Pariahs Of The World..........?

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/russians-assaulted-threatened-and-abused-in-uk-as-hate-crimes-linked-to-ukraine-war-surge-12821923
I do have some sympathy for ordinary Russians just getting on with their lives in the west. Is the UK any worse than anywhere else?

[fender62]

how would one know if they were russian, eastern block countries
languages sound similar..

[Old_Geezer]

The cops should clamp down on that. It is totally unacceptable behaviour.

[ichkeria]

I wonder how many of the culprits are actually Ukrainian?
Either way, this news will delight Putin of course.

There have also been numerous cases, especially in London, of Russians abusing Ukrainians.

[youngmafbog]

//The cops should clamp down on that//

REad the article, they are.

One of the problems is that there is a war so what counts as a 'hate crime'? Extreme but one could say sanctions are a hate crime.

[ichkeria]

I dont think one could.

There’s a difference between biffing someone because of their nationality and freezing a country’s assets in response to genocide

[tomus42]

Putin is to blame. Even if the war stops tomorrow, Russians will have to suffer this for years to come.

[douglas9401]

I'm finding it difficult to get excited about.