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		tazjin on March 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be... For what it's worth, the talk about Ukrainian nuclear weapons was in Russian internet before this letter appeared. The idea doesn't originate from it. (Not writing this to suggest anything about its authenticity, just adding information)

petre on March 6, 2022 [–]

The Russians are using the old "Saddam Hussein has WMDs" meme. Just replace Saddam with Zelenski and throw in the "fighting facsism" theme to reuse some Cold War propaganda that the Soviets were brainwashing everyone East of the Iron Curtain with.

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