• Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
    112·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been using this quote for a while now.

    The history of Russia can be broken down into five little words.

    “And then…it got worse.”

    • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33·
      3 months ago

      They have spent the last century 1 step forward; two back. Which it’s hard to say if it’s an improvement on the century prior or not.

  • erin@lemmy.sidh.bzhEnglish
    571·
    3 months ago

    well not 3rd but 2nd since Shoigu has decided to enter the russian guiness book by becoming the best at russian national sport: window skydiving without parachute

    • verity_kindle@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      28·
      3 months ago

      Well,there’s Wagner, who are probably loitering on a street corner, kicking dogs and watching Seagal clips on their phones.

      • Cipher22@lemmy.worldEnglish
        231·
        3 months ago

        Wagner was moved under the Russian regular military after the failed coop. So they’re technically one entity now. (Not that there was ever much of a difference, it’s just less now. )

          • Cipher22@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            3 months ago

            The command structure is what determines separate forces, do the Chechen forces answer to the same command structures? I know from US coalition operations that the foreign forces answer to their own NCO/Officer Corp. Typically, through to the region level and have their own rules and regulations separate from the other nation forces, often operating from their own bases and really only coordinating at the colonel level or above.

            To my understanding, the Chechen forces are barely allowed their own officers at the unit level, much less anything higher. I’m far from an expert on that, though, and may be wrong. If true, I wouldn’t separate them, if false, maybe, as much as the separation of NATO forces in Afghanistan.