One of the most popular takes from the Russian opposition is that they openly write to their Russian-speaking audience that Russians don’t owe Ukrainians anything. They say that if you are Russian but don’t kill anyone or support the killings, then you don’t have to do anything to help Ukraine. You should focus on living your life instead, and you don’t need to pay any future reparations because you did nothing wrong. Of course, such rhetoric is very popular.
Russians think that they don’t need to take any responsibility whatsoever, but at the same time, they are entitled to receive donations, help, scholarships, and attention from the West, simply because they don’t kill other people.
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Russians buy land and apartments in Mariupol and move their families there because: “It’s a city by the sea. It has good potential, and more importantly, it almost doesn’t have Ukrainians.”
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