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If Russia wants to get on the "civilized" side they have centuries of colonialism, slavery, genocide and imperialism that they will have to catch up on. Don't think they have it in them to accomplish this in the near future right now.
Yes please tell me about how the Russian empire has committed atrocities as bad as the genocide of American natives and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Nobody killed more Russians than Stalin did.
Thank you for the Nazi talking point. Hadn't heard of that before.
Not the commenter you responded to, but here are a few examples:
More examples:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_war_crimes
Further reading:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Russia
The point isn't whether whatever threshold of depravity is acceptable. You described the opposition to Russia as "civilized" which is a western chauvinistic and white supremacist point of view. Only wanted to point that out.
Westoid mad
Joseph Stalin did his best to even the score. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin#Death_toll_and_accusations_of_genocide
Lenin and Trotsky weren't far behind! Just ask the Cronstadt citizens or the Ukranian farmers... woops can't they've all been massacred by the red army because they wanted actual communism (anarchy) and not a dictatorship of the proletariat.
Since the downvotes are starting, I strongly recommend to read Emma Goldman's historical analysis on this topic before you make yourself an opinion :)