@benroyce @eva_chaos @humanhorseshoes @mattdm @n_dimension @Gorfram @Mikal
Will they do it? No. No chance. No matter how liberal, heroic and compassionate to "little brothers Ukrainians" they are - they actively refuse to even think about it for a second. Because they can feel their core identity as russians are under threat. There were attempts to "rebrand" russia - literally wipe all that blood from their flag. They've failed too.