Various officials have pledged to scale back traditional holiday festivities and fireworks displays in order to purchase military equipment to supply Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

For those who don’t know, New Year’s in Russia is like Christmas in the west.

    • no banana
      22•11 months ago

      It would be

      If it wasn’t so sad

  • @lennybirdEnglish
    32•11 months ago

    Russia is speedrunning their way to North Korea-level global pariah and I’m all for it.

    They won’t recover from this for decades upon decades. By then their tech will be 60 years behind the rest of the world. As it stands, it’s already 30.

    • @chitak166
      0•11 months ago

      It’ll be a good investment if you want to leave something for your kids!

      • De Lancre
        0•11 months ago

        We need a bot who will replay on similar threads with smth like “you just violate law 207.3, you will be sentenced in russia up to 3 years in prison”

  • SwayEnglish
    21•11 months ago

    “For those who don’t know, New Year’s in Russia is like Christmas in the west.”

    So you’re saying Putin is the Grinch who stole New Years? That checks.

    • Flying SquidOP
      6•11 months ago

      That’s unkind to the Grinch. Putin doesn’t even have a heart. Not even one three sizes too small.

      • SwayEnglish
        9•11 months ago

        I mean the Tin-Man didn’t have a heart and he wasn’t a total ass. The literature is inconsistent in that area. We have to work with the metaphors we have at our disposal.

  • Rentlar
    16•11 months ago

    Sounds like Russia is 3 years out from being completely out of money to pay for their war effort. Austerity measures started.

  • @[email protected]English
    11•11 months ago

    An Empire is supposed to provide bread and circuses to keep control of its people. Russia forgot the first two steps!

    • @chitak166
      6•11 months ago

      Russians just need propaganda and alcohol.