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  • So you believe that it was a good thing for literal Neo-Nazis (members of the Right Sector and other similar organizations) to commit a massacre using sniper rifles leading to the overthrow of a democratically elected government. While he is indeed corrupt, the 2010 election was overseen by foreign observers and there is no evidence of fraud.

    Nothing good came out of it. The only thing it led to was a civil war because many people in Eastern Ukraine supported him.

    Zelenskyy is not any better. He literally violated the consitution and was becoming increasingly autocratic.

    Like it seems like you prefer a dictatorship over a democracy when they align with your views. This will backfire in the long run just like it did in Ukraine. Look at Romania where the frontrunner of the election got arrested and banned over flimsy allegations because he is far-right. I do not agree with his far-right views but this will only lead to a far-right landslide in the next election or a reverse Maidan which nearly occurred in the country of Georgia after the anti-Russian President refused to step down following the democratic election of a pro-Russian government. Like this is only solidifying Russian influence over its neighbors due to western countries or western-aligned politicians being bad actors.

    Now instead of Ukraine becoming a western-aligned nation without a civil war or without Russia launching invasion after new democratic elections in 2015, now almost a quarter of the country is occupied by Russia because they decided to launch an undemocratic coup in 2014 instead.















  • Nope, also practiced by Ukrainians in Ukraine.

    107 Ukrainian soldiers committed suicide as a result of Dedovshchina, and five more died directly due to Dedovshchina.

    Also practiced by Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan.

    Practiced by Armenians in Armenia.

    Turkmenistan had to formally declare the practice of Dedovshchina illegal in 2014.

    Dedovshchina was culled in Baltic militaries similar way that Russia mostly did which is by implementing more western military practices which the Baltics did by joining NATO and Russia by implementing the 2008 military reforms.


  • They aren’t forced. Some are put into groups where they have no status, seemingly like a caste system, and the other soldiers can do whatever they want to them, somewhat like hazing but once they have been raped they’re considered worthless and will continue to be raped by anyone, so they’re actually forced soldier sex slaves.

    So, Dedovshchina which is practiced in both Russia and Ukraine?

    I mean yes, people literally call it the Caste Tyranny of Soviet Armed Forces. It was caused by changes in the length of conscription which led to resentment between conscripts who had to serve a longer period of service and those who were able to serve a shorter period of service. Russia has been cracking down on it since the 2008 reforms with the Military Police being established. I never heard of any verified large scale occurrences of it during the the invasion of Ukraine due to said reforms but it could be possible.



  • I literally addressed this.

    If you are referring to the incidents I am thinking of, so says an anti-Putin group that was formed in April 2022 and resides outside Russia.

    Business Insider was unable to independently verify the claims made in the article.

    Lol.

    Even if true, Dedovshchina and Dedovshchina-like practices ain’t surprising to me anyways considering it happens to most post-Soviet armies including Russia and Ukraine.

    Since you cannot read I will do a TLDR.

    TLDR: your claim assuming we are talking about the same thing could not be independently verified. Even if true, hazing is conducted in both Ukraine and Russia.