I'm not Russian by citizenship, I'm of mixed ethnicity, though I reckon Russia my homeland. Consider me a small shard of Russian diaspora, which, however, refuses to blend with other nations so easily as Russians often tend to. I know 5 languages to different degrees of fluency, and I possess hardly any chauvinistic features, except maybe speciesism (I would be glad to see humanity rule the stars).

Neither Putin nor Zelensky charm me. I deem them clinical, arrogant liars and manipulators. I try to maintain position equally critical to blunders, atrocities, and quirks of all main actors, while avoiding simplistic and manichaean lines of thought that brought this conflict together with all the ongoing Cold War 2.0 to inhibition phase, detrimental for Europe. Feet of clay are no better than hearts of claymore.