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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: The solace for young Russians like me is that Putin is also digging his own grave in Ukraine

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‘It is painfully clear to us that this war is absolutely pointless.’ Russians protest in Moscow against the war in Ukraine. Photograph: Kommersant Photo Agency/REX/Shutterstock
‘It z penḟli clir t s ɖt ɖs wor z abṣlutli pôntlis.’ Ruśnz pṛtst in Mosco agnst ɖ wor in Ycren. Foṭgraf: Comersant Foto Ejnsi/REX/Śuṭstoc

Ɖ solis fr yuñ Ruśnz lîc m z ɖt Pūćin z olso digñ hiz ǒn grev in Ycren

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 1 March 2022)

Ẃn sañśnz bît n hard tîmz hit ɖ cuntri, ppl wl lūz ɖer fir. Ɖen Pūćin wl b finiśt

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Srge Faldin, Tyzde 1 Marć 2022

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Ɖ  rīzn y d’nt si a reṿluśn haṗnñ in Mosco z nt ɖt ppl d’nt cer abt ẃt’s haṗnñ in Ycren. On ɖ contrri, mî sośl-mīdia fīd z fild wɖ posts fṛm Ruśnz opozñ ɖ wor. “Ẃt hapnd?” ɖe se. “Hǎ dd w gt t ɖs? Ɖs z madnis!”

Ppl r seyñ ɖe fīl gilti abt biyñ Ruśn. Ppl r brnñ ɖer pasports on camra. “Hel,” I postd: “I am Ruśn, bt Pūćin z nt mî prezidnt.”

Bt ɖr r far fywr ppl acć̣li ǎt pṛtstñ. Y hv t unḍstand ɖt ordnri ppl in Ruśa r scerd ǎt v ɖer mîndz. On ɖ frst de v ɖ conflict, olmst 1,000 pṛtstrz wr jeld acrs Ruśa fr wōcñ ǎtsd wɖ az litl az a pìs v pepr ɖt sd: “I d’nt wont wor.” Acordñ t ɖ indipndnt mīdia sors OVD-info, in ɖ frst for dez v ɖ wor mor ɖn 5,200 ppl wr arestd.

Mî frend spent tîm in jel fr wōcñ dǎn ɖ sem strīt az ɖ pṛtstrz. A pṛfesr v sośioḷji, Grigori Yūdin, wz arestd in ɖ sntr v Mosco n rportidli bìtn p in ɖ bac v an ǎtozac (p’līsbus).

Ɖr r nǎ mor p’līstīmz ɖn I cn cǎnt – wɖ ny nemz sć az Rosgvardia (Ruśa’z intrnl militri fors) – n ɖe r ruʈlis. Ɖz forsz wr crietd sevṛl yirz ago sṗsificli t wondr ɖ strīts v Mosco (n uɖr sitiz) n privnt enʈñ “sspiśs” fṛm haṗnñ.

It dz’nt matr ẃɖr y’r an 18-yir-old cid or a pregnnt midl-ejd wmn, ɖ’l bìt y p, pt y in a wagn n tec y in fr qsć̣nñ. Ẃn y hv a formr CGB ejnt in ćarj, y hv a cuntri ɖt fuñśnz az an inorṃs jel.

It z penḟli clir t s ɖt ɖs wor z abṣlutli pôntlis. Pūćin z yzñ fōls hisṭrilésnz, l’mntñ ɖ fōl v ɖ Sovịt Yńn, n mcñ clemz abt Nato advansñ its forsz simpli t jusṭfî hiz ǒn madnis. I b’liv ɖt ɖ tru ansr t ɖ qsćn ppl asc on sośl mīdia – “hǎ dd w gt t ɖs?” – z ɖt Pūćin z insen.

I d’nt nǒ ẃn or ẃ ɖs hapnd. Mbi it’s hiz ej. Mbi hiz îṣleśn jrñ ɖ pandemic cōzd him t qsćn hiz leġsi. I cd b’liv enʈñ nǎ.

Ẃn mî wîf, hu z Ycreńn, n I wouc p last Ʈrzde in ǎr Dbî hotelrūm, ǎr hol wrld hd trnd upsîd-dǎn. W trnd on Pūćin’z teḷvîzd adres abt ɖ militri oṗreśn. Twenti minits lêtr, w trnd it of. W wr scerd bî ɖ vegnis v hiz rport. Ẃt wz a “speśl militri oṗreśn”? Wz ɖs riyli a decḷreśn v ɖ ʈrd wrldwor? W wr dsgustd bî ɖ ʈiatricl pformns v a prezidnt w hd nvr ćozn. W wr īvn mor dsgustd bî ɖ ʈt ɖt most ppl in Ruśa wd b’liv him.

Ɖr’z a hyj dvîd v opińnz btwn ɖ “Ny Ruśnz” – mî jeṇreśn, ppl born in ɖ 1990z, hu nvr livd in Sovịt tîmz – n ɖ oldr jeṇreśn. Nt wn v mî frendz bac hom b’livz ɖt Pūćin wz’nt planñ ɖs wor fr sm tîm. Ɖ oldr Ruśnz r féd lîz bî TV n uɖr mīdia t cnvins ɖm ɖt ẃt Pūćin z dwñ z jusṭfaybl.

Ɖ big probḷm z ɖt ɖr z no chiṛnt îdioḷji in Ruśa. Ɖr z no śerd we v intrpṛtñ ɖ wrld. Instd, ɖ simplistic îdīa ɖt hz bcm prevḷnt z a stori v “s vs ɖm”. It’s xtrimli īzi t sel n it gts vots. Ɖt’s ɖ ajnda ɖt Pūćin hz bn pśñ fr ɖ past deced or so.

H sz ɖt Ycren z an eṇmi ɖt z historicli part v Ruśa bt sold itslf t Nato, or ɖt evrwn in ɖ wrld z ɖ YS’z pupit.

Ɖz îdīaz r so cntejs. Ẃn y trî t rīzn wɖ an aṿrij prsn in Ruśa, ɖe mt se smʈñ lîc: “Ɖ TV z rît n y’r roñ. Olso – y’re probbli an ejnt v ɖ CIA.” Mni ppl liv in evr-preznt fir n it’s īzịr fr ɖm t b’liv ẃt ɖ’r tld. Standñ ǎtsd ɖ crǎd cn cost y yr frīdm.

Nn v mî yungr Ruśn frendz arnd ɖ glob r s’prîzd. W’r so yst t fīlñ dis’pôntd n imbaṛst bî ǎr guvnmnt ɖt w bérli fīl śem eni mor. Lîc ćildṛn v abysiv peṛnts, aftr so mni yirz w fget ẃt’s norml n ẃt’s nt. W simpli sai, śec ǎr hedz, n se: “Wel, ẃt dd y xpct?” Ɖ “globl Ruśnz”, az w cōl ǎrslvz, loñ ago gev p on ɖ prospect v hvñ a cuntri n guvnmnt w’d b prǎd v.

I c’nt hlp bt b rmîndd v ɖ Sovịt wor wɖ Afgaṇstan: 15,000 Ruśn deʈs. Nîn yirz v combat. Mî muɖr tld m storiz v hr formr clasmets, ppl ś acć̣li ń, arîvñ bac in cofinz. It wz a toṭli pôntlis indevr ɖt cost Leonid Breźńev ɖ intîr icoṇmi n hlpt cntribyt t ɖ Sovịt Yńn’z c’laps.

Pūćin, hu z so cīn on hisṭri, z uņowñli digñ hiz ǒn grev. Wɖ Ruśa cut of fṛm Swift n fesñ sañśnz fṛm ɖ YY, ɖ YS, n ɖ YC, it’l tec onli a fy yirz bfr it runz intu xtrimli hard tîmz. N ẃn it dz, ppl wl nt b afreid eni mor. F hisṭri tīćz s enʈñ, it’s ɖt ppl – īvn wnz az stubn n peśnt az ɖ Ruśnz – wl nt toḷret a lac v fūd. Ẃn ɖ muni runz ǎt, so wl Pūćin’z cloc.

N w – ɖ ny jeṇreśn v Ruśnz – wl b wêtñ.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Our tolerance of Russian corruption in Britain fatally clouded our judgment

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Workers being decontaminated after the chemical weapons attack in 2018 against Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
Wrcrz biyñ dīcntaṃnetd aftr ɖ cemicl wepnz atac in 2018 agnst Srge n Yuła Scripal in Sōlzḅri. Foṭgraf: Andru Maʈyz/PA

Ǎr tolṛns v Ruśn c’rupśn in Britn feṭli clǎdd ǎr jujmnt

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 27 February 2022)

Sdyst bî muni, n ɖen îṣletd bî Brexit, ɖ YC hz fōrgon its ćans t līd in ɖ rspons t ɖ Ycren crîsis

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Dominic Grieve

Doṃnic Grīv, Súnde 27 Febrri 2022

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Unls a miṛcl ocŕz, w r witṇsñ ɖ dstrux́n v Ycren az a fri n deṃcratic stet v 44 miłn sitiznz at ɖ handz v a dictetr. Vlajīmir Pūćin rfŕz t Ycren az “a dagr pôntd at ɖ hart v Ruśa” nt bcz v eni militri ʈret it hz evr pozd t hiz cuntri, bt bcz v ɖ valyz its form v guvnns repriznts.

Fr ɖ wst, ɖs z ɖ bigist fełr v stetcraft n dteṛns sins 1939. Nwn in ɖ YC guvnmnt śd b s’prîzd at ẃt hz hapnd. I rmembr sitñ rnd ɖ tebl v ɖ Naśnl S’kṛticaunsl in 2014 aftr Pūćin’z vayḷnt anxeśn v ɖ Crîmīa, ẃr w cncludd ɖt, in ɖ lît v ɖs gros vạleśn v inṭnaśnl lw, h wd rpit sć an ax́n f gvn a ćans.

Yt in ɖ et yirz ɖt hv foloud, w hv feld intîrli t craft an adiqt rspons t Pūćin. Nɖr ɖ rīsnt Britiś program t tren n ingej wɖ ɖ Ycreńn militri, nr ɖ emti last-minit miṇstirịl reṭric ćaḷnjñ ɖ Ruśn līdr’z ʈrets, cn cnsil ɖ truʈ: ɖt w hv alaud Pūćin t cnclud ɖt ɖ dstrux́n v Ycren cmz at an aforḍbl prîs.

Ɖs fełr z starcli iḷstretd bî ǎr attyd t Ruśn inflụns n c’rupśn in ɖ YC. Ɖ intelijns n s’kṛti cmiti inqîri on Ruśa, huz opn rport ɖ prîm̦inistr s’prest fr nîn munʈs on an intîrli boġs prītxt, wz prizntd wɖ ɖ clirist evidns ɖt Ruśa sw no dstñśn btwn ic̣nomic n stet inṭrests, n ɖt it yzd elimnts v its diasṗra in ɖ YC t frɖr its inṭrests.

Mnẃl, w toḷretd ɖer fnanśl c’rupśn, n incurijd ɖ ys v Lundn az a sntr t lōndr ɖ prosīdz.

Ɖs in trn rendrz ɖ eʈicl standdz v ǎr ǒn ssayti n poḷtics laybl t biyñ unḍmaind bî ɖ atrax́nz v Ruśn muni, n criets dpndnsiz ẃć clǎd jujmnts. N w witnist campenz v disinḟmeśn, sîbrcrîm n ɖ tarġtñ n asaṣneśn v oponnts, az wel az ńmṛs criminl acts agnst uɖr Yṛpiyn partnrz.

Yt ǎr eḟts t rūt ǎt ɖ c’rupśn n sañśn ɖoz wɖ lincs t Pūćin hv bn wǒḟli inadiqt. In ɖ lît v ẃt z nǎ unfoldñ in Ycren, ɖe rmen so, dspt ɖ rīsnt anǎnsmnts.

T ɖs w hv t ad ɖ consiqnsz v Brexit. Ɖ ci actrz in ɖ rspons t ɖs Yṛpiyn crîsis r ǎr formr YY partnrz evri bit az mć az ɖ YS. Yt ǎr bhevyr ovr Brexit damijd ǎr standñ, n f’mntd dǎts ɖt w wl obzrv ǎr bîndñ ingejmnts wɖ ɖm.

W r no longr alñsd ɖm at ɖ tebl, n hv lost a līdrśp rǒl in ǎr nir abrōd. W wr spectetrz t ɖ Minsc proses v ingejmnt wɖ Ruśa, léd bî Frans n Jrṃni. W hv md it hardr fr ǎrslvz t pswed ɖ YY stets t xclud Ruśa fṛm ɖ Swift pemntsistm. W hv ćozn t snd worśips n ercraft on a tocn vizit t ɖ Indo-Psific ẃn w scersli hv a creḍbl dteṛnt in ǎr ǒn wōtrz n erspes.

It me nǎ b tù lêt t sev Ycren. Bt ɖz ivnts śd b a wec-up cōl fr s. Ruśa hz t b trītd az ɖ eṇmistet it z. W me hv dsîdd ɖt w canot rzist its cuṛnt agreśn bî fors, bt w mst – az a start – rmuv its inflụns dmesticli az w rībild ǎr damijd rleśnz wɖ ɖ nebrz hu śer ǎr valyz.

Ɖt mīnz frizñ Ruśn asets in ɖ YC n rqîrñ eni Ruśn sitizn huz prezns z nt cndysiv t ǎr public inṭrest t līv.

It mīnz îṣletñ ǎrslvz so far az poṣbl fṛm cmrśl contact or dpndnsi on Ruśnz, axptñ ɖ ic̣nomic dǎnsîd ɖs wl inevitbli inteil, n setñ an xampl t uɖrz t d lîcwz.

Ɖs mīnz wrcñ intnsivli wɖ ǎr alîz bfr Pūćin’z nxt act v agreśn foloz ǎr fełr t ćec him tde.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Zelenskiy: “We will win”

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Zelensci: ‘W wl win’

(Transcription of a news item published in the Guardian on 26 February 2022)

Ycren’z prezidnt, Volodimir Zelensci, hz bn gvñ a pres brīfñ ɖs mornñ n sd hiz cuntri wl trîumf ovr Ruśn forsz.

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10.55 a.m., 26 Febrri 2022

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H sd guvnmntforsz stl cntrold Cyiv n “ci pônts arnd ɖ siti”. H sd Ycreńn forsz wd win, n criṭsîzd disinḟmeśn.

In ɖ fînl sx́n v hiz spīć, h sd: “Plīz stop ɖoz hu r layñ, or trayñ t lî t y, or layñ t s. W nīd t stop ɖs wor. W cn liv in pīs tgɖr, gloḅli, az hymnz.

“Ǎr militri, ǎr naśnl gard, ǎr naśnl p’līs, ǎr teritri dfns, speśl srvis, naṣ́nlz v Ycren, plīz cari on. W wl win. Glori t Ycren!”

Zelensci sd: “W r s’xesḟli holdñ bac ɖ eṇmi’z atacs. W nǒ w r dfndñ ǎr land n ɖ fyćr v ǎr ćildṛn. Cyiv n ɖ ci eriaz r cntrold bî ǎr armi.

“Ɖ okpayrz wontd t set p ɖer pupit in ǎr capitl. Ɖe dd’nt s’xid. On ǎr strīts, ɖr wz a propr fît gwñ on.

Ɖ eṇmi wz yzñ ol its wepnz, artiḷri, paṛtrups, ol its wepnz. Ɖe r hitñ reẓdnśl eriaz, ɖe r trayñ t dstrô eṇji infṛstrucćr, n evrwn śd hlp s t stop ɖs okpeśn.”

H sd ɖt aftr dscuśnz wɖ YY līdrz in rīsnt dez, includñ ovr śutñ Ruśa ǎt v ɖ Swift pemntșistm, h b’livd Ycren śd bcm part v ɖ YY n its sitiznz śd hv ɖ sem rîts.

“Ycreńn ppl dzrv t bcm membrz v ɖ YY. N ɖs wd b a signl v yr s’port t Ycren. Ɖs dscuśn śd b clozd.

“W dscust ɖs tde wɖ ɖ Yṛpiyn līdrz. Ol ɖ iqipmnt n dfns militri hlp z cmñ t Ycren n wrc z gwñ on t disc̣nct Ruśa fṛm Swift. I hop ɖt Hunġri wl b forst t s’port ɖs dsiźn.”

H asct fr ppl hu cd cm bac t Ycren t fît t d so: “In evri aur n ples, siti, n tǎn n prsn … evrẃr ẃr ɖ eṇmi z cilñ ǎr ppl, ǎr armd forsz r dwñ evrʈñ ɖe cn t dstrô ɖ eṇmi.

“Ɖoz sitiz n tǎnz ɖt r biyñ atact fṛm ɖ er r holdñ p, wel dn. F y cn dstrô ɖ okpayrz, plīz d. Evrwn hu cn cm bac t Ycren, plīz d, plīz cm bac.

“W wl hv a lot v wrc t d t rībild ǎr Ycren. Evrwn hu cn dfnd it abrōd, d it d’recli in a ynîtd we. Evri frend v Ycren hu wonts t jôn Ycren in dfndñ ɖ cuntri plīz cm ovr, w wl gv y wepnz. It wl b anǎnst vri śortli, hǎ ɖs cn b dn. Evrwn hu z dfndñ Ycren z a hiro.”

H iśùd anɖr pli t Ruśn ppl t hlp stop ɖ wor bî ptñ preśr on Vlajīmir Pūćin n hiz guvnmnt. Anti-wor pṛtstrz hv bn arestd in rīsnt dez in Mosco n St Pīṭzbrg.

“I wont evrwn in Ruśa t hír m. Evrbdi. Hundṛdz v capćrd soljrz hu r hir in Ycren d’nt nǒ ẃ ɖe wr snt hir t cil ppl or b cild. Ppl nīd t tel ɖ guvnmnt ẃ ɖ wor hz t b stopt, mor ppl fṛm yr cuntri wl ste alîv.

“Yr naṣ́nlz r vôsñ ɖer opziśn t ɖs wor. W nǒ mni ppl in Ruśa r śoct nǎ bî ɖ brūtaḷti v ɖ Ruśn guvnmnt, ɖs z ɖ rît riax́n, I am gretfl fr ɖs riax́n.”

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Putin’s attack on Ukraine isn’t just about Europe. We must rally the world against this act of war

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‘We must be clear that our opposition is to Putin and his gangster regime, not ordinary Russian people.’ Photograph: KREMLIN.RU/AFP/Getty Images
‘W mst b clir ɖt ǎr opziśn z t Pūćin n hiz gañstŗeźīm, nt ordnri Ruśn ppl.’ Foṭgraf: CREMLIN.RU/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Pūćin’z atac on Ycren z’nt jst abt Yṛp. W mst rali ɖ wrld agnst ɖs act v wor

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 24 February 2022)

Globl opziśn nīdz t śo aspîrñ despots ɖt Ruśa’z inveźn v Ycren z a mstec on a historic scel

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David Lammy

Devid Lami, Ʈrzde 24 Febrri 2022

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Vlajīmir Pūćin’z inveźn v Ycren z an unpṛvoct ǎtrej n a hīṇs vạleśn v inṭnaśnl lw. It z prūf v hiz utr disrigard fr ɖ hlʈ n wlʈ v ɖ ppl v Ruśa n Ycren. H z a tîṛnt priperd t tec lîvz, dstrô infṛstrucćr n rob hiz ǒn sitiznz in ɖ nem v a dmntd impirịlist drīm.

Ɖ ic̣nomic sañśnz ɖt ɖ YC, its alîz n partnrz infors mst b az svir az poṣbl. Ɖ em śd b t cut Ruśa ǎt v ɖ wstn ic̣nomic sistm, tarġtñ ɖ fînans, eṇji, tecnoḷji n dfns sectrz az wel az indivijlz linct t Pūćin n ɖ Ruśn guvnmnt. Ɖ ifcts śd b dīp n loñ-lastñ. Ɖs confṛnteśn wl last fr yirz intu ɖ fyćr. N hir at hom, aftr yirz v stubn inax́n, ɖ guvnmnt mst nǎ fîṇli xpunj c’rupt Ruśn muni fṛm ɖ YC. W mst cloz ɖ cracs n lūphoulz ʈru ẃć ɖ tnṭclz v c’rupt fînans rīć intu ǎr icoṇmi n dmocṛsi.

Ẃl sañśnz r isnśl, w nǒ ɖt Pūćin’z cnsrnz g far bynd ɖ depʈ v hiz pocits, az śoun bî hiz wilñnis t act dspt wstn ʈrets v ic̣nomic pen. Ruśa hz bn pripẹrñ fr sañśnz fr at līst tū yirz. So, t dfit Ruśn agreśn, w nīd t d mor ɖn atac Pūćin’z bancbaḷns. Ẃl sañśnz mst b az comprihnsiv az poṣbl, w nīd a brōdr rspons t fes dǎn hiz agreśn.

T dfit Pūćin, w nīd t ynît agnst ɖ îdioḷji v Pūćinizm. Ɖs z an îdioḷji v oʈoṛterịnizm, impirịlizm n eʈno-naśṇlizm. It z nt ynīc t Ruśa. Ɖs îdioḷji z emyletd bî despots n dictetrz arnd ɖ wrld: līdrz in Ćîna, ɖ Midl Īst n bynd wl b woćñ ɖ streñʈ v ɖ wst’s rspons t ɖs inveźn az ɖe plot ɖer nxt muvz.

Ruśa’z atac wl hv loñ-trm impḷceśnz fr ɖ s’kṛti v Yṛp. F Pūćin z s’xesfl in ɖ śort trm, ɖ ny fruntlîn t Ruśn agreśn wl wîdn t includ Poḷnd, R’meńa, Sḷvacia n Hunġri, az wel az Istońa, Latvia n Liʈueńa. W mst wrc wɖ ǎr Nato n Yṛpiyn alîz n partnrz t bolstr ǎr continnt’s dfns n s’kṛti n śo streñʈ, yṇti n rzolv.

Bt ɖ opziśn t Pūćinizm nīdz t b brōdr ɖn ɖ G7, ɖ YY or Nato. W nīd t rali ɖ wrld agnst ɖs ʈret n wîdn ɖ inṭnaśnl cọliśn ɖt wl opoz ɖs grīṿs act v wor, n cǎntr Pūćin’z îdioḷji v naśṇlistic xpanśn. W nīd t enśur ɖt uɖr globl pleyrz sć az India opoz ɖ teṛbl presidnt set bî Pūćin’z inveźn v a sovrin YN membrstet n hiz atmt t ćenj naśnl bordrz ʈru militri fors.

W mst b clir ɖt ǎr opziśn z t Pūćin n hiz gañstŗeźīm, nt ordnri Ruśn ppl. Mni v ɖm wl b fīlñ dīpli unīzi az Ruśn trūps wêd acrs ɖer nirist nebr’z bordr, ɖ hom v mni v ɖer faṃli n frendz. Intrnl opziśn t Pūćin’z d’renjd xpanṣ́nizm z ɖ bst hop v endñ it. It’s impeṛtiv ɖt w spīc d’recli t ɖm, mcñ ɖ arğmnt fr dmocṛsi, frīdm n ɖ rît t slf-dtrṃneśn, n nvr alawñ ǎr opziśn t Pūćin t obskr ǎr dzîr fr frendśp n pīs wɖ Ruśn ppl.

It’s isnśl ɖt w cnvins aspîrñ despots arnd ɖ wrld ɖt ɖ Ruśn reźīm’z slîd intu impirịlizm z a historic mstec. Eni vicṭri wl b piric in ɖ loñ trm, jst az ɖ inveźn v Hunġri in 1956, Ćec̣sḷvacia in 1968 n Afgaṇstan in 1979 ol trnd ǎt t b fełrz in ɖ end. Ɖ rzult v inveźn z olwz brūtl dstrux́n, wɖ sviłnz còt in ɖ midl peyñ a teṛbl prîs. It z a moṛl impeṛtiv ɖt w cntiny t hlp Ycren t dfnd itslf bî pṛvîdñ dfnsiv iqipmnt alñsd p’liticl, dipḷmatic n fnanśl s’port.

Ɖ Ruśn reźīm’z inveźn v Ycren signlz ɖ end v ɖ post-coldwor ira. Nbdi nz ẃt cmz nxt. Ɖ ifcts v ɖs momnt wl dpnd az mć on ǎr rspons t ɖs agreśn az it wl on ɖ agreśn itslf. Ɖ rspons v ɖ YC, its alîz n its partnrz hz t b stroñ nt wìc, ynîtd nt dvîdd, n stṛtījic rɖr ɖn śort trm. Ǎr valyz v dmocṛsi n frīdm mst dfit Pūćinizm in ɖ end.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: As a Russian, I don’t know how to live with the shame of Putin’s aggression

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Ukrainian police inspect an area after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv today. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
Ycreńn p’līs inspct an eria aftr an apaṛnt Ruśn strîc in Cyīv tde. Foṭgraf: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Az a Ruśn, I d’nt nǒ hǎ t liv wɖ ɖ śem v Pūćin’z agreśn

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 24 February 2022)

Yungr Ruśnz cndem ol vayḷns agnst Ycren. Bt protest z imposbl: w fīl lîc hosṭjz in ǎr ǒn cuntri

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Anoniṃs Ruśn, Ʈrzde 24 Febrri 2022

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Ɖs mornñ evrʈñ hz ćenjd. Hir in Ruśa, ovr iṃjz v tancs rolñ intu Ycren, brōdcastrz tel s ɖt ǎr ax́nz r a rspons t Ycreńn militri agreśn.

I spouc t mî faɖr rīsntli abt ɖ conflict in Ycren. Eni sićueśn ɖt involvz agreśn, injustis or wor wuriz m. Mî faɖr, ɖo, wz angri n śarp. H b’livd evrʈñ ɖ oʈoṛtiz wr dwñ wz rît. Acordñ t him, Ycren wz bilt wɖ Sovịt muni, n it b’loñz t Ruśa. F it z okpaid, ɖ Ycreńn ppl r simpli biyñ sevd fṛm ɖer guvnmnt. N Ruśa’z bordrz wl b mor s’kr.

Mî faɖr z an edycetd prsn. H z midl clas. H dz’nt wrc fr wn v ɖ guvnmnt ejnsiz or bizṇsz. H īvn hz Ycreńn rūts. Bt hiz opińn cmplitli cǒinsîdz wɖ ɖ opińn v Vlajīmir Pūćin.

Az misîlz atac Ycren’z infṛstrucćr, h holdz stroñ in hiz b’lif ɖt ɖ cuntri śd ynît n pruv itslf – wns agn śo its streñʈ n pǎr, n nt step bac. Ɖ wst śd unḍstand hu it z dīlñ wɖ, n ɖt Ruśnz d nt ʈro wrdz t ɖ wind n y canot ngośiet wɖ s wɖ ulṭmetmz.

Amñ mî frendz, reḷtivz n colīgz, ɖr wr fy hu wd pubḷcli dscus Ruśa’z ax́nz az an act v agreśn. Mni bcz ɖe ʈnc it’s betr nt t dscus n ʈnc abt it. Mni dd nt b’liv ɖr wd b a wor.

Instd ppl tōct abt ɖ smōl ʈñz in ɖer livz ɖt wl b afctd. Sañśnz. Agn. Ǎr abiḷti t travl. Hǎ ʈñz wl b mor xpnsiv in dolrz n yroz. N hǎ ppl in Yṛp wl dslîc s īvn mor nǎ.

Tde’z nyz hz śoct ɖm. Nǎ, evrwn z afreid ɖt ɖe wl no longr b ebl t līv ɖ cuntri. Ɖe fîṇli riylîzd ɖt ol ɖs wl afct ć v ɖm. Ɖ frst fīlñ ɖt ɖe hv xpirịnst z śem: śem abt ẃt z haṗnñ n śem v biyñ ɖ sitizn v an agresr.

Fr mni munʈs, f y lct at ɖ mênstrīm mīdia, ɖe hv bn seyñ ɖ wst hd insidịs planz ɖt wd end wɖ wor. Ɖ eṇmi at ɖ get z ɖ Ynîtd Stets, Nato, or Yṛp. Ɖe sd ɖt ɖ wst hd planz t dplô ńclir wepnz t Ycren n tec awe ǎr ńclir arsnl. Ultiṃtli t tec ovr Ruśa: dvîd it, dstrô it n tec it apart.

Ɖs z sd nt jst on stetnyz, bt dscust ol de on big tōcśoz lîc Tîm Wl Tel. Ɖr z a sns ɖt w r an unḍdog – w r nt luvd, w r insultd, w r unḍesṭmetd, w r nt axptd. Ɖ wrld nīdz t rspct s agn – w cd rgen ɖ pǎr v ɖ Ruśn empîr or īvn ɖ Sovịt Yńn.

N fr yirz, ɖ foṛn vôsz n fesz w hv bn śoun r unhapi pro-Ruśn rezidnts v Donbas. Ɖe r śoun begñ fr hlp, plīdñ fr recgniśn n seyñ hǎ badli ɖe r trītd in Ycren. (W nvr hír abt hǎ w – or ɖ Ruśn guvnmnt – hz fînanst ɖ conflict in ɖ rījn.)

Ɖr hv bn mni rīznz ppl g alñ wɖ ɖs or fŭli s’port it. Oldr ppl stl hv meṃriz v ɖ Sovịt ira; sîḷns wz svîvl, n it stl weiz on ɖm. Ɖr r mni ppl, ispeṣ́li in rṛl eriaz, ẃr a lot v wrc z in ɖ public sectr, n ɖr r mor rūlz abt spīcñ ǎt. Ɖe r afreid v luzñ ɖer lîvlihd.

Mni yungr ppl born jrñ or aftr peṛstrôca wont t līv, n mni hv bcm pasiv. Ɖe d’nt ʈnc ɖe cn ćenj ɖ sićueśn. Ɖ sistm istabliśt a harś criminl rsponsbiḷti fr xpresñ wn’z ǒn opińn: p t fîv yirz in prizn fr protests or pubḷceśnz on ɖ inṭnet. Ɖ icoṇmi z stagnnt. W r dpndnt on fosilfyl inḍstriz, mni sectrz r c’rupt n fl v croniizm. Ɖ tecovr v biznis bî criminl oligarcs z obvịs t evrwn. It z īzi t b’liv nʈñ cn ćenj. Ɖs z ɖ litl man’z complex, instild bî ɖ oʈoṛtiz fr yirz – ɖt I am a smōl inṣgnificnt prsn hu cn d nʈñ.

Stl, I ʈnc ɖt lîc m, mni yungr ppl d’nt b’liv ɖ sūṗfiśl propganda abt Ycren. W cndem ol formz v agreśn. W b’liv ɖ atac on Ycren wz clirli pland in advans – ol mî frendz śer ɖs b’lif. Ɖr r mni wez t gt inḟmeśn n t ʈnc fr yrslf, f y cn lc n y hv brenz – fr yungr ppl, ispeṣ́li. Ɖr r Teḷgram ćanlz. Brev blogrz n YTybrz. Ɖr r mni wez t gt nyz fṛm uɖr cuntriz n t fînd ppl hu wl criṭsîz ẃt z haṗnñ.

I b’liv, n hop, ɖt ɖr wl b no esc̣leśn v ɖ conflict, bt sañśnz fr Ruśa wl b monstṛs. Ɖr wl b globl îṣleśn fr s. Ɖ ofiśl pziśn v ɖ Cremlin z ɖ dīmiliṭrîześn n dīnaśṇlîześn v Ycren. I d’nt nǒ hǎ t liv wɖ ɖs: it’s a śem n dsgres. Bt no form v protest z poṣbl wɖ s. Abṣlutli nn. It’s ɖ fīlñ v a hlplis hostij.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: The west knows the cost of appeasement. We can’t rule out any option for stopping Putin

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‘What Putin has in common with Hitler is a mystical belief in a nation stretching beyond his country’s current borders.’ Russia's President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation in Moscow, Russia on 22 February, 2022. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
‘Ẃt Pūćin hz in comn wɖ Hitlr z a misticl b’lif in a neśn strećñ bynd hiz cuntri’z cuṛnt bordrz.’ Ruśa’z Prezidnt Vladīmir Pūćin adresz ɖ neśn in Mosco on 22 Febrri, 2022. Foṭgraf: Anadolu Ejnsi/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ wst nz ɖ cost v apizmnt. W c’nt rūl ǎt eni opśn fr stopñ Pūćin

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 22 February 2022)

Ɖ Ruśn līdr hz śoun h cerz inuf abt Ycren t śed blud ovr it. H nīdz t nǒ ɖ gen w’nt b wrʈ ɖ pen

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Iyn Bond, Tyzde 22 Febrri 2022

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Vladīmir Pūćin’z recgniśn v tū Ruśn-bact seṗṛtist rījnz in īstn Ycren az indipndnt, alñ wɖ hiz subsiqnt dplômnt v trūps n tancs t ɖ rījnz, hz muvd Yṛp closr t ɖ brinc v wor.

Dspt mni difṛnsz, ɖr r ecoz v 1938 in cuṛnt dveḷpmnts. Pūćin me nt b Hitlr; Ycren in 2022 z’nt Ćec̣sḷvacia in 1938; n Frenć prezidnt Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, ɖ Jrmn ćanslr, n ɖer wstn colīgz r’nt sm sort v c’lectiv Ćembrlin. Bt 1938 dz cari importnt lésnz: ɖ most importnt biyñ ɖt dteṛns me sīm mor xpnsiv n risci ɖn acoṃdeśn tde, bt it z isnśl fr Yṛp’s loñ-trm s’kṛti.

Pūćin, ɖo a brūtl oʈoṛterịn līdr, z nt a caṛzmatic madmn lîc Hitlr. H hz yzd tarġtd rpreśn n asaṣneśnz t cntrol ɖ Ruśn opziśn, rɖr ɖn consntreśncamps. Hiz îdioḷji z flex̣bl: fr ol hiz anti-wstn reṭric, h n hiz asośịts hv ofn cept ɖer muni n ɖer faṃliz in ɖ wst.

Ẃt Pūćin hz in comn wɖ Hitlr, hvr, z a misticl b’lif in a neśn strećñ bynd hiz cuntri’z cuṛnt bordrz. Pūćin siz Ycren az ɖ ci t ɖs “Ruśn wrld”. In hiz spīć on Munde anǎnsñ ɖ recgniśn v ɖ D’netsc n Lhansc “ppl’z rpublics”, Pūćin spouc v Ycren az an “integṛl part v ǎr ǒn hisṭri, culćr n spirićl spes” n dscrîbd ɖ crieśn v a Ycreńn Sovịt rpublic bî Lenin az “ɖ tẹrñ awe fṛm Ruśa v a part v its ǒn historicl teritriz”. Last yir h rout ɖt ɖr wz no historicl besis fr a Ycreńn ppl sepṛt fṛm Ruśnz.

Ycreńnz dis’gri. Dspt ɖ lezi clīśe ɖt Ycren z dvîdd intu a Ruśn-spīcñ, pro-Ruśn īst n a Ycreńn-spīcñ, naśṇlist wst, in 1991 evri rījn v Ycren, īvn Crîmīa, votd in fevr v Ycreńn indipndns. Prezidnt Volodimir Zelensci z mor cumftbl spīcñ Ruśn ɖn Ycreńn, yt wún olmst ʈri-qortrz v ɖ vot in ɖ 2019 preẓdnśl ilex́n, n wz ɖ līdñ canddet īvn in most parts v ɖ s’pozidli naśṇlist wst. Mni v ɖ Ycreńn soljrz on ɖ frunt-lîn r Ruśn-spīcrz n olso Ycreńn petrịts.

Ycren in 2022 z mor importnt stṛtījicli n ic̣nomicli ɖn Ćec̣sḷvacia wz in 1938. It z Yṛp’s larjist cuntri aftr Ruśa. Mni v its popyleśn v mor ɖn 44 miłn wd bcm refyjīz f wor brouc ǎt. Gloḅli, it z a crūśl xportr v meiz n sevnʈ fr ẃīt, n a ci s’playr v agṛculćṛl prodys t ɖ YY. Wrld fūdprîsz wd rocit f Ycren’z fīldz wr fl v tancs rɖr ɖn tractrz. N Ycren z an importnt transitrùt fr Yṛp’s eṇji.

Wstn līdrz nǎ graṗlñ wɖ Ruśa’z esc̣letñ agreśn hv wn advantij ovr Nevil Ćembrlin in 1938: ɖe nǒ ɖt apizmnt cn hv dzastṛs consiqnsz. Ɖe cn si, tù, ʈancs t Ruśa’z Dsmbr pṛpozlz on Yṛpiyn s’kṛti, ɖt Pūćin’z ambiśnz r’nt liṃtd t cntrolñ Ycren: h wonts t rvrs ćenjz in Yṛp’s post-cold-wor s’kṛti arenjmnts. F Jo Bîdn, Macron, Scholz n Boris Jonsn wont t privnt a hrenḍs wor – on a mć larjr scel ɖn ɖ Bōlcn worz v ɖ 1990z – ɖe nīd t foc̣s on dtŕñ Pūćin, nt acoṃdetñ him.

Dteṛns wl b imposbl, hvr, f līdrz cīp telñ Pūćin ẃt ɖe r nt priperd t d, or f ɖe trn p ɖ preśr on him so slǒli ɖt h cn olwz adapt. Bîdn hz sd ɖt h w’nt snd YS forsz t fît in Ycren; ɖ Jrmn foṛn ministr, Annalena Baerbock, hz pubḷcli xprest dǎts abt cutñ Ruśa of fṛm ɖ globl pemntșistm Swift; ɖ Itałn prîm̦inistr, Mario Draghi, hz sd ɖt sañśnz śd nt hit gas imports fṛm Ruśa; n ɖ YY, YS n YC hv olrdi indcetd ɖt ɖ recgniśn v ɖ “ppl’z rpublics” lcs unlîcli t trigr fl-scel ic̣nomic sañśnz at ɖs stej, dspt Pūćin’z dplômnt v trūps.

Ɖ wstn dzîr nt t esc̣let z unḍstanḍbl. Pūćin z dwñ hiz bst t śo ɖt Ycren matrz inuf t him t śed blud ovr it, n h hz past form: in ɖ wor h lōnćt in Ćećnia ʈǎzndz v Ruśn trūps wr cild, acordñ t Ruśn hymn-rîts orġnîześnz.

Bt f Pūćin gz on t atac ɖ rest v Ycren, az hiz posćr v fors sjsts h wl, ɖ costs v ɖ rzultnt wor fr ɖ wst wl b mć hayr ɖn ɖoz v wîd-renjñ sañśnz or pṛvîdñ militri s’port t Ycren, n Yṛp wl b dīsteḅlîzd fr decedz. On 21 Febrri, Pūćin advanst, bt nt far. F h z t b dtrd fṛm gwñ frɖr, īvn at ɖs lêt stej, ɖ wst nīdz t mc him unsrtn ɖt ɖ gen wl b wrʈ ɖ pen. Evrʈñ mst b on ɖ tebl.

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