the gathering of BRICS and other countries this week spotlights a growing convergence of nations who hope to see a shift in the global balance of power and – in the case of some, like Moscow, Beijing and Tehran – directly counter the United States-led West.

Tacit admission the two are one and the same. To shift the global balance of power the United States-led West must be countered.

But despite Russia’s sweeping rhetoric, the leaders meeting in Kazan have a wide range of viewpoints and interests – a reality of BRICS that observers say limits their ability to send a unified message – especially the kind Putin may desire

Democracy? That's actually a bad thing, sweetie.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If Trump wins, he'll be even less isolated AND he'll get to keep Ukraine to boot.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean Russia is going to win in Ukraine regardless which kleptocrat gets in power in US.

[+] PortoPeople@lemm.ee -8 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Wrong. Russia already lost. It's just a matter of how many more people have to die.

Not only have they failed to keep NATO from expanding onto their borders, but they are now China's bitch.

Goodbye tripolar world where Russia has a say.

Goodbye any fear Europe had of Russia. They can't defeat Poland much less all of NATO.

Putin failed spectacularly and the only ones who won't admit it are the Kremlin or Republicans.

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

It's true, Russia lost its entire citizenry other than Putin to the war, now he's just operating by means of North Korean hand servants. They lost about 200% of their population because, after the Russian conscript dies, the Ghost of Kiev hunted down their ghost and killed that too.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

Lmao even your copium is having its own copium

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Expansion of NATO to Ukraine, specifically, was the red line. That is not happening any time soon.

Russia having closer ties to China is the US' nightmare and is a good thing for Russia. I assume yiur "removed" reference is either misogynistic or homophobic language. Nice look.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the fantasy world you inhabit sounds fascinating

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In the fantasy world where Putler’s goal was European Lebensraum, it is true that Russia will lose. The problem is that, despite almost two years of Western propaganda to the contrary, that never was Russia’s goal.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

I do have to say that simply making up goals for Russia turned out to be a very effective propaganda strategy.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You must be new here 😂 Welcome to the world of not corporate social media.

RemindMe! 1 year

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Goodbye any fear Europe had of Russia. They can’t defeat Poland much less all of NATO.

I think you'll find the war is in Ukraine, not Poland. Easy mistake to make for an American.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Understandable, this can be problem even for some Poles, like the official spokeperson of previous government Foreign ministry, Paweł Jasina, who publicly said "We are the servants of the Ukrainian Nation".

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember when that Polish minister knelt at the Bandera monument?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Defense minister Błaszczak? though i wouldn't be surprised in the least if there was more such incidents. The explanations were very funny that the banderist flag was in "other part of the monument" so it don't count, and btw that was like meter from him lol no chance he didn't saw it.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know reading comprehension isn't everyone's strong suit, especially if English is a second language, so I'll try to clarify.

The world used to fear Russia. NATO was created to counter Russia. Now, Russia is so incompetent they couldn't even defeat just one country in NATO, Poland, much less the entire alliance. Therefore, the NATO countries have nothing to fear from Russia should Russia decide to take the war from Ukraine to NATO. This implies Russia is a paper tiger, was bluffing, and is far less powerful than anyone feared.

Hope that helps!

[–] multitotal@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Russia is so incompetent they couldn’t even defeat just one country in NATO, Poland

How do you know this? What are the winning lottery numbers for tomorrow?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Goodbye tripolar world where Russia has a say.

It seems you haven’t noticed yet that it is the Global North that’s increasingly isolating itself from the rest of the world. And given that the Global North has largely de-industrialized, it’s going to find itself in a pickle. And Russia is major player in the global majority.

They can’t defeat Poland much less all of NATO.

To everyone not buying the imperial core’s cartoonish propaganda, this is a non sequitur, because those aren’t things Russia intended or intends to do.