Russia - threadbanned users in OP

That's BBC.

In reality the empire and several other parties have been steering the V(o)ladimirs towards this war pretty much since the USSR was dissolved. Very much like it was done with Iran to end up in a war against Iraq.

One must know nothing about Russia's history and be really very gullible to believe that the Russians just want to kill Ukrainians. It is effectively a civil war.

It would be very difficult to isolate and identify the most important stakeholders benefiting from this. But, if one thinks about it, it would be the same parties who are responsible for climate change and other unsustainable business. But some entities are obviously responsible: NATO, USA, UK, entities controlling Western media, space exploration or requiring new resources and territory.

Historically Russia has been more of a peacemaker and less of an invader than any major European nation. Had the USA and/or other NATO members agreed to just stop encroaching on the Russian Federation in February, they would not have been a war. Now nearly 3/4 or Russians support it. AND: thats is also what many Ukranians, Ukranians fleeing to the West think as well.

The West wants more from Russia than Russia wants from the West. Look at the map! Russia can live happily without you. It is true they don't make iPohnes there. But they have everything else.

The West, the members of the NATO (!) supply weapons to the Ukraine but keep financing Russia buying fuels of them. It's in your face. If you are blind to that, it is because you chose to be. As you chose the empire versus versatility, Hollywood vs culture a planet filled with garbage over Nature. You chose death over life and you did so d e m o c r a t i c a l l y. Suddenly Russia and China don't look so bad.

Putin's Palace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8J2dW-QYQY&ab_channel=DWNews

Their "Victory" parade will be a bit like when the losing Irish football team would parade around College Green in an open top bus, cheered on by thousands of frenzied fans.

Altogether now comrades : "Give it a lash, Vlad. Give it a lash Vlad, never never never say no. Russia, Russia dictatorship of Russia, round em up and watch em blow......" 🎶 ☢️

Indeed, the Russian empire was a huge colonial power like all the others. But as soon as the Soviets came to power a century ago, they made sure to hold onto all the imperial territories, often using brute force.

I wouldn't go so far, Trump's followers are falling for propaganda every bit as crude and clumsy (and worse). It doesn't matter that it's patently nothing but lies, they gobble that up like it's manna from heaven.

They don't care about the content, they only care about the hate. It's a new type of human to me, a few steps back from the rest of us, but also more advanced. Whilst going along with nonsense that no six year old would fall for, they also can entirely switch off any higher brain function, leaving only enough capacity to breathe through their mouth, but also manage to square away several completely contradictory arguments at the same time. They just activate the one they need at this precise moment. If they need a completely contradictory argument to their previous one five minutes alter, their brain just swaps them out in memory without even a pause.

Remarkable step in evolution. No thoughts or principles besides what is the prescribed notion at this very moment and just let yourself drift with the general mass. It must be wonderful. No fears or doubts, just herd instinct. I do envy them that.

The mental gymnastics of these sort of posts that feebly try to muddy the waters and paint an incredibly simple affair into some sort of elaborate, complex geo-political issue that the west "doesn't understand".

Ukraine is a sovereign nation. Russia has launched an illegal, brutal unwarranted invasion of said sovereign nation, based on nothing but comical lies and rhetoric. It's 1 + 1 = 2 stuff.

And what's your last sentence even supposed to mean? Suddenly Russia doesn't look so bad?

Come on bud. Russia wasn't seen as a great place before, because frankly it's not a great place. However Putin has now shown the country up for what it is - a complete and utter backwards totalitarian dumpster run by a dictator with an ego every bit the match for Hitler or Mussolini.

The whole world is standing behind Ukraine and simultaneously loathing, and laughing, at Russia. I know it's a bitter pill to swallow but the truth is, no matter what happens in Ukraine, Putin has not just trashed Russia's reputation, but he has exposed Russia as pathetically weak.

The level of narcissism is off the charts. The whole western world is in on a giant conspiracy out to get Russia.....it couldn't possibly be linked to the brutal, unjustified invasion of another sovereign nation ordered by a sociopath dictator, could it? No, it must be a conspiracy.

Thank God good-guys Syria and Belarus know the real story and have our backs.

Racist doesn't just mean you don't like black people, or Chinese, or transexuals, etc, etc. It can simply mean you believe yourself to be superior to others, as in Putins case.

The genocide of Ukranian people, torture, rapes against minors and all round savagery is showing his utter contempt for another country, and is therefore an act of racism. I've no doubt that he would do similar to what Hitler did, and (as opposed to Jews) try to eradicate the planet of Westerners, if he had more than a tin-pot army to accomplish it.

Is Russia a real country? A crash course in history; The origins of Russia - Summary on a Map - YouTube

Quite a feat to write so much rubbish in one small post

At what point in history did we start having all these conspiracy theories that every war is started by a cabal of vested interests? Did the Hundred Years war happen because of the Jews and Big Chainmail?