@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Seemingly so. . .

@TheOthetAcc there are no threats

@Justice4All claims Russia was [quote] the birthplace of workers' rights.[/quote]
Nope. DEAD WRONG! Labor organizations began in Europe in the late 1700s and early 1800s. At that time, serfs in Russia were still 'owned' by the big landowners, and would be for decades longer.

[quote]By the 1810s, the first labour organizations to bring together workers of divergent occupations were formed. Possibly the first such union was the General Union of Trades, also known as the Philanthropic Society, founded in 1818 in Manchester.[/quote]

You say [quote] It has consistently opposed colonialism[/quote]
Nope. DEAD WRONG! Russia treated all the iron curtain nations as colonies will minimal autonomy.

[quote]Putin is godsent. [/quote] I am gobsmacked!! Putin is an evil dictator who accumulates $ billions in foreign banks and regularly murders his opposition.

By persisting in his Ukraine attacks, Putin has caused the destruction of the majority of Russian tanks, greatly damaged the Black Sea fleet, and made Russia a pariah nation who has to go begging for technology newer than the 1980s.

@Justice4All
🙏 please let this be sarcasm!

@SlaveEt

@BritishFailedAesthetic I have lots of contacts in both Russia and Ukraine. I have no idea who you rely on for information but my Russian friends are Baptists. My Ukrainian friends are Pentecostal.

@hippyjoe1955 [quote] my Russian friends are Baptists. [/quote]

So then, ask them, they were viewed as a threat by Putin's policy.

@BritishFailedAesthetic According to them there is no problem being Baptist in Russia. They have no desire to move or any danger to them. The Ukrainian Pentecostals and their families are now living in Canada.

@Iwillwait They need to be rid of dictatorial leaders for good , Stalin ,Putin .from the same mould

@Jamesy Seems impossible.

@badlands I understand that Russia intervened in Ukraine for a demilitarization initiative due to Ukraine's breach of the Minsk Agreement. Since 2014, Ukraine has conducted airstrikes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Russians might believe Ukrainians will eventually distance themselves from the West and build ties with Russia, but that is unlikely. There is too much hatred in Ukraine.

@Justice4All Ukraine chose not to implement the Minsk Agreement. I don't believe they ever had any intention of implementing it. It has been violated in several ways. What was the point of it?

"Russians might believe Ukrainians will eventually distance themselves from the West and build ties with Russia, but that is unlikely. There is too much hatred in Ukraine."

The east is still split, with many Ukrainians rejecting the West. In the rest of the country, they are either hostile or indifferent. Most crucially, the US has infiltrated its leadership. I don't think this war is worth it, but I can understand the reasons for it. US wants everything to go their way, for all countries to do what they want. They do not want a Russia that resists this, and they want to use Ukraine for all it has.

@ElwoodBlues They should have made Putin pose like the garage attendant on Aerosmith's "A little south of sanity" 😅

@Picklebobble2 meanwhile Russia is neglecting domestic issues, like failures of multiple dams ... it's like they have misplaced their priorities ...

[u]https://www.newsweek.com/russia-flood-siberia-tomsk-orenberg-putin-1890233[/u]

Haven't even been helping their alleged ally Armenia either lately, when Armenia has been asking for help ... man, with friends like Russia who needs enemies

[u]https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/armenia-can-no-longer-rely-russia-military-defence-needs-pm-pashinyan-says-2024-02-02/[/u]

@Picklebobble2 They believe they are making a sacrifice for their country.

@Strictmichael75 If other European countries get attacked it's essentially WW3 because NATO will get involved.