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Not colonial rule, and not the Russian Empire...


You happen to be a Russian over 60, right?


No, just someone who is not a jingoist for an Eastern European country.

Though I'm sure Russian jingoists over 60 today too prefer to see Soviet-allied states as "their empire". It's no more true than saying Argentina was a US colony - which means yes, you could say it, but we'd all be dumber for thinking of it like that.




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