Comments by "Awesome Avenger" (@awesomeavenger2810) on "France's Macron holds 'frank exchange' with Putin - BBC News" video.

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  13. Elis D Do I think Russia's involvement in the Spanish civil war is the same as the US and UK's involvement in the Russian civil war? Well, no. In Russia, the US and UK were fighting Lenin and the spread of a genocidal ideology. In Spain, Stalin (a genocidal tyrant) was fighting another tyrant (Franco). And when all is said and done, Stalin was far worse than any fascist in Spain. So, yeah. It was different. But then that still doesn't answer my question. What right did Russia have to involve itself in Spain? And clearly you don't know much about the Russian revolution. By their own words, the Bolsheviks were revolutionaries. Therefore, by your definition of the Whites, the Bolsheviks weren't the legal government in Russia. And your accusation was that the west helped the nazis. But as we know, France and Britain declared war on nazi Germany. And the Battle of Britain was going on while Russian was still allied to nazi Germany. Part of the Hitler/Stalin pact was that Russia would provide Germany with war materials. Which they did. Right up until the German invasion of Russia! In fact, the German's actually found whole train carriages of materials waiting to be sent to Germany when they crossed the border! So we have Russia helping Germany to avoid the restrictions placed on them by the Treaty of Versailles. Helping the German's to rearm. The Hitler/Stalin alliance against Poland. The Dividing up of Eastern Europe between nazi Germany and Russia. The supply of war materials to nazi Germany from Russia. And, of course, some 1,400 German scientists and engineers sent off to Russia to assist in the organization of Russian missile production and design (rising to 3,500 including their families). And again, you clearly don't know your Russian History if you believe that the soviets 'never acted like the nazis'. In occupied Poland, for example, the Russians impressed even the gestapo with their brutality. And just ask anyone from the Baltics about the savagery of the Russian occupiers. They will be more than happy to tell you all about it. As I believe its is part of their school curriculum. And I'm pretty sure you have heard of Stalin's genocides in countries like Ukraine (they certainly remember it, even if Russia has forgotten). And France, Britain, and the US had no such military alliance with Germany. Certainly nothing like the Soviet/Nazi pact. So I have no idea what you are talking about there. But blaming the west for Russia's alliance with Hitler is just so typical of the pathetic bullcrap Russia makes up in order to absolve itself from it own actions. Like allying with nazi Germany was the next logical step to take if Russia couldn't ally with the west! ''...About Finland, they supported Hitler and had german bases on its territory long before ww2 started.'' Rather like Russia then? And seeing as Germany hadn't yet attacked Russia, and that Russia in any case went on to ally with Nazi Germany, what excuse was there for Russia to invade Finland? Your logic is confused and makes no sense. ''...As we saw, soviets were right, finnish government were nazi collaborators'' Rather like the Russian government. Who, as we know, willingly allied with the nazis. Russia collaborated with the nazis. Out of choice. The Finish allied with the nazis, because they wanted the land back that Russia had annexed. Everything you have said about Russia's ww2 history matches exactly what every Russian is taught. From the blaming of the west for Russia's alliance with Nazi Germany, to the denial of the vast genocides carried out under Stalin. All bullshit lies. Because if there are no second world war heroes in Germany, then there are none in Russia either.
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  22. Once Russia has managed to crawl its way out of the eighteenth century. And has free media, open and fair elections, basic human rights, freedom of speech, and an independent judiciary, then it might have something to say worth hearing. I can think of no open free democracy that see's Russia as a friend or ally. And Russia most certainly has nothing to offer when it comes to advice on the middle east. Its disastrous war in Afghanistan destabilised the region for decades. And if the only answer to the problems of the Arab spring is more blood drenched Assad dictatorship, then that clearly hasn't worked. As Russia's war in Syria has gone on for six years, and despite continued promises from Putin, carries on. Sputnik and RT are spreading false information and lies. That's what the kremlin set them up to do. The exact same people (the KGB) who kept Russian's on their knees behind their iron curtain are telling them the exact same lies as they did before. And you call the west brainwashed? We can criticizes our governments. We can vote them out of power. Its the reason why the EU, and the west in general, has absolutely nothing like the vast level of corruption as there is in Russia. Tell me who will win Russia's upcoming elections? I think we both know, don't we? And yeah, you'll tell me about Putin's popularity ratings, but isn't 90% popularity the mark of any self respecting tyrant? After all, everyone loved Gaddafi, didn't they? And Kim Jong-un has very high popularity ratings too. And Stalin was loved by all. I guess its all down to a free media. And what the people get to hear about what those in power get up to. Which is why Russian media is a joke. A bad joke. Macron was 100% correct. Sputnik and RT are nothing but worthless kremlin propaganda peddling lies and conspiracies.
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  23. Foujiz It worked in Tunisia. But what is your alternative? For Putin to cling on to his puppet in Syria, and for the war to go on for another six years? Your dictatorship hasn't worked, has it? The instability you are so afraid of happens anyway. Because dictatorships are inherently unstable. Because if people can't peacefully remove unpopular governments, then they have no alternative but violence. You judge everyone else by the failures of Russia. The USSR might have fallen only 26 years ago, but eastern Europe, who suffered under soviet Russian occupation for just as long manages to make democracy work. Why can't Russia? Are the Russian people somehow incapable of deciding who should govern them? In which case, what possible interest should the west have in listening to their advice? And if I don't think the BBC or the Times is truthful, or I think they are too left wing or too right wing, I can watch Sky, Fox, CNN, or read the Guardian. What can you do in Russia if you don't like the bias? Who dares criticize the KGB guy in the kremlin? Sputnik? RT? And did the BBC or the Times or CNN or Sky spread lies and conspiracies about Macron? The worth of any free media is that it can criticize those in power. And that is not something that the west needs a lesson in from Putin or the kremlin! Western leaders are as corrupt as Putin? If that were true then we would be no better off than Russia. You judge everyone by the low standards of the kremlin. But what did the kremlin tell you about US elections? That Clinton (the 'establishment') would win. Because the US isn't really a democracy and the 'establishment' always win? But she didn't win, did she? Can the Russian's get rid of their establishment? One of the reasons why dictators like Putin have to lie about democracies, is because they don't want their people to think that there is any such thing a real democracy. Its all a sham! Its all fake! And Putin does that because if there's no such thing as democracy, there's no point in people demanding it! So the dictator (Putin) sells a lie to his own people. And gets to stay in power for as long as he likes. And he steals from the Russian people and RT and Sputnik cover for him. Russia now exports only gas and cynicism. Same shit the KGB drummed into their people during the soviet days. And they continue to believe it! And you call westerners brainwashed?! As for your stronkman Putin, you say he doesn't let others tell him what to do. That is true. The Russian people least of all can tell him what to do. But after all the chest thumping and strutting about the world stage, where has that got Russia? Thanks to Putin, Russia is now despised by its closest neighbours. Take a look at Ukraine. If you know anything about Russian/Ukrainian history, you will know how close they were. And yet Putin's invasion of Ukraine has turned the Ukrainians into bitter enemies. Ukraine is now banning Russian media, because, just like in the west, Putin is spreading his filth and lies against them. You only have to take look at the comments on any news item on Ukraine to see the hatred that the kremlin has unleashed on the Ukrainians. Putin did that. Everyone can see it. And the result is that Ukraine has completely turned its back on Russia. All because Putin believed that, like the Syrians, the Ukrainians should only have what Russia has. A vastly corrupt and brutal dictatorship. And the result is that Putin has isolated Russia even more. Revitalised NATO. And brought sanctions onto Russia. By the standards of any normal country, that would be classed as a massive failure of foreign policy. But because Russia is different, because it has lower standards, its seen as a success. So perhaps Russian's shouldn't be quite so quick to give advice to the west after all?
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