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What is happening in Russia right now with Putin and Wagner mercenary troops? Live updates (www.usatoday.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin

Born to a poor ethnic Georgian family in the town of Gori [...], Stalin joined the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party [...] and raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings and protection rackets.

Local thugs/mafia-leaders raising to power in Russia/USSR is not a new thing.