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[quote=Anonymous]This is an open question and might be limited to those with some knowledge of Russian history, but I have been wondering this myself throughout the Ukraine conflict and actually do not have my own conclusion.

Both countries exist territorially because of colonialism. Both countries are guilty of bloodshed and genocide. Both countries have systemic racism.

When I think about it, America has been worse in past centuries, whereas Russia has been more brutal in modern history. Native Americans have faced more in terms of cultural and linguistic erasure than indigenous peoples in Russia (meaning non-Russian people that have been conquered or co-opted into the Russian Empire, preceding the Soviet Union). Many languages such as Chechen are still widely spoken in their nominal republics, for example. However, Russia is more overtly brutal in recent decades and has been across the board worse on human rights. In my opinion, Russia cannot be considered a modern country and very much adheres to old-word imperialist tendencies. On the flip side, compared with the US at the time, the Soviet Union was quite adept at finding a place and elevating all different nationalities - although it was generally in a performative sort of way, to show an artificial diversity of the Communist Party.

Does anyone with a history background have any thoughts on this? [/quote]

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