It constantly upsets me how little a person needs to do to be considered "a good russian" & yet how perfect Ukrainians should be to be considered worthy of western support #visabanforrussians
And so I am constantly afraid that if they finally start to protest, nobody will question their motives, & people will say: "see, they are definitely against the war", even though they may just be protesting the fact that the war is going badly or they can't buy H&M
Or when the war is over, people outside of CEE will JUST FORGIVE THEM, forget what happened. Will go to business as usual with them and talk about Dostoyevsky & Tolstoy. And 🇷🇺s will never feel true shame for what they did & never feel true remorse, never SINCERELY apologize.
And then, believing that they did everything right, and they are entitled to have their empire back - they will gather their hatred & military and do the same thing in 10 years. This is my biggest fear. I hope the WORLD doesn't let them feel like they can get away with it. Again
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Hey Everyone! My account has (delightfully) been invaded by Fellas yesterday, and my number of subscribers has significantly grown. So, I feel like I owe you guys a quick intro.
So, I am a 28 y.o born & raised in Zakarpattia (highlighted), a small mountainous region in the west
I've lived in different towns around the region - Mukachevo, Vynohradiv, and finally, Uzhhorod, where I moved at 16 to attend university. Zakarpattia is often overlooked by people outside & inside the country, while I actually think it has a lot to offer to tourists & investors.
One topic that IS circulating around Zakarpattia (thanks to russians) is potential separatism because the region is ethnically diverse (Ukrainians, Hungarians, Romanians, Rusyns, Romani etc). This is utter bullshit - we take pride in our diversity& in being ukrainain citizens.