I'm not really sure what thread you're talking about, but I'm content with where I am here :)
Ok, sure :)
Aleksandr Dugin
I never heard of this guy, so thanks for the info. He doesn't seem to be anyone really important though, I quickly read some info about him and he just seems to be an "influencer" to me if I may use this word, not sure why you consider him Putin's right hand..
The entire culture of Russia has become heavily anti-immigrant.
Are you saying that being anti-immigrant is somehow equal to being a nazi? I haven't yet heard such a take.
Anyway, I found this article from UN (which was published just 3 years ago, I don't think it can be considered outdated already?) which says Russia is actually in top 5 countries by the amount of immigrants. https://news.un.org/ru/story/2021/01/1394392
Wagner itself had nazi origins.
Yeqh, this one I can believe.
Putin is committing now just an attempted genocide in Ukraine
Well, if you can call this a genocide, then I can definitely call the kidnappings of people from the streets and forcefully sending them to die to frontlines by Zelensky's regime a genocide. And a Ukrainian right now is more likely to die from that, than from some shelling or otherwise becoming a civil casualty.
Forgetting the fact that Russia now has one of the worst ratings for Corruption and Journalistic Transparency in the world, matching the likes of the Taliban in Afghanistan — LOL.
I'm not sure which exactly index you are talking about (I'm not denying it though, this seems quite plausible to me), but I'm sure that if this index is in any way reliable, Ukraine would be somewhere quite close, there is just as much corruption and almost just as little journalistic freedom.
Oh and of course Putin took a page out of Hitler's book when he invaded Poland under the false pretenses of protecting Ethnic German and invaded a sovereign neighboring nation. Nothing tops the wrongful, aggressive invasion of a neighboring state as they try to annex territory and commit documented war crime after documented war crime.
Well yeah his remark about Poland in that interview was indeed stupid.
Do you think Ukrainian side does not commit "war crimes"? Civilians in Belgorod (and other Russian neighbouring cities) are regularly dying from Ukrainian attacks.
Yeah yeah, I know people talk of Azov, but that's <1% of UAF.
Yeah this is one of my arguments :)
Glad we can at least agree that those guys are nazis. What do you think about Zelensky (head of state!) making and publishing photos with their commander? Does it look like endorsment of nazism from the highest level of government?
Second question, what do you think about Stepan Bandera?
If you're a Russian or Russian sympathizer
I am Ukrainian actually. I do not sympathize with Russia, I think everybody is equally bad (except for those who at least try to finish the war, which right now is Trump and Orban).
There is no motivation for Russia to accept the current front lines.
I don't think this is correct..
We now know the details of the peace talks (from Ukrainian sources!) that started right at the beginning of the war, where Russia was ready to retreat to pre-war (so 2022) borders.
So I'm actually reasonably sure that Russia would absolutely accept the current front-lines.
The only reason there is no peace talks happening, is because Zelensky's demands are absolutely clownish (seriously, I don't know a better word here) - "give us back all the territories you captured, including Crimea, and then we will be ready to talk".
Please see my other comment in this thread, it would be easier to discuss under one comment than to split it in multiple :)
There is, in fact, much more evidence that Russia is.
Well, I guess one can find a reason to accuse almost anyone of almost anything, so let's compare the evidence against current ukr government and current rus government (but again let's do that in that other thread please, I already gave examples of nazism from current government there).
What do you mean Ukraine won't accept them?
Trump's promise was to
Tell Putin that if he refuses to negotiate they will send much more weapons to Ukraine (isn't that what you want btw?).
Tell Zelensky that if he refuses to negotiate they will stop all weapon supplies.
If there won't be weapon supplies, Zelensky will finally be forced to accept peace. Additionally he will lose his only reason for staying in power, and there will finally be elections in Ukraine.
Well, you are right, there is no reason to believe him or any other politician.
But dems openly say that they will continue the war, and Trump at least promises to end it. So you know, with Trump there is at least a chance for peace, while with whatever Dem candidate there will be - the chance is zero.
I thought the narrative 'if you are a Jew you can't be a nazi' stopped after the events in Gaza, where people (left leaning people I think) accuse Netanyahu of being new Hitler and Israel of genocide or something like that, or do we still use it?
I didn't bring it into the discussion, but sure, let's talk about it :)
What is your opinion on Azov brigade? Are those guys cool and not nazis? What about Ukrainian government (and Zelensky in particular) endorsing them (by publicly posting photos with them for example, etc.)?
What is your opinion on Stepan Bandera, that cool guy and totally not nazi who fought for Ukrainian independence, and who is being glorified in Ukraine and after whom streets are renamed?
but wouldn't the US surrendering Ukraine result in the erasure and eradication of Ukrainian culture.
Why would it? Trump did not promise to "surrender Ukraine", he promised to force both sides to negotiate and end the war. I don't think those negotiations would include whole Ukraine becoming Russia, do you think so? Most likely scenario is that the current front lines become the new borders, and most of the lost territories (Lugansk, Doneck, Crimea) don't really have " Ukrainian culture" they are mostly Russian speaking. It's a little bit different with Kherson and Zaporizhzhya but they still don't have nearly as much "Ukrainian culture" as western Ukraine.
If it's "going back to live there" - then almost definitely no.
If it's "going back temporarily" - then I don't know.
I neither have any property there nor I feel strong "connection" to it , so the only reason for me to go there is to visit my family/friends, but I hope they will be able to visit me instead.
It mostly depends on whether I'll be able to go there without repercussions.
I am.. not exactly sure actually.
I had to register with "draft office" before I left the country, so they definitely know about me.
Probably I'm not considered a criminal for now, as members of my family who are still in Ukraine did not receive a "draft notice" addressed to me. If they do ever receive it though, then probably I'll be considered a criminal shortly after (because obviously I am not going to answer it).
I don't closely follow the new laws they pass though.. Maybe I am already a criminal because I didn't update my data with the "draft office" or something 🤷♂
As a Ukrainian, I can't even imagine ever dodging a bigger bullet than when I left Ukraine before the war started..
If I had stayed there I'd have to either constantly hide from the "draft officers" or risk my life trying to either (of course illegally) cross the border to Romania through mountains/rivers or to the occupied territorries. Or I'd just be dead already from a shell..
Ok, sure :)
I never heard of this guy, so thanks for the info. He doesn't seem to be anyone really important though, I quickly read some info about him and he just seems to be an "influencer" to me if I may use this word, not sure why you consider him Putin's right hand..
Are you saying that being anti-immigrant is somehow equal to being a nazi? I haven't yet heard such a take.
Anyway, I found this article from UN (which was published just 3 years ago, I don't think it can be considered outdated already?) which says Russia is actually in top 5 countries by the amount of immigrants.
https://news.un.org/ru/story/2021/01/1394392
Yeqh, this one I can believe.
Well, if you can call this a genocide, then I can definitely call the kidnappings of people from the streets and forcefully sending them to die to frontlines by Zelensky's regime a genocide. And a Ukrainian right now is more likely to die from that, than from some shelling or otherwise becoming a civil casualty.
I'm not sure which exactly index you are talking about (I'm not denying it though, this seems quite plausible to me), but I'm sure that if this index is in any way reliable, Ukraine would be somewhere quite close, there is just as much corruption and almost just as little journalistic freedom.
Well yeah his remark about Poland in that interview was indeed stupid.
Do you think Ukrainian side does not commit "war crimes"? Civilians in Belgorod (and other Russian neighbouring cities) are regularly dying from Ukrainian attacks.
Yeah this is one of my arguments :)
Glad we can at least agree that those guys are nazis. What do you think about Zelensky (head of state!) making and publishing photos with their commander? Does it look like endorsment of nazism from the highest level of government?
Second question, what do you think about Stepan Bandera?
I am Ukrainian actually. I do not sympathize with Russia, I think everybody is equally bad (except for those who at least try to finish the war, which right now is Trump and Orban).