The Chenobyl meltdown is what preceipiated the fall of the non-lamented USSR.
If A precipiated B, it doesn't necessarily means that A caused B.
Yes, there were nice sci-fi (and alternative history) TV-series "Chernobyl" about a team of time-travelers who prevented Chernobyl's incident, and therefore, prevented the fall of the Soviet Union. After their return in 2021, they saw Republic of Alaska as a part of the Soviet Union, Civil war in the United States, the last legitime president Donald Trump, hiding on Hawaii, when the mainland of the former USA are tearing apart by the numerous gangs of marauders, etc ...
Yes, this opinion (Chernobyl incident was one of key events, indirectly caused the fall of the Soviet Union) have right to exist, but your humble servant, as well as most of educated people, believe that the problem was deeper than that.
Anyway, its not relevant to our main question - were Ukrainians oppressed in the Soviet Union, or not? At least if you are not falling into crazy conspiracy theories like "Freaking Moscowites have build nuclear plants intentionally to destroy perfect Ukrainian ecology" (part of Rogulizm ideology).
That's kind of psychotic. If you guys can't beat Ukraine, you are little threat to the west, except for your nukes.
We are not "beating" Ukraine, not yet. We are gently slapping her, prolonging pleasure to achive the best practical and educative result with minimal collateral damage.
And who told you, that Russia won't use nukes in the possible war against west? Read Russian military doctrine, its not classified. In the regional (say, European) war Russia will use both nuclear and non-nuclear weapon, in a large-scale war (if the countries of other regions, like North America are involved) Russia will use everything (including chemical and biological weapons).
In the case of a nation whose enemies' avovwed objective is nothing short of physical annihilation, there is no defensive that can be called "extreme".
And that assumes they are in working order, which they probably aren't, given the state of the rest of your military.
Hey, how is that aircraft carrier of yours doing?
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Its still in repair, not in priority, as far as I know. Why?
Works on the assumption other elections weren't free.
After Maidan coup, Odessa Massacre and state-ordered terror? Are you kidding?
The thing was, the only reason why Yanukovych won in 2010 (not quite hitting 50%) was because he promised closer ties with the EU, before he started being Putin's bitch.
He tried to play multi-vector politic, balancing between the EU and Russia, and, finally, he failed.
Then he started doing shit like trying to downplay the Holodomor (the Russian-caused famine that killed up to 10 million Ukrainians)
The most severe Holodomor, and the most strong cult of it, was in the Western Ukraine, that, in time, was controlled by Poland. Soviets were not responsible for Western-Ukrainian Holodomor as they weren't responsible for the Great Depression in the USA (at least, not directly). There were famines in Russian controlled part of Ukraine, as well as in other regions of Russia. Those are plain facts. It was not intentional genocide of Ukrainians by evil Russians. It was a more or less necessary sacrifice for the forced industrialization, as well as Great Depression in the USA was, more or less necessary for the modernization of American society.
and tried to make Russian an official language.
He tried to make to make Russian official regional language (as well as Ukrainian now is one of official languages in Crimea and Kherson, or as Spanish is often used in some US regions) because Russian-speaking people (as well as all others) have right to use freely their language. Government should work for people, not people should change themselves to fit the imbecilic demands of the government. That's what the word "democracy" mean. Neither Russia, nor USA arrest people for say, public speaking at Spanish, Chinese, English, Russian, Ukrainians or any other language.
Then he started shooting the opposition, and wondered why everyone turned on him.
Actually, it was the "opposition", who raised the level of violence from "public hate speech" to "strets disorders" and who started to kill cops. First blood is on their hands. And it was Kievan junta, who, after their "victory" and start of street protests in Donbass, raised the level of violence once more - to the level "military operation", by sending the military forces to supress rebellion in Donbass and paramilitary gangs (like "trains of friendship") to supress civil disorders in other Russian-speaking regions.
Guy, your time has passed.
We'll see.
You are no longer a poll in the world. Your future is being China's bitch, and I'm sure they are already sizing up Outer Mancuria to take back from you guys. Hope you weren't too fond of Vladivostock!
So, does it mean, that you are really determined to return us Alaska and California?
