• vlad
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    1111 months ago

    The people in Russia have no legal way to challenge their government. Thanks, USSR.

      • vlad
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        311 months ago

        They ran a shitty corrupt government, tried to conquer eastern Europe, failed, renamed themselves to “Russian Federation”, and are now trying to recapture lost states while feeding people into a never ending meat grinder.

        • @Arkham@beehaw.org
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          11 months ago

          I feel like, if the USSR is to blame for modern Russia, then Tsarist Russia shares some of the blame as well

          • @cobra89@beehaw.org
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            411 months ago

            Putin is desperate to restore Russia to its former USSR glory. That’s why he wants Ukraine so badly.

        • @java@beehaw.org
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          211 months ago

          tried to conquer eastern Europe, failed

          How so if it was indeed occupied for years?

          • vlad
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            211 months ago

            Germany occupied Poland for years. Doesn’t make it theirs.

            • @java@beehaw.org
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              111 months ago

              But that was never the subject of the discussion. The USSR, and the Russian Empire before it, did successfully conquer Eastern Europe. That’s a historical fact. Whether you agree that this conquest made that land rightfully theirs is another topic, in which I have no interest.

        • @NattyNatty2x4@beehaw.org
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          211 months ago

          renamed themselves to “Russian Federation”,

          By this logic the Roman empire should just be called the Roman republic. The systems of governance might be similar and both be abhorrent, but the USSR isn’t the same as the Russian federation

          • vlad
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            111 months ago

            That’s what they been telling us for years, but I’m not seeing much difference.