• F04118F@feddit.nl
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    7 days ago

    There’s a fundamental difference in the way the UK and Russia deal with European values such as democracy, freedom of expression, press freedom, etc.

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      7 days ago

      Yes obviously, but whether a country is European is decided by geography not values.

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        6 days ago

        Russia usually gets excluded when referring to Europe, that’s just how it works.

        Russia has chosen to be an economic and political ‘outsider’ and so gets excluded.

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          6 days ago

          When referring to Europe by US media, I totally understand what kind of Europe this article refers to but my point is that geography means something different when talking about Europe and I think that is relevant since for example Hungary or Serbia are in the context of the title part of Europe but are also more and more political ‘outsiders’. I think this point similar to someone from Canada that America is not only the US.