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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's a quote from a Russian from elsewhere on the net
In a place mostly used for discussion and commentary about an online game:
I don't know where and how to scream to be heard, but I can't remain silent anymore. I want to specify my position about situation at Ukraine.
Personally I strongly disapprove behavior of my government. I disapprove that Russia have covered Yanukovich, I disapprove that Russia offered former Berkut members Russian citizenship, and of course I disapprove the deployment of Russian troops to Ukraine.
I'm ashamed for my country. Forgive me.
I know how him and the other Russians feel. We've been through this as well.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Nor do authentic American liberals.
Cha
(298,310 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)JI7
(89,304 posts)ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)Another urban area in western Russia that I'm sure has a significant anti-Putin movement.
Cha
(298,310 posts)In a place mostly used for discussion and commentary about an online game:
I don't know where and how to scream to be heard, but I can't remain silent anymore. I want to specify my position about situation at Ukraine.
Personally I strongly disapprove behavior of my government. I disapprove that Russia have covered Yanukovich, I disapprove that Russia offered former Berkut members Russian citizenship, and of course I disapprove the deployment of Russian troops to Ukraine.
I'm ashamed for my country. Forgive me.
I know how him and the other Russians feel. We've been through this as well."
SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)But yet I have to skeptically wonder how much it will matter. Most of us at DU opposed the war in Iraq and yet it was still waged (to be clear I was not on DU at the time and was a lurker between 2006-2008). The sad thing is that if Putin wants to invade, he will. There's not a hell of a lot anyone can do to stop him.
joshcryer
(62,287 posts)In both Russian and English and Ukrainian (including ethnic Russia and and ethnic Ukrainians).
Since some 70+ Russians are against Putin's invasion, it's clear and cut that his actions are against the wishes of Russians.
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