@marvin78
You interpretation of my post was wrong indeed.
The optimism about a common future is gone and to have contacts like in these years is hardly impossible. This is very sad. I can imagine what it will be like to be Russian in the future, as I was born 15 years after WW2. I had quite some unhappy experiences abroad for being a German, even more than 30 years after the war.
This is just what the Russians will experience for the next 50 years multiplied by 10, because anything they did was documented on some video and shared with the world.
They will not be seen as peace loving people that were dragged into a war and lost their best human potential because of just one bad guy. He did not do it alone, millions helped him, not just a small handful of gopnik's. Look at the police men beating the few protesters in the streets, they have a free will and raise there sticks because they want to hit peaceful fellow citizens. They are not remote controlled.
We all saw the pictures of Putin fans cheering in the streets and in the arenas, laughing soldiers riding on tanks into the war, murdered, handcuffed civilians in Ukraine's streets, the reports of raped women, the bombed theater full of women and children, the senseless destruction of hospitals, schools, any civilian infrastructure and world heritage sites. We all saw first hand Russian soldiers shooting civilians just for fun. Because of the modern media, which made any phone owner a video reporter, there is nothing hidden and can be covered up. The world will see the Russians cheering at Putin for stealing Crimea, then vacationing there and buying real estate stolen from Ukraine.
The few anti war voices in Russia will be silent and forgotten, the people that democratically elected Putin will be seen as the real Russians. The children are systematically turned into fascists by fearing or willing teachers.
As a German I have studied what my people did until '45 and never looked for excuses. To be honest, I have quite aggressively opposed those that did. I think I have learned from this past and adjusted my life accordingly. That makes it hard for me to find excuses for others, doing the same, at least since 2014, openly in the modern world.
I earnestly fear for Skorohod's safety, even as I tried to make it a funny comment. It is quite courageous of him to post about his beautiful country and share his fantastic pictures. Fascism does not act logical and judge objectively, nor do fascists have tolerance for art.
By the way, I host two Ukrainian and a Russian family in 3 flats at my house. They don't have any problems living with each other. Last Sunday they had a common party.
