Russia is of course a freedom country. Of course I'm not going to deny that many of their governments have done a great deal of evil (mostly affecting Russia's own people , but they seem to get little sympathy) I don't see why this should be the one and only feature considered when judging the country. It's certainly not how most other countries are judged. And there is of course all the good done by Russia over the years which in my opinion outweighs the evil.
A horrible people and country. Obviously my biases play a part in that, but they do a damned good job reinforcing the stereotypes.
But why are you biased? Do you have some personal reason to dislike Russia?
There's one aspect of attacks on it though that is just plain mindboggling. In the 60s-80s, a common joke and stereotype about Russian women was how ugly they are. Now even ignoring the awful sexism in all of that....HOW ON EARTH CAN ANYONE THINK THAT?
It was simply the constant Russophobic Cold war propaganda where Russia was presented entirely negatively. The same propaganda has continued until this day (with brief interruptions), as can be seen from many of the replies here.
Horrible, and it goes much deeper than their government.
Could you explain what you mean under this?
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