In January 2022, a few weeks before the full-scale invasion began, I went to a demonstration against the russian aggression by the Ukrainian embassy to the UK.

It was organised for Ukrainians by the Georgian community in the UK.

There is a reason why they did it. Image
Here is one of those reasons:

#russianwarcrimes in Gagra, Georgia 1992-1993

Before Putin.
Tsisia, 30, raped in front of her parents and guests, all of them shot dead.

#russianwarcrimes
“Mariam, 12, gang-raped and then shot to death.”
“Giorgi, 40, disabled, first they wounded him and put salt on it, then cut parts of his body and sent to his wife.”
“Leri, the russian soldiers beheaded and then played football with his severed head.”
Questions for all the righteous “experts” who are against #visabanforrussians and lecture us on the dangers of "divisive rhetorics":

❓How often do you see the "good russians" talk about this?

❓How many genocides does it take for you to wake up?
We all owe zero moral obligations to russians, literally z-e-r-o.

They deserve to go through every misery they brought upon Ukrainians, Georgians, and every other nation they’ve abused for decades and centuries.

They deserve war.

And we are still debating visa bans.
To the people who advocate against holding russians accountable:

You don’t just undermine our future, you undermine you own one.

Because by the time you find out why we were trying to tell you all this,

There won’t be anyone there to defend you.
It never ceases to amaze me how people are ready to sacrifice:

❗️their own food security

❗️their own physical safety

❗️physical survival of their own children

… to protect russians who bring destruction virtually everywhere they go.
The most annoying thing is when someone sits on a moral high horse and they’re like

“I am against sWeEpiNg sTaTeMenTs! I am an iDeALiSt 🕊☮️”

No, dude, you’re just an entitled idiot.

Not understanding us is your temporary privilege, and that privilege is about to “expire”. ImageImage
War is a collective exercise by a nation state.

All russians are responsible for #GenocideOfUkrainians

You shouldn’t even ask yourself if they’re all guilty.

Ask yourself why they don’t feel guilt and how they can ever change if they continue to get away with everything.
You can also scroll through this 🧵 below and then come back to tell us why every normal person shouldn’t hate the people who did this.

We’ll wait.
No one should care if they’re “against putin”.

❓Why?

Here’s why:

❗️“Against putin” ≠ “pro-Ukraine”

❗️ “Against putin” ≠ “Against centuries of colonialism”

❗️“Against putin” ≠ “Against genocides of multiple nations at the hands of russians”
The beautiful russia of the future is the one that doesn't exist.
“Beautiful democratic russia of the future” = “Narnia” = “Hogwarts” 🦄
“This freedom-loving, decentralized, anti-tyrannical spirit was in Ukraine for centuries.

This is very different from russia.

Naturally, Ukrainians understand that defending this modus vivendi is an existential fight.” - @yermolenko_v

The russian modus vivendi is murder.
In occupied territories of Ukraine, russians dump bodies of the women they repeatedly raped and killed by blockposts so no one can pick them up.

Ukrainian women whom they can't physically kill - they discredit by calling us FSB agents/prostitutes.

This is part of the genocide.
❗️To stop #GenocideOfUkrainians and make sure russians never attack anyone again, here is what needs to happen:

1️⃣ completely deplatform the russian "culture"

2️⃣ blanket #visaban #visabanforrussians

3️⃣ shame them into oblivion for what they've done

#visaban 🧵 - ⬇️ Image
Thank you for your attention, everyone, I’ll reply to messages later - that @cybersoroka tweet was the first thing I saw when I woke up and I kicked off a little bit because she shouldn’t have to explain all that by now.

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🛠 Original material: Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security @StratcomCentre

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"russian speakers"
The title of the @dw_russian video is a great illustration for why the russian language should be deplatformed.

I deeply regret often speaking it to my friends in the past.
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