Russia’s military successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from its new strategic nuclear submarine, the Imperator Alexander III, the country’s defense ministry said Sunday.

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    1 year ago

    Honestly this shit is only surprising to people who think Russia’s illiberalism and antidemocratic reaction is nostalgia for the Soviet Union and not nostalgia for Imperial Russia.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a little bit of both. I’ve absolutely seen videos of people in Russia pining for Stalin’s “good old days”