The Russian people are not at all kind. That’s just a widespread misconception. They’re maudlin, sentimental, but they’re not kind. Someone killed a stray dog and made a video of it. The whole Internet blew up. People were ready to lynch the guy who did it. But when seventeen migrant workers were burnt alive at a market—their boss would lock them up in a metal wagon at night along with his goods—the only people who stood up for them were human rights advocates. People whose occupation it is to stand up for everyone. The general feeling was, “These people died, others will come to replace
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