>corrupt dictator
>neglected constitution to keep power
>regularly suppresses freedom of speech press and assembly
>turned his country into an impoverished shithole
>sent millions of his men to die in a meatgrinder
>closed the border preventing anyone from leaving
>executes political dissidents
Pic entirely unrelated, so what do you think about Zelensky?
>>2295892bruh he was part of the government that made Russia a cesspit
he's part of a capitalist oligarchy
>>2295966Most likely not, see picrelated.
>>2295967Claiming that masses of the country you don't like are "brainwashed" and thus have no agency and their opinions can easily be dismissed is a modern form of "white man's burden" paternalistic racism even when it is argued in good faith.
>>2295929Ukraine banned its communist party under Poroshenko in 2015. Zelensky simply banned the rest of the left opposition parties in 2022 after the invasion. Instead of pretending history started in 2022 how about you look at the history of Ukraine since 1991
>privatization and shock therapy, just like Russia, but even worse>NATO promises not to expand eastward but keeps expanding anyway, going back on promises in secret talks with Gorbachev that were only finally declassified in the 2010s>Cooperation with US in global war on terror, including contributing 5000 troops to Iraq War NATO coalition despite not being in NATO (4th largest contributor to the NATO coalition against Iraq after US/UK/France)>George W Bush started floating the idea of NATO expansion into Ukraine befor he was even out of office (vid related) >This already exists in the context of the Georgian proxy war against Russia>ideologically torn between economic cooperation with Russians and EU, specifically choosing between aid packages>Yanukovych chooses Russia because lower interest rates and cheap energy>this enrages the US and they coup him during Euromaidan by funding and arming the far right who snipe people from the roofs and take advantage of the chaos>leaked Victoria Nuland phone call justifies the coup>Biden family benefits from the coup, Hunter Biden placed on board of Ukrainian gas firm, makes money as a consultant despite not knowing anything about that industry>Civil war starts>Crimea holds referendum, becomes part of Russia, NATO media frames this as an "annexation" even though the majority of Crimeans have always seen themselves as Russian and the Crimea was only given to Ukrainian SSR for economic planning reasons under Khruschev. >shelling of Donbass and Luhansk 2015-2019>Lindsey Graham on the eve of Trump's first election visits Ukrainian troops with John McCain and Amy Klobuchar, says "This fight is our fight, 2017 will be the year of offense (against Russia)">Trump takes office instead of Hillary>the War is essentially postponed until 2022 as a result>Ukrainians elect Zelensky, with massive support coming from separatist regions, because he is a Russian speaking Jew who claims he wants peace and no more civil war or escalation with Russia or crackdowns on dual-language schooling>it doesn't matter, he is actually a neoliberal scumbag who immediately caves to the USA and nazi territorial defense units>Russia invades in 2022 after 8 years of civil war to help separatists who have specifically requested their help.>Just like Afghanistan in the 80s NATO frames this as unprovoked Russian aggression even though the Russians were invited in by an ally>Russia does not do Iraq style "shock and awe" campaign, instead holds off on destroying infrastructure and is very careful about green corridors and civilian evacuation>Ukrainian army constantly kills their own civilians in the separatist regions (to punish them for being separatist) and blames the Russians>Ukrainian army stages artillery in schools and hospitals to bait Russian counter-strikes and then says "wow Russia is bombing schools and hospitals">NATO media gives megaphone to every crazy Ukrainian army claim>Biden promises on camera to destroy nordstream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine, baffles the press who ask him how that's possible since it's also owned by Germany>Biden fulfills his promise to destroy nord stream 2. NATO in lockstep blames Russia even though they have no incentive to destroy their own energy infrastructureEvery single step of this has been insane.
>>2295993It's a shitty situation but it's not "the same" or even close. There are real material differences between Russia and Ukraine that the US is exploiting in the hopes of making Russia more like Ukraine (and possibly even balkanize it into ethnic republics like Yugoslavia).
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>>2295984Did Russia provide troops for the NATO coalition in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq? No, Ukraine did.
Did Russia ban its communist party (KRPF)? No, Ukraine did banned its Communist party though.
We say "look, Putin is the bitch of Yeltsin" but Ukraine ist he land of 1000 Yeltsins. That's what people don't get. When the west opposes Putin, it's because they want to replace him with someone even worse. NATO's dream is to balkanize Russia into ethnic republics that are all simps for the West. This is a long term effort to encircle China with US-backed Taiwan-style Ukraine-Style Israel-Style US satellites.
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