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You can’t be against the Ukraine war in Russia because Putin is an evil dictator
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kvemkon • yesterday at 2:24 PM
> You can’t be against the Ukraine war in Russia
I was glad after discovering [1]. In one of the videos the interviewer explains, why he was not arrested. The channel is for English-speaking auditory outside of Russia. It was enough to "close eyes" for some openly expressed critiques. Though it was painfully to listen to some people who were not against the war.
leosarev • yesterday at 5:27 AM
I'm writing this comment from Russia, St. Petersburg, and yes, you can be against the Ukraine war in Russia.
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> You can totally say ...
"Say" in the sense of demonstrate peacefully for this? Then I'm impressed. If someone else can confirm this? Is this because of USA being a federal union? Before Ukraine declared independence, there were voices to make Ukraine a federal state, so that people in the West part of Ukraine can live their way of life and people living 1600 km (!) away in the East and Southern parts would be not much affected from that and vice versa. Voices for the unitary state were stronger because of stability of the state. Would be interesting to see some documentary "what if", whether a federal state would be more stable against pulling from the west (Europe, US) and the east (Russia).