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"Don't confuse the Putin regime with Russia", say exchanged Russian prisoners. "There are many people in Russia who oppose Putin's war in Ukraine." --- [video, 2min] (invidious.privacyredirect.com)

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Russian opposition activists, who were released on Thursday as part of a historic prisoner exchange, are calling on the world to distinguish between the Russian people and its president.

"Don't believe the lies spread by Kremlin propaganda," says freed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza.

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[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 13 points 3 months ago

Great. Now do something about it. I get that it’s stacked against them, but the only people who can fix Russia are Russians.

[-] cynthorpe@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

Be more like Tommy Crooks!

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Alternatively: the only people who can invade Russia are the Chinese... and there won't be a Russia to fix anymore. Hopefully the EU can sign a peace treaty on the EU-China border.

The first China-Spain train already arrived in 2014:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiwu%E2%80%93Madrid_railway_line

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