2020s in Russia
Good Russian (
Russian: Хорошие русские, Khoroshiye russkiye) is a sarcastic term — usually placed in single quotes such — referring to the citizens of
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
during the
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...
, who claimed to have not supported
Ruscism
Ruscism, also known as Rashism,, ; , group=lower-alpha Russism,, group=lower-alpha or Russian fascism,; , group=lower-alpha is a term used by a number of scholars, politicians and publicists to describe the Ideology, political ideology and s ...
,
Putinism and war crimes in the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. 'Good Russians' consider themselves victims of Putin’s regime, expecting support as refugees after
Russian emigration following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and imposing their opinions on rebuilding Ukraine after war.
The term is an allusion to
Good German, as the vast majority of 'Good Russians' remain silent and quibble showing ignorance to the
and indifference to the idea of
reparations from Russia after the Russo-Ukrainian War Reparations from Russia after the Russo-Ukrainian War is a full or partial compensation (under the peace treaty or other international acts) by Russia for the damage caused to Ukraine as a result of the annexation of Crimea, the war in eastern Ukr ...
. “Whose is
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
?” has become a quintessential decisive question, exposing the genuine virtues of the ‘Good Russian’.
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Kin punishment
Kin punishment is the practice of punishing the family members of someone who is accused of committing a crime, either in place of or in addition to the perpetrator of the crime. It refers to the principle in which a family shares responsibility fo ...
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Italiani brava gente
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Collective punishment
Collective punishment is a punishment or sanction imposed on a group for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member of that group, which could be an ethnic or political group, or just the family, friends and neighbors of the perpetrator. Because ind ...
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Good German
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Collective responsibility
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Great Russian chauvinism Great Russian chauvinism (russian: Великорусский шовинизм) is a term defined by the early Soviet government officials, most notably Vladimir Lenin to describe an ideology of the "dominant exploiting classes of the nation, holdin ...
References
2020s in Russia
2020s in Ukraine
Cultural depictions of Russian people
Russo-Ukrainian War
Social responsibility
Collective punishment
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