Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp89p082y2xo

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has said there will be no more wars after Ukraine if Russia is treated with respect - and claims that Moscow is planning to attack European countries are "nonsense".

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xxce2AAb@feddit.dk · 96 pts · 238d

What a hilariously worthless statement given how many of his promises Putin has ever kept: Zero.

llamatron@lemmy.world · 86 pts · 238d (2 replies)

Yeah right. And meanwhile he'll still be running the bot farms, relentless disinformation campaigns and killing people he doesn't like on foreign soil.

Respect is earned.

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 39 pts · 238d

And 'hybrid warfare' anchor dragging across international telecom cables, etc, etc.

chloroken@lemmy.ml · -3 pts · 236d

We're talking about Putin here, not the US.

Or did you forget that we're literally sponsoring a genocide and bombing fisherman as you type this?

EvilBit@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 238d

“I swear, this is our last imperialist incursion into another sovereignty if you respect us by giving us the land we encroached upon and other economic rewards for having done it. Pinky swear!”

MonsterMonster@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 238d (1 reply)

Putin is on the back foot.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 237d

This isn't the first story that had me feeling the same. He's not flat out desperate yet, but the fall is inevitable.

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 238d

As if Putler can be trusted.

Rusty@lemmy.ca · 33 pts · 237d

In 2004 Putin said: We have settled all our border issues. What this amounts to is full and absolute recognition of and respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty, not only as concerns its land borders, but also its sea borders. Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/22661

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 237d

Taleya@aussie.zone · 24 pts · 237d

Die already you murderous twat

newthrowaway20@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 238d

Liar tells a lie.

EndOfLine@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 237d

What about "special military operations" which is what Putin was calling his invasion of Ukraine?

His words are worthless.

radiouser@crazypeople.online · 19 pts · 237d

GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 237d

"I will not attack any countries after Austria Georgia and Poland Ukraine." I think I've heard this song before.

Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 236d

He also told us he wasn't invading Ukraine.

filister@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 236d

On 5 December 1994, at a ceremony in Budapest, Ukraine joined Belarus and Kazakhstan in giving up their nuclear arsenals in return for security guarantees from the United States, the UK, France, China and Russia.

This aged like fine milk.

Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 237d

No more wars? But Ukraine isn't even a war. It's a special military operation. He needs to promise no more of those.

Prove_your_argument@piefed.social · 17 pts · 238d

Yeah, as long as the world regularly respectfully cedes land, resources and slaves then russia won't go to war at all with anybody.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 237d (1 reply)

I'd never show Putin what men like him believe respect to be. It's never short of complete submission.

Madrigal@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 237d

Abusive Parenting 101

Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 238d

Lol no

RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 238d

I'll take this into consideration if you withdraw to your own borders in the current war your started...

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 237d (1 reply)

But, Maldova, Poland, Estonia, <..and more> are really already part of Russia if you think about it. And Russia needs to protect it's borders, so if you have a border, abutting Russia, you're really already part of Russia. Mirroring the circular logic justification for Israeli settlements.

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 237d

Also, Russia technically isn't at war right now either.

MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 237d

Bully tactics. Why are mental children in power everywhere currently?

CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 237d

Oh, well if you pinky promise. /s

I think the most interesting thing here is the trajectory of Russian demands. They've really moved closer and closer to an actually reasonable ask over the past few months. It makes me think they know exactly when they're going to run out of stuff.

frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 9 pts · 237d

Buddy, you're clearly angling for a takeover of Belarus openly. Try not to have your next target picked out when you make shit up about respect.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 237d

Not trying to be funny, but I thought this was The Onion at first glance.

Klear@quokk.au · 9 pts · 236d

Here he goes again with impossible requests. Nobody is going to respect Russia for a looong tine.

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 236d

Just special military operations, obviously. Not wars. Wars are a bad thing.

credo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 237d

You will respect me at the point of this gun.

devolution@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 238d

PTP (Putin or Trump Promises) = wipe your ass with it.

leriotdelac@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 237d

What a joke of a person. Wish he starts burning in hell yesterday.

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 236d

And by "respect," he mans capitulation and servility.

I'm surprised he didn't demand thanks for the restraint Russia has exercised by not having defeated Ukraine yet.

modernangel@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 237d

Liar says what

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 236d

Just like he promised after stealing the Crimea in 2014?

Davel23@fedia.io · 6 pts · 237d

"Trust me, bro!"

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 236d

then be respectable and hold legitimate elections you Nazi piece of shit.

mcv@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 236d

We did and you started wars. First end those wars and start acting more respectable.

SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 5 pts · 237d

So... give us what we want or we'll take it by force, in other words?

ccunning@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 238d

DreasNil@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 237d

Lol

richardwallass@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 236d

Respect the criminal.

bklyn@piefed.social · 3 pts · 237d

lol

shiroininja@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 237d

Why does his hands look like gloves made from a corpse

horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 237d

What about special military operations tho?

MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 237d

I believe him...........

TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 236d

Before the war, ordinary Russians were slowly getting fed up with Putin. As per the dictator's playbook, Putin is stoking the base tribalism of the citizens to distract them from his government's own corruption. The world respects Russia, it's only that the world doesn't respect him.

beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 237d

How about a nice Christmas tree branch up putin's ass? Which side in first?

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 236d

When did Pootin' become the evil Rodney Dangerfield?

BadlyTimedLuck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 237d
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