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Have you heard the metaphor of the chicken and the pig at breakfast time?

I could probably stand in the Krasnaya Ploshchad and yell "Vladimir Zelenskiy Sucks!" without repercussion, but that wouldn't make it effective criticism.

[jjtheblunt]

Why didn't you say Red Square instead of, in an English sentence, dropping in a Russian adjective and Russian noun?

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  1. it's only a copy, paste, and click to get to Red Square
  2. it fits with the .ru transliteration of Volodymyr Zelenskyy
  3. it retains any original ambiguity between "red" and "beautiful"
  4. it avoids confusing the Union with the Federation
  5. it complies with dang's suggestion not to overly spoon-feed each other

EDIT: in other news: https://www.theonion.com/putin-distraught-over-friends-who-k...

[jjtheblunt]

I should say I got it of course, but not sure others in general would.

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I had double checked that (1) worked before including it, and for that matter, even untransliterated « красная площадь » gives me "Red Square, Moscow, Russia, 109012" above the fold when using the most popular search engine.

[1970-01-01]

Strategy is what gets results, not metaphors. Examples of effective criticism with government-toppling results can be seen in the Arab Spring movement.

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How has the Arab Spring been working out?

Toppling governments doesn't do much good if no one manages to provide effective replacements running on new lines afterwards. See also Reconstruction in the US, or the CIS/CSTO/etc. in the former Soviet Union.