By many, Stalin was given the benefit of the doubt, even as his policies moved from shooting to deportation to starvation. Hitler, on the other hand, had to reckon with international opinion, which included voices of criticism and outrage.
— Bloodlands (Timothy Snyder), Loc. 1472–4
Fucking western hypocrites.
Modern Russia is exactly like that. They’re constantly given the benefit of the doubt, even as they genocide others.