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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Usually when some rich person gives you something expensive .... they want something in return for the favour

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

well obviously they don't want anything in return for a 400 million dollar jet, because that would just be corrupt as fuck.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 25 points 1 month ago

They don’t get that rich by being generous.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the time Putin pardoned his buddy, and then his private jet mysteriously fell apart mid flight when an S400 hit it.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

I guess Shoigu and Gerasimov finally found his ammunition.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

Didn't the Saudis just sign a $900b arms deal?

Any chance Qatar owed them a $400m favour?