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created by StormShitBag on 03/02/2025 at 11:04 UTC
144 upvotes, 60 top-level comments (showing 25)
Context: Local high school visited Warsaw and now there's controversy about it in the Estonian sub. Thing is, there are still similar 'tours' in Estonia too - schools from England, Ireland etc visit Estonia to practice Russian.
Comment by AnActualBeing at 03/02/2025 at 11:49 UTC
692 upvotes, 4 direct replies
It's much better for them to get to see our country for themselves insted of being fed some lies by state media.
Comment by MrDamojak at 03/02/2025 at 11:49 UTC
298 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Why would anyone find it to be wrong?
Comment by SignificantTomato3 at 03/02/2025 at 11:45 UTC
351 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Your best friend might be Russian, your lover might be Russian, your kids might be Russian-I don't give a fuck. We're all people in the end. But start praising the great matecka Rossiya, and I'll knock you out cold
Comment by CheesebuggaNo1 at 03/02/2025 at 12:18 UTC
43 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Nie wiem czy dobrze rozumiem. To są Rosjanie przyjeżdżający do Polski i to się znalazło na Estońskim forum czy to są studenci z Estonii studiujący rosyjski którzy przyjechali do Polski? Chyba to drugie, nie?
Comment by matcha_100 at 03/02/2025 at 11:49 UTC
122 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It’s ok, it’s a free country. As long as they don’t support the Russian regime
Comment by gorgeousredhead at 03/02/2025 at 11:50 UTC
97 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It's just a language and culture trip. Are you also surprised the uni of warsaw still offers degrees in Russian language? As long as people don't behave poorly during their trip I don't see the issue. Stop trying to generate outrage.
Comment by SlavLesbeen at 03/02/2025 at 11:51 UTC
57 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I couldn't care less. It's not like they're doing anything wrong.
Comment by Nia-chu at 03/02/2025 at 11:57 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I don't see any problem with this.
Comment by Yurasi_ at 03/02/2025 at 12:06 UTC
21 upvotes, 3 direct replies
No problem, but it is kind of weird to visit non-russian speaking country to practice Russian? On the other hand, kind of understandable if those are two russian learning schools organising a meet-up.
Comment by Brodmaar at 03/02/2025 at 12:08 UTC
39 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Generally, based on discussion with my colleagues, Poles don’t hate Russians, we hate Russian gov. Regardless of time period
Comment by Busy-Routine5671 at 03/02/2025 at 16:34 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No language is somehow wrong. We may have something against the Russian government or certain people but Russians have the right to cultivate their own language and culture same as everyone else. On a basic human level I wish them all the best
Comment by GOKOP at 03/02/2025 at 11:54 UTC
32 upvotes, 2 direct replies
1. It's an Estonian school, and there's a lot of Russian speakers in Estonia. Sure, a lot of them identify with Russia (despite not wanting to live there lol) but you can't just assume everyone does
2. Since "Russian language" seems to be the trigger here, remember that it's also the first language for many Ukrainians
Comment by MarekiNuka at 03/02/2025 at 15:03 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I don't think it's bad
Russian regime and Putin are evil, but not language
If for someone it's easier to understand in this one, I don't mind.
It's good someone Russian people want to see Poland for themselves, not only read about it in propaganda media
You're all welcome here
Comment by Bobtheblob2246 at 03/02/2025 at 16:35 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I mean, if I read this correctly, then the alternative is visiting Russia to learn Russian, and inevitably paying taxes that fuel the war and repressions, so… how is this even controversial?
Comment by Amoeba_3729 at 03/02/2025 at 12:30 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They can gtfo
Comment by EntireDot1013 at 03/02/2025 at 12:01 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I obviously can't speak for all the 37 million people that live in Poland but, for me, I don't hate on people just for being Russian, I hate the oppresive regime that exists there and its actions, especially in Ukraine. Russians are just as human as every other nationality and shouldn't be discriminated just for where they live
Comment by Scarabryde at 03/02/2025 at 12:10 UTC
11 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The day ruzzians blew Kakhovka dam UN has tweeted "Celebrating the Russian language day". Now every time I see any event associated with ruzzian language, I associate it with the blown dam, flood and ecocide, not mentioning other ruzzian atrocities.
Comment by MysteriousAndLesbian at 03/02/2025 at 11:45 UTC
26 upvotes, 3 direct replies
People of russia are not the problem. Problem is goverment and their brainwashing progaganda. People that live in poverty and overall shithole are more prone to belive in progaganda. I feel sorry for those who belive in that and for others that picked to be an asshole they can be thrown into a lava or something. Main hate should be thrown at the goverment not really the people
Comment by Alfa155Q4 at 03/02/2025 at 12:01 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If they identify with Russia, maybe the school trip should be heading in eastern direction?
Comment by 5thhorseman_ at 03/02/2025 at 11:15 UTC
35 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Honestly? They do not belong here. This is Poland, not "Priwislinskij kraj".
Comment by elpibemandarina at 03/02/2025 at 12:44 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Ukraine has collected hundred of thousands of hours of interviews recording when pows call their families and the 100% of them support the war and still people repeat the “it’s the goverment not the people”. The russians that doesnt like putin usually likes Navalny which always stated that Crimean is russian, thus supporting imperialism. Most of those russian speaker Estonian are just occupiers that the russians moved there to generate ethnic conflicts like they do in all former soviet republics. Even in Poland there are thousands of russia supporters after more than 200y of domination, deportations to Siberia, Katyn and so on…
Comment by Motherboobie at 03/02/2025 at 13:25 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
…aren’t these people just estonians who speak russian 😭 (there’s quite many of them mostly around narva, i’m friends with a russian-speaking estonian)
Comment by Pasza_Dem at 03/02/2025 at 16:33 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Russian language students go tour with russian linguistics professor. To me nothing weird in this.
Język wroga trzeba znać.
Comment by thenatoorat90 at 03/02/2025 at 15:21 UTC
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I have very ambivalent feelings. I think that Russians should not be allowed to enter the territory of the European Union. Principles are principles.
Comment by spanishthrower at 03/02/2025 at 12:26 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
ok, i see no problem here? why woul I ahve anything against people visiting my country?
