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minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down9·1 year agoThe kopromat name implies being Russian, so it is safe to say that no they do not. Nethanyahu is a fascist and has (or at least had) warm relations with Russia. This is why Israel refused to provide any meaningful help to Ukraine.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoK, compromising material. TIL Kompromat ≠ Kompro[mising ]mat[erial] O_o
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWhy do you think it starts with K? Because it comes from Russian: компромат which is short for компрометирующий материал. It is a strategy used by the Russian government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt doesn’t mean nobody else does it cuz [gasp] its a K instead of a C. When we have a cool word for it maybe I’ll reconsider but for now, when in Rome… Edit: are you for real? Like are you gonna seriously leave that as your closing argument here? K
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoKompromat doesn’t imply Russian involvement any more then a mentor is implied to be Greek or the bourgeoisie is implied to be French.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIt is strictly Russian, because that’s the mode they operate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
The kopromat name implies being Russian, so it is safe to say that no they do not.
Nethanyahu is a fascist and has (or at least had) warm relations with Russia. This is why Israel refused to provide any meaningful help to Ukraine.
K, compromising material.
O_o
Why do you think it starts with K? Because it comes from Russian: компромат which is short for компрометирующий материал.
It is a strategy used by the Russian government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
It doesn’t mean nobody else does it cuz [gasp] its a
Kinstead of aC. When we have a cool word for it maybe I’ll reconsider but for now, when in Rome…Edit: are you for real? Like are you gonna seriously leave that as your closing argument here? K
Kompromat doesn’t imply Russian involvement any more then a mentor is implied to be Greek or the bourgeoisie is implied to be French.
It is strictly Russian, because that’s the mode they operate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat