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…n 🇷🇺 readers

This message is intended to fight misinformation around the Russian aggression of
Ukraine, precisely for Russian residents that are kept unaware of the atrocities
that Vladimir Putin started in February 2022.

Please do help spread this message: good people will try helping, but they first
need to know.

Ref: https://github.com/vshymanskyy/StandWithUkraine/blob/6cedba904e888c0188e1a31b1463618112e41bfd/docs/ToRussianPeople.md
Ref: vshymanskyy/StandWithUkraine#4
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# Proxy Manager

## A message to Russian 🇷🇺 people

If you currently live in Russia, please read [this message](./ToRussianPeople.md).

## Purpose

This library aims to provide abstraction for generating various kinds of
[proxy classes](http://ocramius.github.io/presentations/proxy-pattern-in-php/).

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## 🇷🇺 Русским гражданам

В Украине сейчас идет война. Силами РФ наносятся удары по гражданской инфраструктуре в [Харькове][1], [Киеве][2], [Чернигове][3], [Сумах][4], [Ирпене][5] и десятках других городов. Гибнут люди - и гражданское население, и военные, в том числе российские призывники, которых бросили воевать. Чтобы лишить собственный народ доступа к информации, правительство РФ запретило называть войну войной, закрыло независимые СМИ и принимает сейчас ряд диктаторских законов. Эти законы призваны заткнуть рот всем, кто против войны. За обычный призыв к миру сейчас можно получить несколько лет тюрьмы.

Не молчите! Молчание - знак вашего согласия с политикой российского правительства.
**Вы можете сделать выбор НЕ МОЛЧАТЬ.**

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## 🇺🇸 To people of Russia

There is a war in Ukraine right now. The forces of the Russian Federation are attacking civilian infrastructure in [Kharkiv][1], [Kyiv][2], [Chernihiv][3], [Sumy][4], [Irpin][5] and dozens of other cities. People are dying – both civilians and military servicemen, including Russian conscripts who were thrown into the fighting. In order to deprive its own people of access to information, the government of the Russian Federation has forbidden calling a war a war, shut down independent media and is passing a number of dictatorial laws. These laws are meant to silence all those who are against war. You can be jailed for multiple years for simply calling for peace.

Do not be silent! Silence is a sign that you accept the Russian government's policy.
**You can choose NOT TO BE SILENT.**

[1]: <https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/P7K2MSZDGFMIJPDD7CI2GIROJI.jpg> "Kharkiv under attack"
[2]: <https://gdb.voanews.com/01bd0000-0aff-0242-fad0-08d9fc92c5b3_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg> "Kyiv under attack"
[3]: <https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/163DD/production/_123510119_hi074310744.jpg> "Chernihiv under attack"
[4]: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K-bkqKKf2A> "Sumy under attack"
[5]: <https://cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/K4MTMLEHTRKGFK3GSKAT4GR3NE.jpg> "Irpin under attack"

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I understand messages like these come from a place of good intentions, but I argue that the overly-simplisitic view that it propagates is unhelpful to making the world a better place.

To avoid future wars, the world needs more nuance and better understanding of each other.

This type of message does exactly the opposite. It implies that propaganda exists for the others, and not for us.

It implies that this a war where the good guys fight the bad guys. This is a misinformed view that ignores 70 years of history in the region, and in the world between the US and Russia.

These are the building blocks of a simplistic worldview, which is precisely at the root of tensions causing wars.

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@hellomedia no, people are being bombed, killed and deported by a fascist country (Russia).

That's it.

Ukraine is defending itself from an invasion, end of story.

Also, you are now blocked from my repositories.

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Off you go to the banlist, @kate-kate: I don't admit disinformation on my turf, so your message got deleted too.

EDIT: meanwhile, the UN actually publishes reports of casualties, like in https://ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Conflict-related%20civilian%20casualties%20as%20of%2031%20December%202021%20%28rev%2027%20January%202022%29%20corr%20EN_0.pdf

Surprise surprise: the casualties are in the Russian invader side.

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