The Kremlin won't admit how many soldiers have died in Ukraine, but researchers have now identified 30,000 dead Russians by name

MoonshineDegreaser , 11 months ago

Putin still has more toys in the toy box, so he’s not worried how many get broken

candio , 11 months ago

Yeah sure, and Santa Claus is real

MotoAsh , 11 months ago

Are you… denying that the Kremlin denies reality?

… K.

Rocketpoweredgorilla , 11 months ago

It wouldn’t surprise me if the kremlin doesn’t even know how many they’ve actually lost, considering how many “yes” men they have and the repercussions of telling putin what he doesn’t like to hear.

All I know is I’d hate to be the guy to put that report on his desk.

spiderkle , 11 months ago

According to an assessment collated by the U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency, Russia has suffered 189,500-223,000 total casualties, including 35,500-43,000 killed in action and 154,000-180,000 wounded.

Burn_The_Right , 11 months ago

Like most conservatives, putin loves wars that don’t endanger him in any way. He loves the bloodshed and the misery of the innocent.

Conservatism is a plague of death. Pure death.

dynamojoe , 11 months ago

I don’t even know his politics but I’m reluctant to call Putin a conservative (and that means something else outside of the US anyway). Putin is a murderous, crusading mobster who happens to run a country.

MotoAsh , 11 months ago

Conservatism is about maintaining the current status quo. The preexisting status quo across the world was dictator to some degree. The USSR, despite calling itself socialist, was still an oligopoly-ran system where the rulers simply used the language of socialism to take the means of production from the workers.

Conservatives also tend to love to use national identity to corral disparate ideologies that are willing to put country over principles, too.

Putin actively maintains the oligopoly and rule-by-fear of Russia and the USSR. He actively maintains the national identity of Russia. He actively protects the status quo corruption that keeps him in office.

Putin is a conservative in nearly every way a leader can be conservative for Russia.

dangblingus , 11 months ago

Anti-LGBT imperialist who promotes a strong man image of himself and operates a thuggish government. With all of the propaganda and lack of freedom of speech and media in Russia, sounds like he’s a fascist more than your garden variety conservative.