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2024-01-26 09:28:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 81E65B6A28EEF392C99E6F69D342F56DD07C148884234A82D68193A46621E502
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Russia itself is a colonial power. The country was made through imperialism. The original Muscovy is less than 10% of what Russia is now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_imperialism https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/1/24/how-western-scholars-overlooked-russian-imperialism In the last 100 years it has been involved in roughly 50 other countries, often seizing power or annexing land. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Russia https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/russia-putin-colonization-ukraine-chechnya/639428/ https://x.com/olddog100ua/status/1750768248444920231?s=46&t=s7gM3tDMwHh9_2X-Gv40sA
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