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It always boils down to this (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Capitalist? Yes

Imperialist? No

Genocide? No credible evidence for that, Ukrainian propaganda is the only source. The same source also claimed that the seperatists were shelling themselves for years, Russia was shelling its own positions at a nuclear plant, and the russian army being able to teleport.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago

Don't get me wrong, this is a proxy war between NATO and Russia and both are to be condemned, as many communist parties recognised from the start: http://www.solidnet.org/article/Urgent-Joint-Statement-of-Communist-and-Workers-Parties-No-to-the-imperialist-war-in-Ukraine/

However, Russia is (was?) a minor imperialist in the economic sense. They export capital to România, Bulgaria, former USSR countries, etc. and extract super-profits. In terms of economic scale, the same kind of imperialism Italy or Hungary engage in. After the sanctions, perhaps less so.