re: #238 Justanotherhuman

This may sound harsh, but I thought Ukraine was a real sovereign country with its own Constitution and parliament. Perhaps the ones who want Russian Federation rule should individually join the RF?

This is an unresolved issue left over from the dissolution of the USSR. Back then it did not matter much, Russians in the Ukraine still saw themselves as Russians and Ukraine as part of “their” empire.

They were a privileged minority: they got the best jobs and had the best chances of advancement.

Since the USSR fell apart, they have been without a nation and often find themselves being discriminated against as a minority in the country they live in.

And Russia has been letting this resentment fester for over two decades now before moving in to exploit it.