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      They ran a shitty corrupt government, tried to conquer eastern Europe, failed, renamed themselves to “Russian Federation”, and are now trying to recapture lost states while feeding people into a never ending meat grinder.

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        I feel like, if the USSR is to blame for modern Russia, then Tsarist Russia shares some of the blame as well

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          Putin is desperate to restore Russia to its former USSR glory. That’s why he wants Ukraine so badly.

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        tried to conquer eastern Europe, failed

        How so if it was indeed occupied for years?

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            But that was never the subject of the discussion. The USSR, and the Russian Empire before it, did successfully conquer Eastern Europe. That’s a historical fact. Whether you agree that this conquest made that land rightfully theirs is another topic, in which I have no interest.

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        renamed themselves to “Russian Federation”,

        By this logic the Roman empire should just be called the Roman republic. The systems of governance might be similar and both be abhorrent, but the USSR isn’t the same as the Russian federation

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          That’s what they been telling us for years, but I’m not seeing much difference.