Originally Posted by
_Agrajag_
it's always worth trying to gain some understanding of the views of all sides, even if the quality and reliability of some of the data given is less than 100% reliable.
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This was my point as well, to give a view from the other perspective as well. Some may have fleed the regime and draft out of genuine disagreement with the regime, others may have left just to avoid draft still being supporter of the regime. And some just don't give a cr@p and leave to spend their rubles somewhere warm and peaceful.
Unfortunately the incident I linked is not an isolated one.