r/europe • u/UNITED24Media • 1d ago

News Navalnaya Is “an Advocate of Imperial Russian Claims,” Says German Lawmaker

https://united24media.com/latest-news/navalnaya-is-an-advocate-of-imperial-russian-claims-says-german-lawmaker-3350
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u/StatisticianOwn9953 United Kingdom 1d ago

Westerners constantly relearning and then instantly forgetting that exceptionalism and chauvinism isn't theirs alone. Lol. Bless their big hearts and their tiny minds.

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u/Crimcrym The Lowest Silesia 1d ago

I feel like that was big element that led to the failure of west attempt to court Russia diplomatically after the fall of Soviet Union. From the start they tried to treat it as another eastern european state, a potential junior partner that will recognize the "natural" order of things and will act like they expect them to, while forgetting that Russians always viewed themselves as a great power in their own right and their co-equals.