> Later this month, Russia’s Supreme Court is set to rule on a request to liquidate Memorial, the human rights group founded in the twilight of the Soviet Union that has played a critical role in documenting Soviet repressions.
This is just sad. Why would they even want to forget all of their own countrymen? What makes modern Russia so dependant on Soviet mythology?
Greatest thing to be born into. Fall of an odious empire and the birth of a rogue state with a lot of natural gas.
Only need one more fall for it to be a proper nation, hopefully.
Also, did they forget the whole Nazi Germany thing?
Greatest catastrophe was soviet union. Bloodiest regime ever.
Isn’t it kinda… how to say… Humiliating for your ancestors who went through the russian civil war, WW2 and more arguably Staline? ‘-‘
Russian Lawmakers Seek to Recognize Argentinian cocaine as ‘Greatest 20th Century Pleasure for Russian Lawmakers’
I mean geopolitically it kinda was.
Not sure what the problem here is.
Edit: ah i can see that the wording implies all disasters as a whole, in which case you can argue that for example the world wars are worse which is true.
Didnt really think of it that way cause these are completely different events but now i guess i get why people cna be mad with the wording of the title. But i dont think he meant worse than ww2 lol. Could be wrong.
Still would be better if people just responded and explained
By “Russian lawmakers” they mean Zhirinovsky, who is considered as a clown even in Russia. It’s like to take slogans from “AfG” and to present them as an offer from “German Lawmakers”.
This is just one party proposing the thing. The resolution hasn’t passed.
It is arguably the biggest geopolitical catastrophe for Russia, as it degraded Russia from a superpower to a regional power.
If you leave out the “geopolitical” or take a global view, then there have been bigger catastrophes. Although it would probably still be one of the three most important events in the 20th century, next to the two world wars.
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> Later this month, Russia’s Supreme Court is set to rule on a request to liquidate Memorial, the human rights group founded in the twilight of the Soviet Union that has played a critical role in documenting Soviet repressions.
This is just sad. Why would they even want to forget all of their own countrymen? What makes modern Russia so dependant on Soviet mythology?
Greatest thing to be born into. Fall of an odious empire and the birth of a rogue state with a lot of natural gas.
Only need one more fall for it to be a proper nation, hopefully.
Also, did they forget the whole Nazi Germany thing?
Greatest catastrophe was soviet union. Bloodiest regime ever.
Isn’t it kinda… how to say… Humiliating for your ancestors who went through the russian civil war, WW2 and more arguably Staline? ‘-‘
Russian Lawmakers Seek to Recognize Argentinian cocaine as ‘Greatest 20th Century Pleasure for Russian Lawmakers’
I mean geopolitically it kinda was.
Not sure what the problem here is.
Edit: ah i can see that the wording implies all disasters as a whole, in which case you can argue that for example the world wars are worse which is true.
Didnt really think of it that way cause these are completely different events but now i guess i get why people cna be mad with the wording of the title. But i dont think he meant worse than ww2 lol. Could be wrong.
Still would be better if people just responded and explained
By “Russian lawmakers” they mean Zhirinovsky, who is considered as a clown even in Russia. It’s like to take slogans from “AfG” and to present them as an offer from “German Lawmakers”.
This is just one party proposing the thing. The resolution hasn’t passed.
It is arguably the biggest geopolitical catastrophe for Russia, as it degraded Russia from a superpower to a regional power.
If you leave out the “geopolitical” or take a global view, then there have been bigger catastrophes. Although it would probably still be one of the three most important events in the 20th century, next to the two world wars.