@diana_luneth:

Alexander :

Carlos Sam :

cherkasy :

not even one person i used to know from there write me since 24th feb 2022

mercurysoup :

this dude showed up in my dm recently and tried to prove that the war is just putins fault, and his only argument was "collective responsibility doesn't exist"

madlv :

Thank you for saying this out loud! it is the nation and the people

Дордий :

absurd

Asis :

💝 yipee :

I'm not trying to exaggerate when I say the vast majority of Russians I know here in Finland think Russia and Russians are superior. even when they choose to live here there's this constant flavor of disrespect towards Finland, sometimes more and sometimes less. have I also met Russians who aren't like this? yes, but honestly they're few and far between.

krichaadeep :

This is the biggest problem. There is no dictator without people who protect and agree with the regime. Putin is just a projection of russians.

Krissa :

like every single Ukrainian has at least one story like this, too.

viktornimych :

My aunt from Togliatti would come every summer. Walk around, go shopping with us, visit cafes etc. spoke russian to everyone around her. And even if some people didn’t respond in russian, they still understood her and gave her what she wanted. Then in a week she would go back home and tell us how terribly russian language is suppressed here

mm32214 :

my granddad cut off all ties to us, never contacted us, never said a word. Just forgot about us. Completely. That's my bit when it comes to a russian relatives

𝑺𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒂 :

The further a person is from russia and the less they know real russians, the more they prove that this is "putin's war", in contrast to russia's neighbors, who know full well that putin is just a reflection of russian people

Cremz :

This isn’t just a misunderstanding — it’s dangerous naïvety. In 2014, many people in Donbas thought the same way as that commenter. Most of the men from that region were taken and sent straight into the conflict, treated as disposable. In the currently occupied areas, people are still being forced to join the Russian military. If they refuse, they face pressure and punishment. And let’s be clear: around 90% of the invading forces are regular Russian army troops, not “local volunteers”. This didn’t start yesterday — it has been going on since 2014. They had more than ten years to understand what they are doing, yet they continue crossing the border to fight. From my own experience moderating online communities, the problem isn’t only the government. A lot of the hostility comes from ordinary people who can’t stand the idea that someone else lives better than they do. That frustration turns into aggression. So no — it’s not only one person’s fault.

♪o｀lane･ﾟﾟ♪ :

Both of my aunts from russia don't believe that there is a war going on, all the explosions are artificial, meanwhile a drone flew into my neighbors' yard two days ago. sure, putin is the only problem

ray ᖭི༏ᖫྀ :

you are the best example of slavic stare in the best way possible

Flagg83 :

it's Macron ,Boris johnson ,biden and Nationalist ukrainian elites fault

vilza :

so it's only Zelensky who suffers from war, not Ukrainians, got it

ꒌ ⰍⱁⱀⱄⱅⰰIⵍⵉⴻⵙ ⵣ :

So you wanna go to a random russian family and say "hey guys I know you can barely afford rent and all but Russian/Ukrainian war is all your fault"

mykolaserdiukov :

I don't hate Putin, because he is only top of the bigger problem called Russians (I had the same thing in 2014 with relatives in Russia who visited my home every summer as well)

Insane :

Well… great u as russian bring this topic this time

Xen :

world stands with russia, demons stand with ukraine, that simple.

Angel333 :

The way I sang „Ding dong the witch is dead“ when I heard my husbands great grandma passed away Last Week because she lived on the Krim and hated ukrainans with her whole heart. I am a proud half Ukrainian Women. Sadly I never got the Chance to Show her my tryzub tattoo that would have given her a heart attack😅

Luobin :

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive Russia for what it’s doing. hopefully I get to like Russians again. But FLuKK Russia!

Brett :

I mean Putin is a super popular leader in Russia So it kind of makes it to people's fault there because they still support him. At the same time it's not their fault that their teachers fall for the propaganda.