I am part way into a book on Russophobia.
https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Russophobia-Religious-Anti-Putin-Hysteria/dp/0997896523He starts off going into lots of examples where there is a massive double standard in recent history and reporting where Russia is concerned. Many examples. Western reporting on the Sochi Olympics is an embarrassing hatchet job. Too many examples to repeat.
The local mayor said there were no gay activists in Sochi. So the MSM left off the last word to quote he said there were no gays. Then they removed his interview with the manager of a local gay bar. Over and over.
he includes lots of reporting on the Beslan school massacre. Almost zero empathy just bashing Russians.
The next part deals with history and the schism. The split got worse starting 1054. The byzantine church and court was very civilized when the west was fairly barbaric. Western royals went there in search of marriage partners.There were later attempts by the western churches to re-unify the Orthodox by force. Invasion from the west and through the baltics.
The Russians were characterized as expansionist and barbaric when the west was colonizing the world. One reason given aside from religion is that they look like us but they are not us so something is wrong with them. The orthodox did not send out missionaries.
The Mongols were invading from the east so the Swedes picked that time to invade I did not know that about the battle on the ice.
https://youtu.be/IcPixaWL2Pg?t=346. .
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