids and the civilians overall do not deserve all this, but a creature like this deserves it all fair and square.

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[–] The_other_fish@aussie.zone [S] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

You're not wrong, but wishing him nothing but a horrific death puts us exactly on his level. I have no sympathy for the guy or his actions, but I do want to leave the door open in case he, or anyone else for that matter will sincerely say the magic words "I was wrong". It's probably not going to happen, and we can revel in the fact that everything that is happening to him is his own doing, but one day this war will be over and we have to move on from it somehow. Allowing people like that to admit they supported the wrong side is the path forward IMO.

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[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 1 day ago

Oh, I bet all of them would behave ‘I was just following the orders,’ including the führer himself. They would be not just ‘I was wrong,’ they would be the most Ukrainian-centric people, the most patriotic ones. You’ll see. Obviously, that wouldn’t be sincere, but hey, the door is open!

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