Russia’s problem isn’t just Putin, it’s Russians

When opposition voices dream of the same empire, nothing changes

06/05/2025

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Russia’s problem isn’t just Putin, it’s Russians

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“He is a product and a manifestation of a society that reveres obedience over citizenship and glorifies state violence over accountability. Russian culture isn’t just ballet and literature; it is a culture in which the erasure of peoples, genocide, and cultural appropriation aren’t examined or condemned—but swept under the carpet or even celebrated.”

Exactly right.

Kara-Murza:

“it’s psychologically very difficult for ethnic Russians to kill Ukrainians—because we’re the same. We’re the same people, very close, as everyone knows.”

I was a fan of this guy. When I saw this shit I realised I was wrong and his friend Sir Bill Browder must be severely embarrassed by this after working so hard to get him free.

The author’s conclusion:

“The West must stop indulging fantasies about a mythical “other Russia.” There is no shortcut to justice. There can be no democratic future without decolonization. And there is no peace until Russia—not just Putin—is held accountable.”

Again exactly right.

But now we know that only one prominent opposition member; Gary Kasparov, is fit to run a denazified russia.