In Lugansk, a city in Ukraine where I was born, a (not very populous) pro-Russian protest holds posters saying, “Ukraine is Russia, Europe is Sodom and Gomorrah.”
If somebody still hasn’t understood the central issue in the conflict, here it is spelled out clearly.
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To improve mood:
О месте Украины в мире
http://luche-chuchhe.livejournal.com/8907.html
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It’s early morning, the sun comes out
Last night was shaking and pretty loud
My cat is purring, it scratches my skin
So what is wrong with another sin
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Average Russians need to be told that they are better than anyone else, I suppose. Is this to assuage feelings of being second-rate, poor, etc, vis-a-vis the EU, or is this an attempt to flatter themselves out of worrying about the Russian economy, the state of their livers, the crappy boss, the crappy apartment, the crappy spouse?
Of course, there are plenty of Americans who need to be told that they are better than anyone else.
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” Is this to assuage feelings of being second-rate, poor, etc, vis-a-vis the EU, or is this an attempt to flatter themselves out of worrying about the Russian economy, the state of their livers, the crappy boss, the crappy apartment, the crappy spouse?”
– I’m sure it’s all of it.
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What would be the Russian equivalent of “Lake Wobegon, where all of the children are above average”?
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