This truly is a war of stupidity when it comes to Russia. It's one thing to spew lies about Ukrainian Nazis, fighting NATO, bridge terrorism and other cigarette accidents to a Russian population that is stupid enough to believe it. That #### clearly works on the Russian population, given the control of the narrative in their country.
However it's ENTIRELY different to try that kind of game against Western intelligence agencies when it involves nukes and other WMDs. This is no longer about showing photoshopped images or making up silly stories to a population that sits in front of the TV all day. You are now telling these lies directly to the best intelligence agencies in the world who have made it quite clear that this is a red line. Bull#### like that WILL get called out.
Sergei called up his counterparts recently to deliver what the of message he was told to deliver. Very clearly, it was an (pathetic) attempt to sway Western leaders.
Personally I think this whole dirty bomb thing is fear mongering. Really hope I'm right. And for Russia's sake I hope it is too, given that if they are truly dumb enough to pull it off and prance around their country saying Ukraine did it, it truly will be the beginning of their end.
Russians might live in a crazy dystopian world. But in the real world, that stuff isn't going to fly.
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