Comments by "D. von N." (@D.von.N) on "" video.

  1. One thing I would like to point out: this war started back in 2014. Where were those good Russians then? Lived their lives like if nothing happened because the sanctions were lukewarm. Only when it affected them more, they suddenly decided to flee.. also not to get conscripted. Until then all was like normal in RuSSia. Those who left back then in disagreement would have some of my respect. My other point is that risking life to trying to beat a murderous and autocratic regime now, when it removed all possible ways of resistance and build a strong counterforce to curb every single protest in the nib, is difficult. With years lasting propaganda, too large part of the society is complicit in this situation. It isn't easy to persuade your grandma or even mother to the facts when all they know is the official propaganda that feeds into their silly pride (they are as proud Russians as you are a proud Ukrainian). They are proud to be aggressive, because they got convinced this is necessary for them to survive. Try to convince them otherwise! Russian family didn't believe their own Ukrainian member when she informed them how it really was. They were just parroting the state propaganda how Ukrainians are nazis and she shoud stick with Russia. Cognitive dissonance? Maybe. Or maybe just being dumb. A few hundreds or thousands youngsters on the ploshchadj (I learned some Russian years ago) would very soon be pushed back and punished, leading to nothing much. Many know that and they rather flee. I wouldn't want to be a Russian nowadays. You cannot please either camp, whether by leaving or staying and ending up in prison, tortured or even killed. At least they took their knowledge and expertise elsewhere, benefiting their new home country, some will never go back to Russia. Many analysts agree that this war will end when Putler is defeated militarily. Nothing else will bring this regime down, it has esteblished too powerful position already.
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