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‘Secret Service, B-2s Fortify’ Alaska As Team Putin Arrives, Trump Says Russia 'Won't Mess’ | 4K
Posted on 08/15/2025 5:43:56 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
In a not-so-subtle act of trolling, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Alaska on the eve of the US–Russia summit wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with “CCCP”, the Russian initials for the USSR.
Once seen in western capitals as a pragmatic and skilled diplomat, the 75-year-old has in recent years mirrored the Kremlin’s radicalised politics, adopting an increasingly combative tone and resorting to trolling and mockery.
Lavrov’s choice of attire nods to the Kremlin’s long-running narrative: Putin has repeatedly claimed that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people”, denying Ukraine’s legitimacy and territorial integrity while promoting a broader notion of unity with Russia.
Most of Russia’s veteran delegation to Alaska, including Lavrov, began their careers in the Soviet Union and have been accused by the Russian opposition of clinging to a Soviet imperialist mentality.
Under Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory, pro-Moscow authorities have dismantled monuments commemorating Ukrainian suffering under Soviet rule, including memorials to victims of Holodomor, the mass famine in Soviet Ukraine in the 1930s that killed millions of Ukrainians.
The former Lithuanian foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis quipped on X about Lavrov’s clothing choice: “‘Just give us half of Ukraine and we promise we will stop,’ says negotiator wearing USSR sweatshirt.”
Russian fashion bloggers on Telegram were quick to identify the $120 sweatshirt as the work of Selsovet, a Chelyabinsk-based brand that specialises in “Soviet heritage” clothing.
Lavrov’s antics were the latest in a string of Russian provocations leading up to the summit, aimed at unsettling Ukraine and its European allies. Earlier, the editor-in-chief of RT, Margarita Simonyan, wrote that the Russian press corps flying to Alaska had been served chicken kyiv cutlets.
The menu choice was quickly seized upon by other Russian propagandists.
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‘Secret Service, B-2s Fortify’ Alaska As Team Putin Arrives, Trump Says Russia 'Won't Mess’ | 4K
It’s the Kremlin media that got the cots. Not the delegation.
Iran doesn’t like B2 bombers, either.
The “5 Billion Dollar woman”. That’s a lot of cookies.
WIKI
in 1843, the term Ruthenian became the official name for the Rusyns and Ukrainians within the Austrian Empire. For example, Ivan Franko and Stepan Bandera in their passports were identified as Ruthenians (Polish: Rusini). By 1900, more and more Ruthenians began to call themselves with the self-designated name Ukrainians. With the emergence of Ukrainian nationalism during the mid-19th century, use of “Ruthenian” and cognate terms declined among Ukrainians and fell out of use in Eastern and Central Ukraine. Most people in the western region of Ukraine followed suit later in the 19th century. During the early 20th century, the name Ukrajins’ka mova (”Ukrainian language”) became accepted by much of the Ukrainian-speaking literary class in the Austro-Hungarian Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria.[citation needed]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthenians
[NOTE: This is beyond my knowledge base. I’m just quoting.]
Hmmm...
Emily Grace-
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BTTT
Note the area marked: LANGUES ET PEUPLES RUTHÈAES
If their phone is not working, it is not because of sanctions. I know for a fact that Russian SIM cards work in the US, and US SIM cards work in Russia.
Lavrov is perhaps the best diplomat on the world stage right now. He just has a great sense of humor! :)
He is talking out of a "different place than usual", because I know for a fact that roaming works perfectly between the US and Russia.
“BTTT”
Back to the top (or topic?).
People need to understand the history of the disputed area, both Russians and Americans.
putin still is evil
You could put England, Scandinavia and Germany together as “Langues et peuples Germaniques” as well. Meaningless.
Trump should wear a USA Hockey team jersey from the lake placid olympics.
What the Russians claim is as though the US conquered Britain after WWI and now claimed the Brits are Americans. It's ludicrous.
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