I applaud you for sticking to your guns. I've got both Ukrainian and Russian blood and it's frustrating...

Ugh I'm sorry to hear that, good on you for standing up for yourself.

Very proud for you to stand up for what you believe in! I hope you will be safe and find a better job that treats you well.

Good on you for holding to your guns. Hopefully Nothing more comes of that

Sending love and luck your way! I hope you find an even better job. :)

Probably about time to look for a new country to live in till little Hitler JR’s 👹mouth stops running and heart stops beating 💀

"abti-governmental thinking" Это уже что, до мыслепреступлений добрались?

Всегда было, щас только хуже.
Алсо, у нас в городе за "дискредитацию" загребли:
1) чувака, который раздавал книжки оруэлла 1984
2) чувака с плакатом "стоп фашиzм"
охуенная такая "дискредитация" :'D

Westerners be like "Just stand up for what you believe"
forgetting there free speech privilege they carry. Takes actual bravery to do that there , but couch keyboard warrior will still tell you deserve the sanctions.

And that says you, living cushily in a Western country, does your comment help at all here?

That he or someone in his position should not feel insulted/humiliated by foreign people for there circumstances wich I see to many times.

If you want specific examples NFKRZ has been insulted and called a coward for leaving his country and not die in an attempt to overthrow his gov.

I wish I could take it seriously, but history of my homeland doesn't allow me, it's up to ones choice and morals, my people died to be free from communism and soviet opressors (specifically russian tyrants), I can understand someone deciding to flee to not partake in the war, but even if they leave or when they leave, they better fight from the sidelines, anything to hamper the rus gov, even just words will do.

"anti-governmental thinking" Holy shit! He actually said that?!
I've heard that that the propaganda out there is getting into people, but your boss is fucking brainwashed! Glad to hear you won't be at any related event, I've already heard plenty rumors that there's a several bombing plots about to happen at 9th, so to hear you'll be safe brings me a bit of relief

He isn't "brainwashed" per se, he's knowingly backing the regime, saying it plain and simple: "This government gave me everything that I and my family own, so I have to back it up"
Kinda feels worse to me than being just "brainwashed", eh.

The way I'd look at that is: Would you be so happy if the government gave you literal or figurative crap?

I'm not against someone being grateful for help, but that help shouldn't be contingent on/rely on kickbacks after-the-fact. Monetary paying-back (loans/etc aside)

yea not sure full ordeal your in but would definitly try to get to another job some where else. cause now said boss is probly going to make it living hell there at the job. and as pengwent said bomb attack threats on the 9th can definitly see a red flag op happening and then putin use it to claim ukraine attacked their events blah blah blah

What ever happens, do stay safe as best as you can!

Good luck deary.

You're a good person and you don't deserve this trouble. I hope you stay safe and well.

I wish there was a way to avoid good people getting caught up in this shitfest, but reality is messy and imperfect.

It's a kind of a meat grinder right now in my country. You either sit quiet or nod and nazi salute along with the crowd (figuratively speaking), or they take everything you have.

But even if our current "president" keels over and dies, it's gonna be another case of "meet the new boss; same as the old boss".

Something will have to change, and I hope it's a positive change, but whatever happens isn't going to come quickly. Both the war and sanctions are going to have a long aftershock of chaos for years. Things are going to suck for everybody. Always got to keep the hope though. Chaos also means unpredictable opportunities and if enough people are motivated to build something better, maybe it can happen.

It makes me laugh, the fact that they're so 'heck bent' on squashing the nazi-ism, that they themselves are acting.. quite like that in a way?

That is beyond frustrating to hear, I am sorry

I genuinely feel sorry for you, I applaud you for standing up for what you believe in, and I hope you can still find prosperity and at least some freedom in this extremely unfair situation in Russia & Ukraine. Nobody likes to see a sad cheese. :C It feels like Russia is going straight back to being the USSR, and it's horrifying, even for me watching it all from the outside in America.

And your boss's comments about you... just ridiculous. First of all, the Nazis are dead, or at least so few in number that it would be foolish to say they have any measurable power or influence today--they are effectively extinct, and their ideology is universally (and deservingly) disliked across the globe. "Mr. Bald Guy" might be authoritarian, but how can he still claim the Ukrainian government is overrun with Nazis and expect the Russian people to believe him? Apparently, he won over your boss, either because he really is that stupid or he's just trying to cover his ass from the Kremlin. Either way, it's bad and your boss should've just tried to help you out. Second of all, "anti-government" is very vague. It could mean anarchy (no government), Libertarianism (small/"only-appropriate" government), or simple dissent. Just because you don't like the way the current government is run or don't like a decision it has made, that does not mean you are flat-out willing to attack the government physically in effort to supplant it. I'm sure there are Russians that WANT "Mr. Bald Guy" to do the right thing and do well as a leader, but he just won't because he's a tyrannical asshole who doesn't care at all about his people.

I'm aware of the difficulty in trying to leave Russia (many Russian artists lost a lot trying to flee), but if you've ever considered emigrating, America will welcome you with open arms. You'll have more freedoms here than you likely will anywhere else in the world.

Well spoken Mr No-time, well spoken.

According to the polls within russia itself 70% of the population supports the war so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They're rigged, as I've heard Putin has a 12% approval rating and not a single Russian I know supports this war.

I on the other hand, heard that they would like to see my country destroyed next :)

Then we're either speaking to different Russians, or you don't yet realize that Putin's gone full-totalitarian and incentivizing Russian citizens into pretending they support the war just to prevent their asses from going to jail for treason. How else do you explain all the anti-war sentiment across EVERY Russian furry here that's been going on since the war started? Why have so many Russian citizens tried to flee? Why have so many Russian Hardbass artists come out making messages & songs criticizing the Russian government for starting this war? Those can't possibly come from a place of genuine support for a war. These actions scream "I didn't ask for this."

Always--ALWAYS--separate the people from their government. The Russian government is to blame for this, not its people.

The liberalised russian furries and artists come from higher educated places of anything, we live in a bubble here, because these people like our lovely wedge here are just a fraction of the Russian populace, when you go to the any of the proper shitholes outside St Petersburg or Moscow, then you will hear people cheer for all of this bullshit, why do you think russian "soldiers" loot and plunder? Some of them haven't even see a flushable toilet! The people you're speaking of are a MINORITY and those who can think, but how can you tell me who should I blame, when the Russian POWs tell their mothers what's going on and they say otherwise, why some of them, their mothers, father's and girlfriends tell them to kill Ukrainians and steal from them? Those are ORDINARY PEOPLE, your everyday normal motherfuckers spilling bloodlust words and encouraging committing war crimes. I will not separate people from the government simply for this reason. Sorry. The people, they proven time and time again they are just as responsible, I follow this fucking war from day one, my family shelters mother with a child from Kyiv, my mum treats children traumatised by strikes and missiles, who do you think I will sympathise with?

This just breaks my heart to read, I'm so sorry for you qwq

Well that sucks! I wish I could offer some inspiring words, but I’m afraid I am too priveliged to even understand how things work over there. Well, priveliged while my parents are still around anyway!

Oh wonderful. Definitely looks like it might be a time to start looking, yeah...

Its a serious danger being against the war while living in Russia. Putin is crazy, and from what I hear is executing everyone who shows any sort of discontent with the war. I'd be pretty careful if I were you.

Sorry to hear things are so grim for y'all over there just trying to live your lives. Here's hoping this can all come to an end soon.

Hope everything turns out okay. Sorry this is something you’re dealing with

I'll keep my thumbs up that you'll find something. Maybe even better.

You're braver than me.

You have my respect.

Respect for ya