I don't. We (Europeans) warned them for years that their goverment is a shitshow. People got poisoned, disappeared into gulags and driven into exile. When we met them online in chats and games, we were like "Hey Alexi-RU, you gotta handle that putin situation. It's getting out of hand." Sure it's dangerous, but doing nothing is dangerous too. Should have at least fled the country. Whoever's still there and not fighting putin had it coming.

[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I will take time before they figure it out

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the war really needs to come to them and I think it's on its way

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

They had a unique opportunity with the relatively peaceful end of the USSR and look how they have been behaving in the last 35 years. They did everything possible to get back on the path of authoritarianism and genocidal imperialism.

Putin is a symptom, russian society (almost all of it) is the cause.

They won't change until they are treated as they treat others (without full on russian-style barbarism such as mass summary killings of civilians, castrations of prisoners and so on).

[–] U@piefed.social 16 points 4 months ago

Talk about speed running the Soviet Union.

[–] multi_flexi@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Awww, I feel do sorry for those poor idiots who cannot buy Starbucks or Victoria Secret because their government is murdering people in other countries.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

Why I can give you just one upvote?

[–] greygore@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If the US banned talking negatively about the war in Iran with the threat of prison time, I’d be talking constantly about gas prices, even though I own an EV.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

I'd be doing more than that if that were the case

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yet they all manage to play cs2 every day??

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is sticks what they call cigarettes?

[–] Tuuktuuk@nord.pub 7 points 4 months ago

From the context, I'd say yes. I have never heard the word "stik" in Russian before, but in the context it's clear form her intonation that that's one of the tobacco products she is talking about.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

Not sure if she's doing it deliberately but the second one was agitating pretty well I though.