Russian envelops a HUGE landmass spanning two continents. A person born to “Russian” parents in St.Petersburg is nothing like a person born in the bordering regions of Khazakstan, Mongolia etc. it’s very fascinating you can have people who look what you’d associate as 100% Asian could have a Russian lineage spanning hundreds of years. On top of that you’ve got the enclaves of the former union in the countries that made up Yugoslavia etc.
Yuri selling Borscht in New West could have way less Russian in them than a guy who associates closer to Mongolian. Not like “Russia” actually cares about those remote outposts though lol.
Btw, if you want to talk about snipers killing Russians, should check out Simo Hayha, a Finnish Farmer who enlisted in the winter war:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_Häyhä
Over 500 confirmed kills, people speculate it’s more like 700. While Finnish people do look to him as this folk lore hero, they don’t have this circle jerk attitude like the USA does with Chris Kyle. Simo was a farmer who took up arms to defend his country, and when asked at the end of the war how he felt about it, he replied with somthing like “I did a job I was asked to do the best I could”
My background is Finnish and while I have no direct grudge with Russians, ALOT of older Fins fucking hate Russians, mainly because they pulled similar shit to what’s going on now back during the winter war etc. where they annexed Vipuri/Vyborg and the port there. Many people still alive today had their family homes burned and taken to never return, much like may happen today.