Ukrainians weren’t the only people starved to death during the holodomor.
And Ukraine was part of USSR from the start (1922) to finish (1989)
Catch up bro… the “Soviets” have been defunct for 34 years, and using the word Soviets interchangeably with Russians is nonsensical.
Ukraine is part of that original sin (communism) and is equally culpable.
Let these two ex commie countries have their boarder squabble… IDGAF.
Every breakup of an Empire has led to subsequent wars.
“... the “Soviets” have been defunct for 34 years, and using the word Soviets interchangeably with Russians is nonsensical...”
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Your are technically right but in reality you talk about a smokescreen. If you look at the “realpolitik”, what you said above is obsolete.
It’s like saying that the USA is a democracy... it is not!
America is a Constitutional Republic. No less and no more.
The fact that the word Soviet Union was replaced by the word “Russia” is just “cosmetics”... in reality that doesn’t mean the old Soviet “modus operandi” has changed in any way.
Putin was a deep state KGB guy. The KGB (now FSB.. another amusing word-replacement) has always been functioning according to the Soviet algorithm.
Putin often talks about his nostalgia about the Soviet Union. It tells alot.
Also, just look who are “Russias” friends today... yes... the usual commie suspects: North Korea, China, Cuba, Venezuela... and the ultra pro Russian radical islamic countries : IRAN, Chechnya (these two are co belligerent with Russia in its invasion of Ukraine war.
Russia is clearly aligned with the other commie nations of the world...
So yes... the good old Soviet mentality is indeed what is still ruling the Kremlin, as we speak. It’s a fact.