Most Russians have been genuinely shocked by how much the West seems to hate them Archived Message
Posted by SueC on August 31, 2023, 4:20 pm, in reply to "Re: For once, an article in the Guardian re ukraine war worth reading "
Putin has been asking, politely, about NATO expansion and against whom is it directed if not Russia since 2008. Those Russians who were either ignorant of or indifferent to the amount of missiles stationed in NATO countries within a short flying time from Moscow and other major cities were woken up by the waves of Russophobia which intensified (but not started) after Ukraine. Most Russians now understand the West is a) not to be trusted; the words of its leaders mean precisely nothing. No deal, promise or treaty will be honoured; and b) the Western view of Russians is one of the few still acceptable forms of racism. No fixing any of this, I fear.
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