My theory - 90s were so good in the west because russians were picking themselves up after fall of ussr and couldn't have intervened to make everything shitty to the scale they're doing it now

I pray for a time when western libs finally understand that russia is not their friend and will never be

It's not always the Russians but man is it weird how often it's the Russians

Horseshoe theory in full effect

Or maybe they can turn their country into a big north korea. It's up to them. All we can do is to ensure they can't continue the war. Like physically. Economically.

Who knows. There might be other ways. They can form a federation or confederation - real one, not just on paper, where states have actual rights and their local identities are protected. Although can you guarantee that russians won't try again? I wouldn't bet my life on that if I was Tatar or Hanty.

Because their imperial myth is based on Kyiv and without Kyiv it's getting hard to explain what the fuck is russia, what its point and why Buryats and Chechens must live in the same state governed by muscovites. They know it. They feel it. Even if it's rarely said out loud.

Because their imperial myth is based on Kyiv and without Kyiv it's getting hard to explain what the fuck is russia, what its point and why Buryats and Chechens must live in the same state governed by muscovites. They know it. They feel it. Even if it's rarely said out loud.