• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The Russian narrative about “persecution of ethnic Russians” is categorical bullshit. It’s a casus belli for their invasion made entirely out of whole cloth.

    The actual motivation is expansionism, and Putin’s desire to recreate something between the USSR and Tsarist Russia thereby creating a legacy for himself as a modern day Alexander the Great. He’s alluded and implied as much in interviews he’s done with various news outlets, both in and out of Russia.

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      3 months ago

      Complete and utter nonsense. Everyone, including the Western architects of this conflict, admits that the number one cause of the conflict was NATO expansion. On top of that the 2014 coup, and Ukraine’s brazen refusal to implement the Minsk agreements made escalation inevitable. Also, recreating the USSR would be a good thing. Unfortunately Putin has no intention of doing that.

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      3 months ago

      The Russian narrative about “persecution of ethnic Russians” is categorical bullshit. It’s a casus belli for their invasion made entirely out of whole cloth.

      Here you go ethnic cleansing denier, take it up with with the people in this CNN report from 10 years ago.

      Disgusting fascist behavior.