Took my meme addled brain way too long to remember Chad is also a country
this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2024
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Chad move
Typical Chad
Chad about to become gigachad
It's in the name
So swapping US for Russia?
Kinda. Nigeria is doing the same. Apparently they're easier to work with.
Makes sense; Russia's foreign interests have mostly remained aligned with the Global South against the US even after capitalists overthrew the USSR.
Niger, not Nigeria. Unless there's another story that o have missed
The key is that Russia doesn't really care about ideology in the way that the West does. It's less of an attempt to align ideologies, more an attempt to gain allies directly.