Thread: "Russophobia" and "Russophilia" :)

Almost all European countries have a horrible famine at some point in their history over the last couple of centuries. Ukraine's was quite recent, that's all. Of course, if Ukrainians really believe that they were being starved deliberately, it's not hard to understand that they have an axe to grind.

Ukraine wasn't the only exUSSR territory that suffered from starvation. Almost every region with good soil and developed agriculture suffered - that is South Russia, Belorussia, lands along banks of Volga river, Western Siberia, South Urals and Kazakhstan.
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So, Russians suffered from this famine not less than Ukrainians.

Originally Posted by Eric C.

I know one such country, but the problem is, their level of innovation is still stuck in the 1950s xD

The problem of every commie regime is, that it's in fact a two-layer system --- developed capitalism for the "dear leaders", and slavery for everyone else. Such a system will always suck at every aspect.

First. There is always a few years, sometimes a few decades between an innovative research and its final result in production of consumer goods. For example, the physics of solid state semiconducters which gave birth to modern electronics was researched in the 1920-s. By the way, the contribution of Soviet physicists in this field was quite significant. So, if a country produces goods that contain innovations of 1950s - it's very competitive.

Second. You are completely wrong. (Deleted. L.) You haven't lived in the soviet society and can't compare it with liberal capitalism which began after the break down of the Soviet Union. I and millions of Russian people have this experience so it's up to us to decide what is better.