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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
You might answer that Russia doesn't deserve to be going on some past actions but Russia hasn't really been given the chance. She has, since the collapse of the USSR been talked down to and condescendingly.
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IMHO, they talk down to the Soviets too, whenever they can. I think Russia-bashing is almost pathologically in the mindset of all too many Westerners (no, and I don't mean Finns or Poles or Balts). You can just see the disease when you read through many articles.
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Some might acuse me of being a Russophile to the extreme but I disagree, I just don't swallow the first headlines I read, from either side. I like to try and get a balanced view as is possible.
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The average position generated by the Western media is such that attempting to take a relatively neutral position will already look Russophile.