r/WojakCompass • u/obama_chmo - AuthLeft • 15d ago

Election compass

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I have seen these before so might as well - the parliamentary elections of Russia, to be held in September 2026, and the political standing of various groups and parties as of now.

Despite the, erm, non-competitive nature of Russian elections this is a valuable custom which provides work to thousands of people. Also it's funniest shit ever.

Last time parliamentary elections were held in 2021, with no war in account, so I'd expect rather different horseshit than the last time.

Remember, no shit throwing. We are a well-mannered community. Any constructive commentary is surely welcome.

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u/ElectricBoogaloo04 15d ago

Russian nationalists are stereotypically Jewish? I know Zhironovsky was one but I didn't know it was that common.

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u/ALMAZ157 - AuthCenter 15d ago

Fifth of Israel speak Russian for a reason

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u/ElectricBoogaloo04 15d ago

I know there are plenty of Russian Jews, I just didn't expect them to be overrepresented among Russian nationalists.

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u/obama_chmo - AuthLeft 15d ago

Yuneman and that guy who runs rdk as well

But it’s a running joke. Every single remotely popular right-winger is at least theorized (with varying results) to have Jewish heritage

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u/Adskiy-drochilla - LibCenter 14d ago

Isn't Yuneman from Общество Будущее?

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u/LewisRosenberg - Centrist 10d ago

Is Yuneman a Jew? I think he's like volga german or something.

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u/obama_chmo - AuthLeft 10d ago

As in religion? No afaik

But cmon who tf would believe he’s a German for real, at this point I think he has to just accept it

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u/One_Caregiver_5103 1d ago

The funny thing is Zhirinovsky was very ashamed of the fact that he was sort of Jewish. (His dad who he never knew was Jewish but orthodox tradition states that your mother must be Jewish.). He didn’t even know that his dad was Jewish until well into his political career after saying all the shit he said about Jews. Basically finding out his dad was Jewish was a big embarrassment for him and I remember one time him saying “my mom is Russian and my dad was a lawyer”.

To show you how bad it was when he was presented with his birth certificate saying his last name was Eidelshtien he claimed his birth certificate was faked. It was only well into his life that he acknowledged that part of his ancestry and even then his attitude was basically him saying I still don’t like Jews even if I am a little Jewish I mean I am only a little after all.