When the Soviet Union collapsed, more than 20 million ethnic Russians found themselves stranded in former Soviet republics in the Baltics, Central Asia, ...
At a rally in Moscow's Red Square, Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the annexation of four Ukrainian regions after dubious referenda were held in late September. - ReutersWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, more than 20 million ethnic Russians found themselves stranded in former Soviet republics in the Baltics, Central Asia, Moldova, and Ukraine. They were all now suddenly independent states.
But no more. Today, Russia’s involvement in the Russian and Russophone parts of eastern Ukraine is seen as simple imperialist aggression. Prior to the current war, there had already been eight years of combat and conflict between these pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine government forces. Canada, the United States and other NATO allies have poured weapons and munitions into Ukraine, and the superiority of those weapons over Russia’s arsenal was witnessed in the recent counter-offensive.
What I find strange is how little opposition there has been in Western countries to a developing war with Russia. There was plenty of leftist pushback during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was really a world power, one with the aim of spreading communism around the globe. With President Joe Biden asking Congress for another $13.7 billion for Ukraine, $7.2 billion of it earmarked for weapons and military training, activists delivered letters in opposition to their congressional representatives.
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