Thread: UPDATED: British Prosecutors: 2 Russian Nationals Identified as Novichok Suspects.
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Old 23-03-2018, 09:57   #208
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Re: New UK-Russia Tensions after Ex-Russian Spy Poisoned in Salisbury
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Originally Posted by jonbxx View Post
Agreed. The Second World War had a cataclysmic effect on the Soviet Union. Estimates vary but most are agreed that over 20,000,000 died during WWII or in other words, over 13% of the population. The collective folk memory of WWII is still very raw in Russia. In contrast, the UK lost just over 450,000 people or less than 1%.

To compare any Russian to Hitler is either deeply provocative or ignorant of history. Either way, the anger will be very strong
As is our anger regarding the attempted murder of two of our citizens.
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