During Soviet times, officials would joke: “If you beat a Polish man long enough, he becomes a Russian.” Same thing. “Russian” seems as much defined by a shared historic trauma as anything else. ex: The annihilation of Grozny turned Chechens into Russians. https://t.co/MER9kkyuT9

https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1582730773261873152

During Soviet times, officials would joke: “If you beat a Polish man long enough, he becomes a Russian.”

Same thing.

“Russian” seems as much defined by a shared historic trauma as anything else.

ex: The annihilation of Grozny turned Chechens into Russians. https://t.co/MER9kkyuT9

RT @belkiswille: 1/ After 6 months of Russian occupation, residents of Izium, Kharkiv have finally been able to speak to @hrw about the unl…

RT @belkiswille: 1/ After 6 months of Russian occupation, residents of Izium, Kharkiv have finally been able to speak to @hrw about the unl…

The Kozak frontier state defined itself in opposition to the repressive feudal states surrounding it, first and foremost, Muscovy Russia. The existence of an alternative social order was far more threatening to Moscow than the Kozak sabers and muskets themselves. https://t.co/ZQCvZn1HYT

https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1582666665820495872

The Kozak frontier state defined itself in opposition to the repressive feudal states surrounding it, first and foremost, Muscovy Russia.

The existence of an alternative social order was far more threatening to Moscow than the Kozak sabers and muskets themselves. https://t.co/ZQCvZn1HYT

RT @WWIIpix: This day in 1939, Soviet forces begin to establish military and naval bases on Estonian territory. As a result, the Soviet gov…

RT @WWIIpix: This day in 1939, Soviet forces begin to establish military and naval bases on Estonian territory. As a result, the Soviet gov…

RT @GrandTurion: Looking forward to article “Russia’s Regime Is Now Kidnapping Fathers for Military “Service”” from @ryanmcmaken #Kremlinta…

RT @GrandTurion: Looking forward to article “Russia’s Regime Is Now Kidnapping Fathers for Military “Service”” from @ryanmcmaken #Kremlinta…

RT @EliotACohen: Superb piece by someone who knows KGB/FSB officers really well — and from there extrapolates convincingly about what will…

RT @EliotACohen: Superb piece by someone who knows KGB/FSB officers really well — and from there extrapolates convincingly about what will…

High level gaslighting. RU propaganda is truly one of the wonders of the modern world. As US Diplomat George F Kennan said about Moscow in 1944: “Here men determine what is true and what is false.” https://t.co/OUyFKImzxW

https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1582613361489240064

High level gaslighting. RU propaganda is truly one of the wonders of the modern world.

As US Diplomat George F Kennan said about Moscow in 1944: “Here men determine what is true and what is false.” https://t.co/OUyFKImzxW

RT @StarskyUA: Noticed new tactics used by the orcs: somebody with a blue-yellow userpic offer to pay you for sharing fake info on Ukrainia…

RT @StarskyUA: Noticed new tactics used by the orcs: somebody with a blue-yellow userpic offer to pay you for sharing fake info on Ukrainia…

RT @EuromaidanPress: Ukraine sends official note to Israel with request to urgently provide Ukraine with air defense systems,FM says

Ukraine sends official note to Israel with request to urgently provide Ukraine with air defense systems,FM says

“If Israel’s policy really consists in consistently countering Iran’s destructive actions, then time for to openly side w/,” Kuleba added

https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1582413193296883712

RT @HannaLiubakova: #Ukraine Moscow and Kyiv carried out one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far, exchanging a total of 218 det…

RT @HannaLiubakova: #Ukraine Moscow and Kyiv carried out one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far, exchanging a total of 218 det…

RT @thedispatch: “Meloni has positioned her party as the most pro-Ukrainian political force in Italy, calling for tougher sanctions on Russ…

RT @thedispatch: “Meloni has positioned her party as the most pro-Ukrainian political force in Italy, calling for tougher sanctions on Russ…

RT @fermienergia: We’re a bit more optimistic, though. 2035 is good, but 2031 is sooner, better, and also achievable. Fermi is on track and…

RT @fermienergia: We’re a bit more optimistic, though. 2035 is good, but 2031 is sooner, better, and also achievable. Fermi is on track and…

RT @OlgaK2013: Bodies of 5 children exhumed in de-occupied #Lyman 3 girls born in 2021, 2019 and 2008 and 2 boys born in 2011 та 2012. 2 yo…

RT @OlgaK2013: Bodies of 5 children exhumed in de-occupied #Lyman
3 girls born in 2021, 2019 and 2008 and 2 boys born in 2011 та 2012. 2 yo…

RT @tvtoront: ❤️ Victoria Obidina, a medic, separated by Russians from her 4 y.o. daughter Alisa in May 2022 during the evacuation from Azo…

RT @tvtoront: ❤️ Victoria Obidina, a medic, separated by Russians from her 4 y.o. daughter Alisa in May 2022 during the evacuation from Azo…

RT @avalaina: This is Viktoriia. Today she died in Kyiv. Her colleagues write that her body was found in her beloved husband Bohdan’s embra…

RT @avalaina: This is Viktoriia. Today she died in Kyiv. Her colleagues write that her body was found in her beloved husband Bohdan’s embra…

Very typical. Like bombing Odesa harbor after the grain export deal, bombing hospitals in Syria after the cease fire, bombing green corridors in Mariupol, Illovaisk massacre, Budapest Memorandum, etc. They consider integrity blasphemous to the idea of an all powerful Czar. https://t.co/5dBBzGuVVh

https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1581954609698177025

Very typical. Like bombing Odesa harbor after the grain export deal, bombing hospitals in Syria after the cease fire, bombing green corridors in Mariupol, Illovaisk massacre, Budapest Memorandum, etc.

They consider integrity blasphemous to the idea of an all powerful Czar. https://t.co/5dBBzGuVVh