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Kadyrov claimed Thursday that the vehicle, which he said had been outfitted with a machine gun and was “performing well in combat,” had been shut down, adding Friday that he had sent two additional Tesla Cybertrucks to the frontline.

    • ComradeMonotreme [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      It’s a funny way to describe him, because yeah he definitely has warlord vibes and he’s probably a terrible person, but he is the elected prime minister of the Chechen republic and a colonel-general in the Russian military. Like he’s got state-legitimacy, he’s not Joseph Kony.

      That said referring to the US presidents and various Governors as Warlords would be pretty cool and funny so I’ll allow it.

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      wait what qualifies someone to be called a warlord? shouldn’t every US president be called that? actually basically every “Western” leader in pretty much all of history should right?

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        Basically legitimacy and having army. Oxford definition is “a military commander, especially an aggressive regional commander with individual autonomy.” Kadyrov technically would be a warlord from the Russian point of view, but he’s the legal head of federated state and his army is legal too and do legal things, he also have relevant and real rank in RF forces.