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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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970 points homarp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 22 20:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.217s | source
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SlavikCA ◴[30 Aug 22 21:22 UTC] No.32655266[source]▶
As the Russian, I'm of the opinion that Gorbachev is traitor.

I hate communism, so it's good that he helped us to get rid of that.

But why getting rid of communism had to include letting Americans to take reign in many government agencies of Russia?

What would be your opinion of US president, if he goes to to retire in Russia?

I'm reading some Russian news site, and almost universally Gorbachev is hated by Russians.

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1. magic_quotes ◴[31 Aug 22 12:59 UTC] No.32661503[source]▶
As a yet another filthy Russian, I don't understand all this eagerness to give people "traitor" (enemy of the people, 5th column and so on) labels. Especially since this is pretty much the favorite communist/putinist activity. This is not a healthy mindset. At some point we'll have to admit different people might have different opinions on running the country.