Dear Mr.Tickle

What's going on in your parts of Russia?

Corona and general observations?

Where i'm from at quick glance you could conclude i'm against Russia. As a nation we have recent past of hostility. We had 2 wars and 3 decades of appeasement. That really only ended at the dismantlement of Soviet Union.

Culturally we're quite similar South-Russia. Including the parts that once belonged to us and where my father and his family were driven to west.

Mostly everything disparaging about Russia i say on this forum is a shorthand about Putin and faction he represents, FSB and GRU.

Personally two of my nieces are half-Russian. Their mother still sends a Christmas every year, but i haven't seen them in almost 3 decades. My drug dealer was Russian and he lived on my couch for about 3 years. In other words i have no ill will towards Russians or any other nationality my grief is with their ruling factions.