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    Russia. The Nation.

    With the controvercy on the topic of Russia and Putin it is hard to live being proud of own country, yet I try. My land, Motherland, holds great history and amazing spirituality, our people are beautiful, although a little rough at first. We hold our traditions close to our hearts. All I want to say is: remember we are not our government, and it's hard when we get steriotyped and critisized for what our politicians are doing. I'm done crying everytime someone calls me a USSR Swine, next time that happens I WILL knock you out. We are NOT our government, we deserve to be treated right.