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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5188506" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Your video illustrates that in areas where there&#039;s a Russian majority they are happy to be a part of Russia again.&nbsp; When I traveled through former Soviet republics I was speaking to local ethnic majorities.&nbsp; I never asked them how they felt about Russians, they just volunteered their hatred.&nbsp; When the Soviet Union was formed Russia moved their citizens in significant numbers to outlying republics.&nbsp; They ran everything and kept the best of everything for themselves.&nbsp; The Soviet Union may have pushed the image of a brotherhood, of comrades, but it was a Russian empire.&nbsp; And that has resulted in a backlash against Russians in the now independent republics.&nbsp; That&#039;s why those ethnic Russians in Crimea are happy to be back in the Russian fold again.&nbsp; And why any former Soviet republic that shares a border with Russia and with a significant Russian minority should be very concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5188506, member: 24302"] Your video illustrates that in areas where there's a Russian majority they are happy to be a part of Russia again. When I traveled through former Soviet republics I was speaking to local ethnic majorities. I never asked them how they felt about Russians, they just volunteered their hatred. When the Soviet Union was formed Russia moved their citizens in significant numbers to outlying republics. They ran everything and kept the best of everything for themselves. The Soviet Union may have pushed the image of a brotherhood, of comrades, but it was a Russian empire. And that has resulted in a backlash against Russians in the now independent republics. That's why those ethnic Russians in Crimea are happy to be back in the Russian fold again. And why any former Soviet republic that shares a border with Russia and with a significant Russian minority should be very concerned. [/QUOTE]

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