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[–] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an interesting "coup" when the government before and after the coup is the exact same, and only one official left the country of his own volition. When you say "nazis", do you mean in the commonly understood sense of "fascist ultranationalists" or in the Russian sense of "anyone who has any grievances with Russia for any reason whatsoever"? There is no evidence of genocide in the Donbas other than that Russia said so. Why does Russia have to care about NATO at its borders, what's the problem?

But this is exactly the kind of "did not" "did too" kind of slap fight I have little interest in because all of the points have been made a million times already.

Even if all of what Russia claims about Ukraine was true, none if it is justification for Russia to invade and annex parts of the country. All excuses for imperialist expansion.

A shame, really, that Russia has gone down this path. It could be a wealthy, flourishing, respected country if after the fall of the Soviet Union it had made friends instead of enemies, like most other post-Soviet states have done and are better off for it. But of course Russia couldn't do that: Russian imperialism is forever.