Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 25 Aug 2023 13:02)
once again ignoring everything that happened after the maidan revolution ^_^
ukrainian nazis tried to purge russian language and culture there
just your typical kremlin bot take. straight from pootin's mouth.
right, let's just ignore that the strong anti-russian sentiments and movements to suppress russian nationalism within ukraine (that part is true) only flared up AFTER russia had militarily
INVADED AND OCCUPIED CRIMEA, and after unmarked russian troops as well as kremlin aligned nationalists instigated an escalation by
SEIZING GOVERNMENT FACILITIES in donbas. were innocent civilians collateral damage of the ensuing military conflict? absolutely - and literally no one denies that. all i'm saying is tell the full story, not just the parts YOU (and the kremlin) like in order to make russia's military aggression a more acceptable "bothsidesism"...
you always try to make it sound like ukrainians woke up one day, and just out of the blue went all fascist on unsuspecting and innocent ethnic russians. that's of course utter bullshit, it's pure propaganda - ANY country that was repeatedly invaded by its neighbour would develop strong nationalist sentiments against the aggressor.
Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 25 Aug 2023 14:04)
not a single person here ever said that russia does not have plenty of nazis
however thats not the point and putin keeps them in check
the ukranian regime cracked down on everything russian immediately after the violent coup
meanwhile in reality, the russian military has a significant percentage of neo-nazis and sympathisers amongst its ranks, far-right ideology is widespread within russian society (much more prominent than even in ukraine for example, let alone most western nations), and wagner group for example was founded by a neo-nazi. no reasonable person would call that "keeping them in check", lol. as a matter of fact, pootin actively promotes far-right nationalist ideas.
https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2022/opinion/russias-long-history-of-neo-nazishttps://www.euronews.com/2023/04/13/when-russia-calls-others-nazis-it-should-be-taking-a-hard-look-at-itselfgood to see you finally came around to calling yanukovich's actions what they really were though. violating the constitution and unilaterally withdrawing from agreed upon deals on russia's order, as well as subsequently killing more than one hundred protesters, before fleeing to his true home, russia, should really be called a "violent coup" attempt.