Yes. Many years ago, I had a hot summer affair with Ayn Rand. Moaning with pleasure, I read “Atlas Shrugged” through (including 181-pages long programmatic monologue of John Galt). When I finished reading, I looked around, and said to myself, “No f… way!”

Historically, that was my turning point towards anarchism.

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This is indeed an interesting issue. I was born and raised inside (then) Soviet block, and it is somewhat natural for me to decode the Soviet/Russian propaganda newspeak. I also do translations and write articles in this area for years now. But when I try to answer your question, I see that this text – taken separately from my experience and cultural background – is an example of dog-whistling. This is why “interpreting” it for someone from another bubble is a challenge. The best (if deeply imperfect) non-political analogy is a passive-aggressive attitude. Usually, an outsider cannot understand the tension, caused by seemingly neutral statements. It just needs insider’s perspective.

Now, when I started looking into it, I may offer you another way to go. There is a useful model of genocide process, formulated as a checklist of actions. This week is rather busy for me, but I see a need to prepare this checklist, supplemented (where they exist) with examples of Russian actions related to Ukraine. I will get it done within the next two weeks and post an English version here. This is the best I can do, sorry.

Here’s an English translation, if Google or Yandex doesn’t work for you. https://uacrisis.org/en/justification-of-genocide-russia-has-openly-declared-its-desire-to-exterminate-ukrainians-as-a-nation

As for the interpretation, it is your job, not mine. As you can see in this sub-thread, the same documents can bring various conclusions, depending on the mind, doing interpretation.

I answered your question. The document I linked convinced me that Russian Federation has clear intent to wipe out Ukrainians as an ethnic and political entity. 8 months later, an in context of “genocide checklist” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_stages_of_genocide) compared with Russian actions and propaganda, I am even more convinced.

Mind the fact that I present my perspective and factors that influenced it, not any kind of absolute truth. So feel free to ignore it.

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Their thinking is theirs, as well. I neither impose my perspective, nor accept other views at a face value. One need to earn my respect and trust first.

I still see the same old OP, claiming that https://myrotvorets.center/ is the Ukrainian state’s “hitlist”. It must be some technical glitch, or perhaps we live in two parallel universes. :-)

Your thinking is yours, obviously. I have no problem with it.

Mate, the whole OP is about that site. Are you sure you know what thread you are in?

State run or not, it is not an official position of the Russian government.

Neither are https://myrotvorets.center/ statements official position of the Ukrainian government.

So, either both or none…

I never confront a guy pointing a gun in my direction. ;-) So think whatever you wish to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_genocide_of_Ukrainians_in_the_2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine

Sue me.

Just checking if there is any. ;-)

Latest version I know, 3rd of April, 2022

https://ria.ru/20220403/ukraina-1781469605.html

No prob. :-)