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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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What a clown.
If I were Trump, I would turn the plane around and tell Putin to get as better guy on his team.
Good thing you are not Trump then isn’t it?
We need to turn Air Force 1 around and send in the B-2 bombers instead. There won’t be a Moscow for Putin to return to.
8/15/2025, 8:43:56 AM
Are you a member of the Uke press delegation?
What is your source for the ‘Putin press delegation’ accomodations?
Anyone thinking this is going to end well is kidding themselves.
If the Russians are trolling like this, on American soil, what do you think they will do when he gets there?
Wow ... that’s some sort of spam scam!
They didn’t even get the soft toilet paper, either. LOL!
All that nonsense is really meaningless.
How would you know? LOL!!
I don’t really care what the Russians do, our president will take care of it. If Trump thinks they aren’t cooperating, he has no problem kicking them out.
Damn, if that’s the condition of our military bases, no wonder the Neocons are getting their butts whipped in Ukraine, particularly recently.
Again....how would you know??? LOL.
You seem very interested in their toileting.
Are you a member of the Uke press?
"The linguistic composition of the uyezds (povits) of Taurida in 1897. Ukrainians in yellow, Russians in red, Crimean Tatars in green, Germans in gray, Yiddish speakers in blue, and others in purple. (in Ukrainian)"
"Taurida Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River with the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It formed after Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 during the course of Paul I's administrative reform of the territories of the former Crimean Khanate which were annexed by Russia in 1783. The governorate's centre was the city of Simferopol. The name of the province was derived from Taurida (Greek: Ταυρική), a historical name for Crimea.
"Today the territory of the governorate is part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts of Ukraine, which were annexed by Russia but remain internationally recognized as part of Ukraine."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurida_Governorate
"Taurida Oblast (Russian: Таврическая область, Tavricheskaya oblast′) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of the Crimean Peninsula and parts of the Southern Ukraine regions. It was created out of territories of the Crimean Khanate, which Russia annexed in 1783. In 1796 it was merged into the Novorossiya Governorate. The name Taurida comes from the old Greek name for the area, Tauris, as in ancient times several Greek city-states had developed colonial outposts in the area.
"The oblast was created under the Imperial ukase of February 1784 signed by Catherine the Great."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurida_Oblast
Given these last years, it is rather obvious now where various individuals' sentiments lie.
For some there are only two choices, simplistic and "white hat versus black hat." Think the old MAD Magazine cartoon....
Consider the source.
Deep States not happy about a possible peace deal, are they...
Pretty crappy antics on both sides. First, the old dude wearing a sweat suit and a jacket in 60 degree weather deserves to pass out from the heat. Don’t care what is says but it announces to the world he’s worse than Z not wearing a proper grown up adult attire. Second, is their press folk associated with Putin or are they merely random media? If with Putin’s staff, they deserve proper hotel rooms. If they are the general rabble, it’s their fault for not booking rooms.
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