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Igel

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2. With Russia, both carrot and stick are very woody and stiff.

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Tue Nov 25, 2025, 06:51 AM

Nov 25

And both get forcibly shoved up the "beneficiary's" lower orifice with great vigor and general enjoyment ... exclusively by the Russian side. (But when you're used to the Marxist-Leninist 'political philosophy', words like "general" can easily mean "only for our side".)

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