Russian Tennis Player

[Rexedgar]

Putin won’t be happy!

 

[btthegreat]

This is Andrey Rublev who 's ranking got as high as Number 5 in the world last September, and has won 9 ATP singles titles, and the Olympic Gold medal in mixed doubles in 2020. While we can't confuse this with the impassioned passivist rhetoric of Rev. Desmond Tutu, or Mahatma Gandhi, the guy definitely had something on his mind to communicate. I feel for so many Russians who are going to pay some very expensive prices for a war they never sought, no thanks to a leader who long ago stopped caring what they sought or didn't.

 

[Crovax]

This is Andrey Rublev who 's ranking got as high as Number 5 in the world last September, and has won 9 ATP singles titles, and the Olympic Gold medal in mixed doubles in 2020. While we can't confuse this with the impassioned passivist rhetoric of Rev. Desmond Tutu, or Mahatma Gandhi, the guy definitely had something on his mind to communicate. I feel for so many Russians who are going to pay some very expensive prices for a war they never sought, no thanks to a leader who long ago stopped caring what they sought or didn't.

The Russian people aren't blameless, this isn't the first county Russia has invaded. They have stood by for 20 years while Putin has slowly but steadily moved towards this moment. This is not Putins war it is Russias war the time to speak out has long passed.

 

[Rexedgar]

The Russian people aren't blameless, this isn't the first county Russia has invaded. They have stood by for 20 years while Putin has slowly but steadily moved towards this moment. This is not Putins war it is Russias war the time to speak out has long passed.

If I remember history the Russian people have long been under the rule of tyrants. They had had enough in the late teens of last century. There seems to be a groundswell of dissent and a strong authoritarian response from the ‘authorities.” Political challengers disappear or are poisoned/jailed on trumped up charges. I’m willing to give the Russian people a little more leeway in this instance. The stories coming out of Ukraine are inspiring.

 

[Helix]

That's dangerous. I hope that he's ok.

 

[btthegreat]

The Russian people aren't blameless, this isn't the first county Russia has invaded. They have stood by for 20 years while Putin has slowly but steadily moved towards this moment. This is not Putins war it is Russias war the time to speak out has long passed.

Do you have any idea how Putin handles dissent and what probably happened to the many Russians who did as you advised? it wasn't just some protester who suffered consequences, it was his family and friends, as well as any media outlets that lent a megaphone . This was a nascent democracy, less than a decade old, sitting on a rotted-out economy, with virtually no prior history of democratic institutions for centuries before he started shutting the lids on free speech, free press, and open elections. They could not know how to protect the young saplings, which battles to fight and how, and they vividly recalled the power of the KGB to make troublemakers dissappear.

As for this player, he was born in 1997. He was 5 years old when Putin came to power. Maybe you could wait for him to learn how to ride a two wheeler before you blame him for not stopping wars or acts of aggression by Putin.

 

[TheParser]

That tennis player made a bad career move.

No one directly or indirectly can criticize that (100% heterosexual -- as he likes to remind us) madman & get away with it.

All one can do is to shake one's head at Russia's sad, sad history of brutes like Stalin and now that unhinged individual.

It is astonishing to see even a few individuals voice opposition in public (unless they were put there by the government to show the world that Russia is a democracy that allows dissent!).

 

[btthegreat]

That tennis player made a bad career move.

No one directly or indirectly can criticize that (100% heterosexual -- as he likes to remind us) madman & get away with it.

All one can do is to shake one's head at Russia's sad, sad history of brutes like Stalin and now that unhinged individual.

It is astonishing to see even a few individuals voice opposition in public (unless they were put there by the government to show the world that Russia is a democracy that allows dissent!).

I suspect it was an impulsive act and it just called for peace instead of war so it may not have been intended to be political as it actually is. For all we know, his brother is soldier or fighter-pilot, and his one of his best friends lives in harm's way.