Who is “we” here? Certainly not the people in Donbass under 8 year siege.

Comrade, don’t accuse me of not supporting the protection of the Donbas people by the Russian Federation! On the contrary, as is often mentioned: a socialist Russia wouldn’t have waited 8 years because solidarity would have been its priority. Putin has waited until the last moment trying not to upset the West because as a representative of the capitalist class he had no reason to help those people against fascism before he realised that the situation truly threatened the safety of the country.

I don’t think it is about good and bad Russians obviously, reactionary elements in the international working class and periphery are still inside the periphery but that’s no reason to let ideological elements pollute Marxism. You’re right to point that when an imperialist war is being waged, the contradictions inside the country become secondary. However I want to stress that secondary doesn’t make them irrelevant or worse, resolved.

In the end, I want to say that our effort in propaganda shall not be concentrated against the Russian nationalism. However, the way we criticize the original post, between Marxists in a revolutionary space, is a necessary part of keeping reactionary deviations outside of it.

(Idk whos downvoting, you should know I am not downvoting your replies because I hold them in great respect)