Ukraine/The Ukraine

[Alina Israeli]

One has to differentiate between oppression from a totalitarian government and the one from being a minority group which includes social day-to-day discrimination and state discrimination. Or do you think Russians suffered as much as Crimean Tartars in the Soviet Union?

Alina

On Jun 22, 2014, at 1:46 PM, Stanislav Chernyshov <extraclass at LEARNRUSSIAN.RU> wrote:

> Dear Robert,
> 
> Being Russian I was slightly surprised Russians haven't suffered oppression. Reading some Solzhenitsyn (available in English) could really change your view.
> And precisely because we've suffered oppression, including censorship and persecution for "thought crimes", I think many Russians can understand Jules's just defending free speech and privacy ("home") against political control of language usage.
> 
> Jennifer, please, for sure nobody on this list supports slavery or any sort of discrimination.
> 
> And, "miru mir!"
> 
> Stanislav
> 

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