Why the West Hates Russia
Russophobia has plagued the halls of Western power for 200 years — and it‘s only getting worse.
I have been both fascinated and exasperated at the level of Russophobia that is to be found in the “Collective West” these days. It seems that Russians are not only distrusted, but actively hated. Russian culture is being canceled; Russians themselves are being persecuted in many Western countries. Even young people are hopping on the anti-Russian bandwagon.
And of course Vladimir Putin is universally condemned as “Putler”, a malevolent mix of Hitler, Stalin, Peter the Great and any other odious dictator one can name.
To me, the word “Russophobia” is insufficient to describe this phenomenon: what most Westerners feel towards Russia and Russians is nothing less than a burning, fierce RACISM — an all-consuming hatred fuelled by the conviction that “Western values” are superior to “Russian values”, that Russian culture is crude and degenerate, and that Westerners themselves are morally and intellectually superior to the “mongol hordes” who inhabit Russia.
My anger and frustration over this suffocating anti-Russian atmosphere has prompted me to write articles attempting to explain how — and why — the West wants to annihilate Russia:
