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Plato Besedin for KM.ru
Putin is everywhere. Everyone talks only about him. He is on the receiving end of all the aspirations and curses. It's not even a cult of personality - it's more like schizophrenia.
If you try to talk to someone, especially if it's a someone who is dedicated to the "Euromaidan", he will give you a lengthy list (in a size of a half-meter check at the supermarket) of grievances toward Putin. He grabbed Crimea, conquered the country, bought provocateurs, etc.
Fear and Loathing in Ukraine - all because of Putin. The more they talk about it, the more excited and fierce they become. They even invented a nickname for him: Putler, and added a mustache.
One enemy, one hate, one fear. Here is something many Ukrainians are united about.
Yes, it's Putin who hung Russian flags around Ukraine at night. And earlier, it was he who helped to bring to power armed Bandera people. It's Putin who drove the bulldozer and threw "Molotov cocktails" and burned tires. He drove around the cities, smashed the monuments and painted swastikas. It was Putin who beat the hell out of Rabbis and desecrated Ukrainian synagogues. It was he who broke into the offices of the Ukrainian TV channels to establish such an information dictatorship that Goebbels would be green with envy.
It was Putin who said that we should hang the "Muscovites." He put unarmed people on barricades and then, while being an acting president, fled to Rostov-on-Don. He hired the snipers. It was him! It was all his fault!
Any defect, any horror, any tragedy can be attributed to Putin. That's really very convenient. Here is a scapegoat who can answer for everything, one we can hate, so we won't have to hate those who, until recently, stood on "Euromaidan."
Putin is everywhere. He's the one pissing in the hallway. He's the one doing the littering and graffiti. He screams under the windows at night in a drunken voice. He sells alcohol and cigarettes to children. He's rude when taking public transportation. He doesn't pay salaries, he steals. Yes, Putin is part of all of us.
Why hasn't he appeared before? Why was he invented only now? After all, it's so convenient -- to always carry Putin with you. "Why have you failed at school?" "Putin clouded my mind." "Bastard, you cheated on me with your secretary!" "I'm sorry honey, Putin has messed with my head." "You slimeball, drunk again!" "It's Putin who forced me to drink!"
The problem is not who Putin is. The problem is who we are.
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Plato Besedin for KM.ru
Putin is everywhere. Everyone talks only about him. He is on the receiving end of all the aspirations and curses. It's not even a cult of personality - it's more like schizophrenia.
If you try to talk to someone, especially if it's a someone who is dedicated to the "Euromaidan", he will give you a lengthy list (in a size of a half-meter check at the supermarket) of grievances toward Putin. He grabbed Crimea, conquered the country, bought provocateurs, etc.
Fear and Loathing in Ukraine - all because of Putin. The more they talk about it, the more excited and fierce they become. They even invented a nickname for him: Putler, and added a mustache.
One enemy, one hate, one fear. Here is something many Ukrainians are united about.
Yes, it's Putin who hung Russian flags around Ukraine at night. And earlier, it was he who helped to bring to power armed Bandera people. It's Putin who drove the bulldozer and threw "Molotov cocktails" and burned tires. He drove around the cities, smashed the monuments and painted swastikas. It was Putin who beat the hell out of Rabbis and desecrated Ukrainian synagogues. It was he who broke into the offices of the Ukrainian TV channels to establish such an information dictatorship that Goebbels would be green with envy.
It was Putin who said that we should hang the "Muscovites." He put unarmed people on barricades and then, while being an acting president, fled to Rostov-on-Don. He hired the snipers. It was him! It was all his fault!
Any defect, any horror, any tragedy can be attributed to Putin. That's really very convenient. Here is a scapegoat who can answer for everything, one we can hate, so we won't have to hate those who, until recently, stood on "Euromaidan."
Putin is everywhere. He's the one pissing in the hallway. He's the one doing the littering and graffiti. He screams under the windows at night in a drunken voice. He sells alcohol and cigarettes to children. He's rude when taking public transportation. He doesn't pay salaries, he steals. Yes, Putin is part of all of us.
Why hasn't he appeared before? Why was he invented only now? After all, it's so convenient -- to always carry Putin with you. "Why have you failed at school?" "Putin clouded my mind." "Bastard, you cheated on me with your secretary!" "I'm sorry honey, Putin has messed with my head." "You slimeball, drunk again!" "It's Putin who forced me to drink!"
The problem is not who Putin is. The problem is who we are.
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