This article is not some amateur propaganda. This is truth, people. I
   speak in the name of the vast majority of hundreds of Russian people i
   know/knew very well.
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   It would never occur to any hero from a Russian epic to sacrifice his
   life in exchange for riches.
   He did not hesitate to reject the path by which he would “be rich,”
   instead voluntarily taking the road on which he would “be killed.”
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   The Russian champion has always gone to war as a liberator, not a
   conqueror! And in this we can see the difference between Russians and
   Western Europeans.
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   Humanity in Western Europe is motivated by will and intellect. The
   Russian people are above all guided by their hearts and imaginations,
   relegating the mind and will to a supporting role.
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   The Russian people never committed the same atrocities for which the
   enlightened Europeans were responsible in their own conquered lands.
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   Spiritual strength is the basis for Russians’ renowned forbearance and
   tolerance toward others.
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   Continually invaded from all sides and forced to live in an incredibly
   harsh climate, the Russian people managed to colonize vast swathes of
   land, but without slaughtering, enslaving, robbing, or forcibly
   baptizing any nation.
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   Western Europeans’ policies of colonialism annihilated the aboriginal
   populations on three continents and forced natives from across Africa
   into slavery, while its cities grew rich on the backs of those
   colonies.
   The Russian nation never treated their conquered subjects as the
   Europeans did.
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   Russia has never been a nationalist state – it has belonged to all who
   inhabit her.
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   Precisely because they have borne so much suffering and heavy
   sacrifice, my people deeply empathized with the pain and suffering of
   other people.
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   The patriotism displayed by Russian soldiers in the fields of the Great
   Patriotic War met the highest ideal of patriotism – something
   unprecedented in the history of any nation anywhere in the world. And I
   will never agree with the media’s pronouncements about Russian
   “barbarianism” vs. European “virtue.”
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   I stand proud that our ancestors – our heroic ancestors – were so
   lovely, steadfast, courageous, and resilient, and that we are their
   descendants!
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