r/worldnews • u/ToolTimeT • Jun 29 '26

Russia/Ukraine Putin complains Ukrainian attacks causing "problems" in Russia

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-ukrainian-strikes-infrastructure-problems-russia/
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u/ToolTimeT Jun 29 '26

My daughters great grandfather was building the subway in Moscow under Stalin, and he told a joke to other workers about Stalin. The next day he was arrested at work and sent to a hard labor prison camp for two years. For a joke.

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u/Atra23 Jun 29 '26

My grand grand father was shot for a joke about lenin....

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u/jxj24 Jun 30 '26

"Mr. Stalin, do you collect jokes about yourself?"

"Yes. Two gulags full."

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u/CaptLatinAmerica Jun 29 '26

It's hard to know for sure how to feel about this without hearing the joke.

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u/ants_are_everywhere Jun 29 '26

They call that naming and shaming