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.”

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]English
      4•2 years 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.

    • kreynen
      24•2 years ago

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

    • @[email protected]English
      41•2 years ago

      It will come as a complete surprise when we hear that he committed suicide by four self inflicted gunshot wounds to the head.

      • @[email protected]English
        10•2 years ago

        No no no no, first he will shoot himself in the back of the head, then fall down several flights of stairs, then shoot himself in the back of the head again, then he will fall out of the building. A message needs to be sent: you cannot be too careful what you say when you run against Putin.

      • @[email protected]English
        18•2 years ago

        Oh it’s totally normal for someone to shoot themselves15 times with a gun that holds 11 bullets. They probably reloaded halfway through.

        • Alto
          10•2 years ago

          Russian people so strong they survive many gunshot wound, is normal

  • @[email protected]English
    25•2 years 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”.

  • @[email protected]English
    15•2 years 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]BEnglish
      6•2 years 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.

    • Lettuce eat lettuceEnglish
      6•2 years ago

      So tragic to hear about his future fall out of an 8th floor window after slipping on a bannana peel while accidently shooting himself in the head twice.

  • @[email protected]English
    21•2 years 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.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•2 years ago

    What the hell is he talking about? What war?

    OHHH WAIT, is he referring to the special military operation?

  • @[email protected]English
    50•2 years ago

    Russia regularly allows fall-guy opponents to play the part of opposition without threatening the regime. This guy will either have his signatures disqualified (if he’s legit) or get some single digits votes proving his ideas are not supported. If he starts to catch on he’ll fumble in some way to make sure it putters out. They reject actual opposition that could threaten the ruling party and can’t be controlled.

  • @[email protected]English
    18•2 years ago

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

      • @[email protected]English
        1•2 years 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.