In Europe, a cruel war has lasted for nearly 3 years. Russia and Ukraine need peace right now. I don’t mean to find any excuse for any dictator criminally starting this war, but I have some words about Russia and her people.
The origin of this war may be rooted in 20 years from 1990 when former USSR just collapsed. What did USSR people expect when they completely converted to western style capitalism and democracy? Given Russia is basically a Christian culture European nation mainly of white people and was a formidable superpower of only two at that time, so I guess they expected a successful transforming with a lot of sincere welcome and help from western countries, but what did they get actually? Weaking, further dividing, looting, criminalizing and corrupting of their country and power by different internal and foreign powers. The failure of Russia’s transforming from 1990 which is ending with a dictatorship was mainly caused by its internal factors, and in fact western countries didn’t and don’t have such a capability yet to really help Russia to make a successful transforming, but the problem is that western countries did not help almost at all but took the advantage of the chaos of Russia. For example, some western nations permitted or maybe even encouraged the further division of Russia including those driven by Islamic separatists. Russia changed itself completely to western style, and then Russian people found that they were fooled by their own powerholders and abandoned by western world and fallen into hopeless abyss of criminalization and corruption, and then this country went back to its traditional dictatorship.
Yes, western countries failed Russian people especially in 10 years after 1990, and this period brought great loss and suffering to them, so you may understand why Russian people including its dictators think western countries are untrustworthy. Russia needs a new start like maybe many others. You may not have the true capability to help transform a country successfully like your best wish, but please at least help in good faith and in good will next time.
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