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submitted 8 months ago by Gork@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

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In a recent appearance on Russia's state-run television, Russian political scientist Sergey Mikheyev suggested that the country's "empire" should grow to encompass three American states.

"I want the Russian empire with Alaska, Hawaii, California, Finland, and Poland," he said, as translated by Gerashchenko for the clip he shared. "Although Poland and Finland are so stinky, I'm not sure, to be honest. We'll clean them."

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[-] edwardthefma99@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

And they thought Ukraine was hard to conquer it will be like 1776 every body and her brother killing the invaders

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 26 points 8 months ago

There is a 50/50 chance the MAGA crazies will side with Russia.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My first thought was Putin's well on the way with Texas and Florida, but California might be a challenge.

[-] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I thought those were two of the states before clicking, maybe Idaho as the 3rd.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 1 points 8 months ago

Bruh if he just asked nicely for Florida he could probably get it

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

One third of the American colonists helped the Revolutionaries, one third did nothing, and one third helped the British. The conservatives (Monarchists, Loyalists) wanted to stay part of the British Empire. The Revolutionaries were liberal democrats, literally.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Like wrestling a pig in the mud

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