I just discovered something... interesting... or disturbing, not quite sure.

Russians are the new idols of the anti immigration movement in Northern Europe! I had no idea these people were so keen on Russia. I was just scrolling the massive Scandinavian forum for everything and anything under the sun and decided to check out the latest from the national socialists or whatever they call themselves these days (they always change names).

Apparently the perception is that "Russia has protected Europe against Moslem invasion for centuries..." "Russians fight wars with a singlemindedness that others lack", "Russians are the strongest single group within the white movement etc, etc". They are talking about "our Russian brothers" and lots of other things along those lines. Interesting, since this movement hated Russians about 20 years ago. But now they are planning trips to Russia etc.

I can't be fussed to translate it because these posts are generally quite stupid... but I have never seen a Western European person express so much admiration for Russia as these people do.

This makes me wonder whether racism in Russia isn't a bigger problem than I had understood.