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by coward-guy 1573 days ago
"russian people chose"

We don't choose the place where we are born.

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Right, and trying to unseat Putin has historically meant prison or death to its citizens.

We can support Russians to create political change, without hardening them to feel like perhaps yes the rest of the world is against them.

This is about Putin and Russian elite who support him.

Frankly, the fact Trump is still not in prison and probably running again doesn't say much good about US democracy and justice. Indeed his last foreign blackmail was against Ukraine regarding sale of the Javelin weapons they now desperately need.

Trying to unsit Yanukovych also ment death. People were shot at. But this happened. This is a price of democracy.

And if you just stand by then you are part of the problem, like with everything.