[tokai]

>Many are legitimate comments

No they are not. Almost all[0] are the classic Russo-apologist talking points.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost_all

[ghiculescu]

I disagree. Here’s some examples.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35439104

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35439349

[timeon]

The first one is especially offensive towards East-European countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westsplaining

[ghiculescu]

I’m from an Eastern European country and I’m not offended by questions.

[watwut]

The first one does not even mean anything.

As for second one, I would much rather be in western block then in the BRICS block. Better living standards, less violence, better everything.

[tokai]

... they are both not downvoted. I have comments under both of them, and there is a lively discussion.

[andrewflnr]

You can't see downvotes on a direct link. But on the main comments page I can see the first one heavily downvoted.

[Izkata]

And now they're both [flagged] [dead]