> Did you even know the difference between Ukraine and Russia four years ago? Yes, ~7 years into the current war, I think a lot of people did. > Much less 30

> Did you even know the difference between Ukraine and Russia four years ago? Yes, ~7 years into the current war, I think a lot of people did. > Much less 30 years ago. Yes, I knew the difference, then -- when the breakup of the USSR was relatively recent and the issues in and between post-Soviet states were frequent news items. Again, I think a lot of people did. Heck, I knew the difference when I was in grade school and both were part of the USSR. There's probably a fair number of people outside the US who have some understanding of the differences between Texas and California, too. > They were considered basically the same country. Were considered...by whom?