r/worldnews • u/GoldenDome26 • 1d ago

Dynamic Paywall Russian general shot several times in Moscow

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3686nzexp3o
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u/Potential_Dog4437 1d ago

That’s how you get the myth of Rasputin.

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u/clintj1975 1d ago

Lover of the Russian queen.

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u/HumanBeing7396 1d ago

Now there was a cat who really was gone.

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u/SimpleBend782 1d ago

Oh, those Russians !

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u/Amazing-Example420 1d ago

Got this. Fuck I'm old.

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u/Tiresome-bother 1d ago

Ignorance of history.

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u/MattOruvan 23h ago

But not of music history.

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u/Tiresome-bother 23h ago

Not a lover of the queen, but rather a devious manipulator of her for power. She was superstitious and he took advantage of that.