Boris Nadezhdin told the wives of Russia’s mobilized soldiers the war was “a big mistake by Putin, of course, and the consequences will be very grave.”

A politician bidding to run against Vladimir Putin in Russia’s upcoming presidential election described the decision to go to war in Ukraine as a “big mistake” in comments to the wives of soldiers on Thursday.

Boris Nadezhdin, representing a centre-right party called Civic Initiative that has no seats in parliament, is seeking to gather the necessary 100,000 signatures from people across Russia to enable him to stand against Putin.

Nadezhdin, 60, told the soldiers’ wives that the war, which the Kremlin calls a “special military operation”, was “a big mistake by Putin, of course, and the consequences will be very grave.”

  • @[email protected]
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    211 year ago

    Hmm. Wouldn’t be surprised if he got forcibly conscripted to a penal battalion and ordered on a suicide mission in Ukraine only to be picked off by drones.

  • squiblet
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    231 year ago

    It’s pretty brave to run against Putin at all, even without criticism like this. For one, someone can’t really expect to win, so it’s essentially a form of protest. And then, look where Navalny is.

    • kreynen
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      241 year ago

      which shouldn’t be difficult as the “rest of his life” will likely be just a few days

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      I was thinking I hope he enjoys below ground windowless rooms. Though I guess the below ground covers the windowless but you want your bases covered just in case. Also no tea.

  • Naja Kaouthia
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    91 year ago

    Anyone got a betting pool going yet for when this guy falls out a window?

  • @[email protected]
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    251 year ago

    At first I thought “This guy’s done”, then I thought “There are still Russians not indoctrinated, and they got balls. Let’s hope it sparkles some things in others”.

  • NullPointer
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    91 year ago

    never has the advice “stay away from the windows” been more important .

  • @[email protected]
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    151 year ago

    I’m guessing he will live until about 6 weeks after losing the election, then have an accident with a 5 story window. Given how long Prigozhin lasted. .

    • @[email protected]B
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      1 year ago

      Progozhin had a literal army protecting him. It still took over a month and the first opportunity was to plant a bomb under the wing of his private jet.

      Putin will use as much propaganda and (made up) blackmail as he needs, and if that doesn’t work, he’ll make sure he does something to be able to lock him up, just like he did to Navalny.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 year ago

    The quality of comments here is just as low as Reddit… It’s enough with ONE thread of jokes.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        It’s funny when it doesn’t flood the whole section. Just find the joke and write another on that one. A bit more easy to filter.

  • Th4tGuyII
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    41 year ago

    Now taking bets on this man having a tragic accident before next week