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[–][deleted] 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Possibly. They're back up at kiwifarms.ru now. Going to Russia for freedom is so ironic.

[–]ukrdude10 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It's actually a good argument for Russia's "multi-polar world" ideal. Dissident Russians can escape to the West, and dissident westerners can escape to Russia. I can't imagine what would happen if Biden's America still had total hegemony.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not really, that's just propaganda. Russia is not exactly a bastion of free speech unless they're busy making the US look hypocritical.

[–]ukrdude10 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I didn't say they are a bastion of free speech. What I meant is, persecuted figures might find refuge in the enemy country, like Snowden did in Russia, or how Russian dissidents escape to the west. If all countries were under the wing of the US, Snowden would be rotting in prison now.