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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Jack" data-source="post: 1127323" data-attributes="member: 243342">As a Russian living in the UK, the current events in Ukraine are heartbreaking. While there is a lot of &quot;he said, she said&quot; going on around the facts of the &quot;special military operation&quot; (aka a full-blown war), it is pretty obvious that psycho-Putin has invaded his Slavic brothers through no provocation but a totally made up reasons of &quot;threat&quot; (from who?!?!) to Russia. I have many opinions, but I have spoken to many people in the Baltics, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia itself, where I still have friends and family. This is together with watching and reading media from Russia, Ukraine and the West to make my own conclusions.The amount of brainwashing going on by the Russian media is mind-boggling. It's up there with North Korea where everyone is evil and Russia is heaven. Sadly, it does mean that many of the generally peace-loving Russians have fallen prey to the shite that is being fed to them - even those that I thought had brains in their heads. &quot;Protecting Russian borders&quot; seems to be a common parrot-phrase. Of course, with totalitarian laws, no freedom of speech and threats of long prison sentences, it is difficult to voice your opinions - even in private. I don't know how much of it is fear, indifference, ignorance or actual belief in Putin... it's difficult to judge.Whatever the reasons, I hope this madness ends quickly and Putin is sitting in his own prison.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captain Jack, post: 1127323, member: 243342"] As a Russian living in the UK, the current events in Ukraine are heartbreaking. While there is a lot of "he said, she said" going on around the facts of the "special military operation" (aka a full-blown war), it is pretty obvious that psycho-Putin has invaded his Slavic brothers through no provocation but a totally made up reasons of "threat" (from who?!?!) to Russia. I have many opinions, but I have spoken to many people in the Baltics, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia itself, where I still have friends and family. This is together with watching and reading media from Russia, Ukraine and the West to make my own conclusions. The amount of brainwashing going on by the Russian media is mind-boggling. It's up there with North Korea where everyone is evil and Russia is heaven. Sadly, it does mean that many of the generally peace-loving Russians have fallen prey to the shite that is being fed to them - even those that I thought had brains in their heads. "Protecting Russian borders" seems to be a common parrot-phrase. Of course, with totalitarian laws, no freedom of speech and threats of long prison sentences, it is difficult to voice your opinions - even in private. I don't know how much of it is fear, indifference, ignorance or actual belief in Putin... it's difficult to judge. Whatever the reasons, I hope this madness ends quickly and Putin is sitting in his own prison. [/QUOTE]

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