The Russian people (unlike most other people in history who were targets of ethnic hatred) have the full control to stop this, though. I don’t think any Russia

The Russian people (unlike most other people in history who were targets of ethnic hatred) have the full control to stop this, though. I don’t think any Russians who have declared their opposition to their current government are explicitly targeted. And it’s doubtful that most western people could easily tell a Russian and an Ukrainian apart. So I fail to see the ethnic/racial component here and I think it’s perfectly legitimate to discriminate people based on their political views in certain cases (supporting an unprovoked war of aggression by a less democratic country against a more democratic one (however flawed) is definitely one of them). If you equate the Russian people and the Russian government with all of it’s supporters (explicit and implicit ones) that’s on you..