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Bernardo de La Paz

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5. Despite or in addition to my prev post, the OP makes good points about Russia's schizophrenia

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Wed Nov 16, 2022, 03:05 PM

Nov 2022

It's split between Make Russia Great Again and "We really are a Western country, see".

Further, the OP makes good points about Russia new but now estranged acquaintance with democracy.

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Why did Russia invade Ukraine? They were desperate for change and didn't know WHAT ELSE to do. [View all] DetlefK Nov 2022 OP

From "The Man Who Was" by Rudyard Kipling Glorfindel Nov 2022 #1

I love much of Kipling, but he was a racist as this quote illustrates. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #2

I saw a live Moscow show by satellite recently. Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #3

Russia did not invade Ukraine Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #4

Despite or in addition to my prev post, the OP makes good points about Russia's schizophrenia Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #5

Poor Russkies, never a history of democracy... brush Nov 2022 #6