Former Top Russian Official Admits the Country is Over Putin

Monday, May 18, 2026

Russians are starting to acknowledge that President Vladimir Putin has led the country to a dead end ...

Posted by retort at 09:03 AM | 13 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

A Russian influencer 'caused an explosion in Russian politics with an 18-minute video appealing to Vladimir Putin to heed popular complaints ... Within hours her video had clocked 10m views, in a country with a population of 145m.' Discontent in Russia definitely growing economist.com/europe/2026/ ...

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-- Hetan Shah (@hetanshah.bsky.social) 11:52 AM Â· May 4, 2026

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The Russians are slow to anger but when they get Putin he should pay a heavy price for his crimes.

#1 | Posted by danni at 2026-05-18 10:20 AM | Reply

"Oh, those Russians!"

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-18 11:19 AM | Reply

It only took 1.5 million war casualties?

I'd like to think that we're better than that, but who knows?

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-18 11:27 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

We're not.

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-05-18 01:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

One point five million is my limit on Schnitzengruben.
--Russians, hopefully

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-18 01:13 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-18 01:34 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Gremlins from the Kremlin

www.youtube.com

1 min

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-18 01:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I was sorry to read about her fall from an apartment window tomorrow.

#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-18 02:42 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

The problem is, once a corrupt fascist dictator gets into office, they don't leave unless forced.

Just wait until 2028. You'll see.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-18 02:43 PM | Reply

Putin's orange bitch extends Russian oil sanctions waiver for another month

www.politico.com

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-18 02:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

>Just wait until 2028. You'll see.

But will you see?

#11 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-05-18 02:50 PM | Reply

Putin's orange bitch extends Russian oil sanctions waiver for another month

www.politico.com

#10 | Posted by reinheitsgebot

Russian oil sanctions waiver and not telling Xi Taiwan is off limits as Trump stalls $14b in arms sales to Taiwan.

He may as well have told Xi, "Just take it." Especially with how pitifully Trump and Kegsbreath have handled Iran.

#12 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-05-18 03:02 PM | Reply

On the plus side, lots of single and recently single Russian women available for Chinese bachelors after Russia chose to liquidate its male population.

#13 | Posted by dibblda at 2026-05-18 04:04 PM | Reply