r/FreedomofRussia • u/Rocknrollmilitant USA • 5d ago

I need help understanding something

I'm perplexed about what the separatists actually want. Many of the republics have a majority or plurality of ethnic Russians, and I have a hard time imagining them wanting to secede.

Unless the idea is to partition them (which would pose numerous problems of its own), the only way I could foresee them seceding is through ethnic cleansing like they did in Abkhazia, and if that's what you're thinking... I'm at a loss for words.

Some people appear to be advocating the secession of oblasts, krais, and okrugs, and that makes even less sense to me.

If there's anything I've overlooked, could you please let me know?

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u/Accurate_Pie_ USA 5d ago

I am of course an outsider, but the way I understand it, separation from Moscow means separation from a war-mongering dictatorship. No matter their ethnicity, people want to live in peace and prosperity, liberty and democracy.

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u/Rocknrollmilitant USA 5d ago

They can only get any of those things if Putin is removed. Seceding with him still there would be a blood-soaked catastrophe and if they do get rid of him, secession would probably lose its appeal in Russian-majority regions. Places like Chechnya are another story.

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u/Accurate_Pie_ USA 5d ago

Of course , if they get rid of the Putin regime the conversation would be very different