United Russia Criticized for Gifting Meat Grinders to Fallen Soldiers’ Mothers - The Moscow Times
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The ruling United Russia party in Russia’s northern Murmansk region has sparked controversy after gifting meat grinders to the mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine.
    • federal reverse@feddit.orgEnglish
      1 year

      The article sounds like the issue is mostly that otherwise unconnected people are throwing a fit over a present that was maybe thoughtless but wasn’t given with a bad intention.

      • albert180@discuss.tchncs.dedeleted by creatorEnglish
        1 year

        Even if she really demanded a Meat Grinder, how stupid is it to make a photo of this and publish it?

        She looks also very happy about it on the photo

        • noobdoomguy8658@feddit.orgEnglish
          1 year

          A certain level of officials in Russia kinda has to make this sort of proofs of their work. I don’t think it’s a law or anything like that, but it’s a strong cultural thing. Similar to how companies can send employees to “volunteer” with something, expecting them to make photos with brands visible and stuff.

          It’s all PR work. Ever more important when your party is busy doing everything it can to ruin the country further.

  • FreudianCafe@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1 year

    And this is true because a totally unbiased and non-propaganda news outlet said so. This outlet in particular never ever lies about things that the american empire dont like

    • federal reverse@feddit.orgEnglish
      1 year

      Whiie the story is imo irrelevant drivel, there are in fact links to VK and Telegram sources in there.

      • FreudianCafe@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1 year

        I wonder how u guys make sense of all of this propaganda. At some point they will say putin eats fetus for dinner and you will all belive because it was said in The Moscow Freedom Eagle Democracy Times

        • federal reverse@feddit.orgEnglish
          1 year

          How is this story about contextually inappropriate kitchen appliances somehow equivalent with eating fetuses?