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DetlefK

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Mon Feb 28, 2022, 02:49 PM Feb 2022

In the comment-section of Russia Today:

An article about how the russian central bank has already done everthing it can to stabilize the ruble. The comments:
- "HAHAHA! The ruble is worthless!"
- "Russia's biggest mistake!"
- "The jews are trying to destroy Russia!"
- "There is a russo-venezuelan-arabic army invading the US from across the mexican border. They will reveal their presence any second now."

An article how the UK is trying to kick Russia out of Interpol. The comments:
- "British politicians are stupid!"
- "Good, because Russia didn't care about international warrants anyways."
- "This is a mistake, because this only benefits criminals!"

An article how hundreds of anti-war protesters were arrested, inlcuding attacks by riot-police against journalists.
(RT is trying to pretend tobe professional here, by using italics and quotation-marks to distance itself from officialstatements of the russian government.)
The comments:
- "Putin must step down."
- "The protesters are traitors/hypocrites!"
- "Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeews!!!"

An article how foreign-minister Lavrov cannot travel to Switzerland for the meeting of a minor UN-committee due to airspace being closed.

The Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine has a stated goal of “demilitarizing” the country and protecting the security of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as of Russia itself.
The comments:
- "Lavrov sucks/is corrupt/is useless."

An article how Russia is about to be disconnected from the international electronic banking-system SWIFT.
Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in 2019 that disconnecting Russia from SWIFT would be akin to “a blow in the stomach” and would be “essentially a declaration of war.”
The comments:
- "Don't worry! Russia has a super-duper secret plan to counter this! Like crypto and stuff!"
- "Putin sucks."
- "Russia will somehow turn this around with help from China and ruin the US Dollar."

An article how negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have begun.
Kiev argued that it was inappropriate to hold crisis discussions in Belarus, claiming that Moscow’s armed forces were using the territory to carry out attacks. Minsk, however, has insisted that its troops are not facilitating in the military operation.
(Please note how the russian government has NOT disputed that it attacked Ukraine from Belarus.)
The comments:
- "The West hates Russia!"
- "Ukraine started this war by thinking that it was Russians who invaded them in WWII when it wasn't actually Russians it was the Marxists."
- "Everyone who opposes Russia is a Nazi. Yes, even Zelensky who is a Jew."

An article how Russia has retaliated by closing russian airpsace to foreign airlines. The comments:
- "The West hates Russia for no reason! They are so pathetic!"

An article how ukrainian police has been authorized to kill looters on the spot. The comments:
- "Arming citizens is a dangerous mistake!"
- "Kill the Jews!"

An article how Spain proposes closing theirports to the yachts of russian oligarchs. The comments:
- "Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeews!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
- "This will hurt Spain economically."
- "The West is trying to kill als Slavs!!!!!!"
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In the comment-section of Russia Today: (Original Post) DetlefK Feb 2022 OP
Just disgusting the amount of anti semitism in the 'comments'.... democratsruletheday Feb 2022 #1
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