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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
XabbaRus, I know of plenty ex-Soviets and Russians who have very little to say for their native land. Maybe there's a reason for the pattern.
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I think you have to be careful with not confusing "land", "people" and "state".
As one of these emigrants, I've never lost my identification with the land and people, however cold both may be on occasion. Given a fair opportunity, I would return to them. If it came down to it, I would fight for them.
On the other hand, I've little love for the Russian state, in any of its more or less recent forms. And returning to Russia, for me, almost unquestionably means fighting for that state, which I would not.
But we digress.