It is dangerous to identify the inhabitants of a state with its politics. Marxists always ask what exactly are the elements behind the state.
Looking into Russia: In whose interests does Putin rule? What impact has the privatization of state assets had on the way the Russian capitalist elite perceives its security interests? Which elements of Putins foreign policy have changed compared to the soviet foreign policy? Which have remained?
Russia is trying to restore the previous status quo, where its bourgeoisie could exploit the country undisturbed. Russia has become a target of Yankee imperialism not because of the autocratic nature of the Putin regime but, first, because its defense of the interests of Russian capitalists clashes with the United States quest for world domination and its related preparations for war against China.
The attack on Ukraine is a thoroughly reactionary response to the expansion of U.S. hegemony into Russias spheres. In doing so, Putin invokes the reactionary legacy of tsarist Great Russian chauvinism and revives the foreign policy of Tsar Nicholas by also calling for support for “Mother Russia.”
I have never heard of Russians hating Ukrainians. That is a lie. Many Russians have Ukrainian relatives and vice versa. Elements in the Russian state apparatus use, among other things, nationalist arguments to justify the war. They are aware that the war has no objective benefit for the majority of the Russian population.
At the beginning of the war Putin spoke in high terms about tsarist generals and was explicitly hostile to the October Revolution. Also saying, that Ukraine was a “project” of Lenin. And even now Putin never tires of expressing his hostility to Bolshevism. For example, his statement on the attempted coup by the Wagner Group:
A blow like this was dealt to Russia in 1917, when the country was fighting in World War I. But the victory was stolen from it: intrigues, squabbles and politicking behind the backs of the army and the nation turned into the greatest turmoil, the destruction of the army and the collapse of the state, and the loss of vast territories, ultimately leading to the tragedy of the civil war.
The Ukrainian and Russian proletariat gains nothing from this. The greatest fear of the Ukrainian and Russian bourgeoisie, as well as that of Yankee imperialism, is a militant, class-conscious working class.
The question, “Why do Russians hate Ukrainians so bad?” implies so much that you probably need more words to explain why this question is wrong in itself.
It is dangerous to identify the inhabitants of a state with its politics. Marxists always ask what exactly are the elements behind the state.
Looking into Russia: In whose interests does Putin rule? What impact has the privatization of state assets had on the way the Russian capitalist elite perceives its security interests? Which elements of Putins foreign policy have changed compared to the soviet foreign policy? Which have remained?
Russia is trying to restore the previous status quo, where its bourgeoisie could exploit the country undisturbed. Russia has become a target of Yankee imperialism not because of the autocratic nature of the Putin regime but, first, because its defense of the interests of Russian capitalists clashes with the United States quest for world domination and its related preparations for war against China.
The attack on Ukraine is a thoroughly reactionary response to the expansion of U.S. hegemony into Russias spheres. In doing so, Putin invokes the reactionary legacy of tsarist Great Russian chauvinism and revives the foreign policy of Tsar Nicholas by also calling for support for “Mother Russia.”
I have never heard of Russians hating Ukrainians. That is a lie. Many Russians have Ukrainian relatives and vice versa. Elements in the Russian state apparatus use, among other things, nationalist arguments to justify the war. They are aware that the war has no objective benefit for the majority of the Russian population.
At the beginning of the war Putin spoke in high terms about tsarist generals and was explicitly hostile to the October Revolution. Also saying, that Ukraine was a “project” of Lenin. And even now Putin never tires of expressing his hostility to Bolshevism. For example, his statement on the attempted coup by the Wagner Group:
The Ukrainian and Russian proletariat gains nothing from this. The greatest fear of the Ukrainian and Russian bourgeoisie, as well as that of Yankee imperialism, is a militant, class-conscious working class.
The question, “Why do Russians hate Ukrainians so bad?” implies so much that you probably need more words to explain why this question is wrong in itself.