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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by Sommersonn on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:30PM (#15193359)
Putin is angry because Yeltsin died from alcohol? What US has to do with it? Or with the fact that Putin's family died in the siege (which was USSR faut, by the way, since they've friended Hitler in 1939)?
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by mirimir on Saturday September 09, 2017 @12:38AM (#15205586)
Putin is angry because the US humiliated Russia after the Soviet Union collapsed. Which was reflected in Yeltsin's collapse, through depression and alcoholism. And regardless of the causes of Leningrad's sacking, many of Putin's family died there. All of which has given him a rather negative attitude toward the US and its allies.

And by the way, remember that the US and its allies invaded Russia at the end of WWII, after the Tzar was deposed. So it's not at all surprising that Stalin initially allied Russia with Germany.

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by nl on Sunday September 10, 2017 @03:08AM (#15211114)
WW1, not WW2 (I think that is just a typo)
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by Sommersonn on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:03PM (#15230625)
US humiliated Russia? Care to provide some clarifications?
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