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I'm possibly nitpicking here, but Chernobyl is not in Russia.

dopamean 9y ago
Not but it was in the USSR at the time which many people incorrectly equate with Russia today. To me it's almost ok to say "Russia" when talking about things back then. So long as you don't say Chernobyl is in Russia today.
- jonstewart 9y ago
  You're probably not Ukrainian, then. Or Belarussian or Georgian or Lithuanian or Latvian or...
  - freehunter 9y ago
    It's almost like people from different countries have different names for other nations. Language is weird like that.
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- izacus 9y ago
  Ukraine and Russia were practically in a shooting war a few years ago. It's about as "ok" as walking around your Californian office calling people "Confederates"... if the civil war happened in 2014. Don't insult people with ignorance.
  - wruza 9y ago
    This one is also an exaggregation. Russian government supported anti-government forces in East Ukraine, so they could fight against their own enemy. Russian profit in it is destabilized buffer between RF and NATO expansion (driven by purely military ambitions of the force external to conflict). I had few discussions with eastern ukrainians. All of them hate western Ukraine (mutually ofc) and said it was always like that. Absolute evil-izing of russians is a big mass-media program in Ukraine, not the other way round. It is not very succesful though, because both nations are heavily mixed. I’m not appreciating the situation, but let’s not fall into Evil Axis delusions.
  - freehunter 9y ago
    Eh... your example is pretty far from reality, especially considering California was never part of the CSA. Ukraine was part of the USSR, and was part of the USSR when the meltdown happened. If you want a better analogy, it's like referring to Massachusetts as England when discussing colonial America. Semi-accurate at the time, main difference being Massachusetts was part of the British Empire along with England, but was not actually owned by England itself. The fact that there was a long and bloody war that followed between the two doesn't change that mostly-accurate history. Yes, Ukraine wasn't part of Russia. But it was part of the USSR, which split into several countries, the most powerful and influential of them being Russia. It's a colloquialism just as much as it is an inaccurate statement.
    - Sharlin 9y ago
      Apropos England, you'd better not go to Scotland and refer to it as "England" either... people will be justifiably mad at you. And those two countries are currently united.
- StreamBright 9y ago
  For you it might be ok but for us who lived in the USSR it is an insult. Just a heads up, you can get into a bar fight anywhere in Eastern Europe referring to these countries as Russia.
  - ataturk 9y ago
    Well, it's nice to hear that somebody someplace still hates the USSR enough to get into a bar fight about it! Here in the states we're full up with Marxist fools who are too stupid to understand the ramifications of the system they are actively trying to foist upon the rest of the populace.

Not but it was in the USSR at the time which many people incorrectly equate with Russia today. To me it's almost ok to say "Russia" when talking about things back then. So long as you don't say Chernobyl is in Russia today.

jonstewart 9y ago
You're probably not Ukrainian, then. Or Belarussian or Georgian or Lithuanian or Latvian or...
- freehunter 9y ago
  It's almost like people from different countries have different names for other nations. Language is weird like that.
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izacus 9y ago
Ukraine and Russia were practically in a shooting war a few years ago. It's about as "ok" as walking around your Californian office calling people "Confederates"... if the civil war happened in 2014. Don't insult people with ignorance.
- wruza 9y ago
  This one is also an exaggregation. Russian government supported anti-government forces in East Ukraine, so they could fight against their own enemy. Russian profit in it is destabilized buffer between RF and NATO expansion (driven by purely military ambitions of the force external to conflict). I had few discussions with eastern ukrainians. All of them hate western Ukraine (mutually ofc) and said it was always like that. Absolute evil-izing of russians is a big mass-media program in Ukraine, not the other way round. It is not very succesful though, because both nations are heavily mixed. I’m not appreciating the situation, but let’s not fall into Evil Axis delusions.
- freehunter 9y ago
  Eh... your example is pretty far from reality, especially considering California was never part of the CSA. Ukraine was part of the USSR, and was part of the USSR when the meltdown happened. If you want a better analogy, it's like referring to Massachusetts as England when discussing colonial America. Semi-accurate at the time, main difference being Massachusetts was part of the British Empire along with England, but was not actually owned by England itself. The fact that there was a long and bloody war that followed between the two doesn't change that mostly-accurate history. Yes, Ukraine wasn't part of Russia. But it was part of the USSR, which split into several countries, the most powerful and influential of them being Russia. It's a colloquialism just as much as it is an inaccurate statement.
  - Sharlin 9y ago
    Apropos England, you'd better not go to Scotland and refer to it as "England" either... people will be justifiably mad at you. And those two countries are currently united.
StreamBright 9y ago
For you it might be ok but for us who lived in the USSR it is an insult. Just a heads up, you can get into a bar fight anywhere in Eastern Europe referring to these countries as Russia.
- ataturk 9y ago
  Well, it's nice to hear that somebody someplace still hates the USSR enough to get into a bar fight about it! Here in the states we're full up with Marxist fools who are too stupid to understand the ramifications of the system they are actively trying to foist upon the rest of the populace.