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.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
you realize that Putin’s one of the wealthiest guys around, that is, a very fat cat. And he and Hillary love those tigers.
so they are eating better than at home.
Like we believe your fake memes!
LOL!
Do you plan on ceding them the Northwest and Alaska, too?
And they get to use indoor toilets in America. They need to be more appreciative of their hosts.
It is better than what most people post.
Sounds made-up.
And it is. Hot off the AI presses. There is an interesting frenzy to little marcusmaximus' post's in these last 24 hours ---
1) 8/15/2025, 11:48:17 AMAdded to all his comments -- much of them fake AI sorts of big graphics in an attempt to convince, essentially by shouting -- it seems rather silly.
But he is. As he said here on FR last March:
"Putin's botched invasion ends by Easter.""Oops" is not in his propagandist's toolkit.
5 posted on 3/17/2025, 8:02:41 AM by marcusmaximus
I realize that, on a forum with hotlinks and verifiable articles, you have provided neither.
Additionally, you should realize -- $37.235,691,405,385 and rising every second
Since his "comedy" included the website domain, it seemed interesting to follow it. If your browser offers machine translation as does my Brave, then the article in its whole can be read. Here is the link:
Quiet Anchorage didn't notice the historical negotiations: what is happening in Alaska before the meeting between Putin and Trump 15 August 2025Isn't it interesting how KamalaWordSaladus wants to tell half a story. so often?
There is method in this, for the Russian guy writes, in part:
Colleagues calculated: on our side alone there are about a thousand people participating in the organization. There are also diplomats, protocol, and security officers. And we are journalists. A man under 70. And these are just ours. And there is also the American side - there is even more there. And from such an influx, poor Anchorage overstrained himself. Two days before the meeting between Putin and Trump, only a couple of beds in some cheap hostel were available in the entire city of 300 thousand people. «Closed for special services» - such a sign could be hung right at the entrance to the state."But farther in:
The calm of the residents of Alaska was disturbed only by a hundred Ukrainians, Americans and Canadians (Canada is two cubits away on the map), with flags and posters. They don't want peace - they demand not to negotiate. This, by the way, is emphasized by a local blogger who came to the rally:In a complex situation geopolitically, reducing down details from the many sides involved to "comedy gold" is itself an editorial.«Ukraine's supporters are promoting war, not peace. They plan to hold two rounds of protests. They have new actions planned for Friday, including the installation of a huge Ukrainian flag on the Park Strip... They 100% insist on continuing the war, not ending it. Some of these crazy liberals say that $60 billion a year is not enough for Ukraine», he wrote on his social networks.
And he's absolutely right, because the Ukrainian issue will be one of the main ones. And both leaders although decide it. But the Zhovto-Blakyt side is not interested in this.
Here's thinking best thoughts for our President Trump as he moves through this and coming days. And no "LOL" about any of this.
“Your Putin forgot his booster seat.”
You are agitated much today Maxipad.
Zeepers don’t want peace.
Zeepers want Sanctions on Ruzzia.
Your Zelensky is no where to be found at Meeting.
All the U.S. and Ruzzia Top Staff are there.
Where is Zelensky and his top staff?
Such a dull little man -- or maybe woman -- you are. Even the RU article -- which you suggested -- shows more wit than you.
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