My dog in this fight is that I do not want the return of the old soviet hegemony, not even 10% of what it was. Because it means they will return in meddling in many other countries. CIA, for all its massive and many(and there are many on that) faults, were a force of "good" in stopping these communists. Today would be more akin to Russian and Chinese interest that direct communism, but the damage they will do is similar. We can see how even less freedom a Russian has over some rando from Canada.
For instance, the protest a journalist did on live TV in Russia against the war, I expect her to be completely silenced(either jail time or huge fines). The almost complete control of the government on ALL news agencies. To massive censorship and all that. What we saw happening in America and Canada is but a simple taste of what Russians face.
Ukraine is not great, and they are lying too. Like their claim of 6000 Russian soldiers dead. I did not believe that one bit.
You can get some context as to why I am against Russia(not the Russian people itself, as I have shown utter disdain at some of the discrimination some are going through today in the sanctions) in this video. The quality is low, and some of the Russian or Ukrainians speaking are not subtitled. If you want I could try and find a better video with subtitles... It will give you some context, just a small context to what the government is.
My dog in this fight is that I do not want the return of the old soviet hegemony, not even 10% of what it was. Because it means they will return in meddling in many other countries. CIA, for all its massive and many(and there are many on that) faults, were a force of "good" in stopping these communists. Today would be more akin to Russian and Chinese interest that direct communism, but the damage they will do is similar. We can see how even less freedom a Russian has over some rando from Canada.
For instance, the protest a journalist did on live TV in Russia against the war, I expect her to be completely silenced(either jail time or huge fines). The almost complete control of the government on ALL news agencies. To massive censorship and all that. What we saw happening in America and Canada is but a simple taste of what Russians face.
Ukraine is not great, and they are lying too. Like their claim of 6000 Russian soldiers dead. I did not believe that one bit.
You can get some context as to why I am against Russia(not the Russian people itself, as I have shown utter disdain at some of the discrimination some are going through today in the sanctions) in this video. The quality is low, and some of the Russian or Ukrainians speaking are not subtitled. If you want I could try and find a better video with subtitles... It will give you some context, just a small context to what the government is.
https://vimeo.com/69728873