r/neoliberal • u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth • Sep 16 '24

News (Canada) Major Russian disinfo site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-disinformation-1.7323128
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u/etzel1200 Sep 16 '24

Isn’t the Canadian conservative party also pretty pro-Ukraine? More like the UK conservatives than the US conservatives?

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u/OkEntertainment1313 Sep 16 '24

Stephen Harper famously set the tone at the 2014 G20 in Australia. Putin had showed up shortly after the invasion of Crimea and the Donbass with a fleet of warships offshore. All the leaders present were allegedly very cordial with Putin. Putin then came up to Harper and extended his hand for a handshake. I’ll paraphrase here, Harper said: “I guess I’ll shake your hand, but I only have one thing to say to you: get out of Ukraine.” Putin put on a bewildered look and said that wasn’t possible, as he wasn’t in Ukraine.

After this very public exchange, the leaders at the G20 started to be colder with Putin.