Thanks for chipping in Armpit.
I have to agree with Xant, I don't know of anyone in the west that hates russians. (in norwegian, capitalization of nationality is not required, I never liked that english requires it.. ) All my russian friends who came have managed well, have nice jobs and are functional in society here. They have experienced very little racism, if at all.
If RF media is talking about russophobia in the west, it's outright lies. You can even see it in this thread.. westerners are not very passionate about bashing russians at all.
In Easterne Europe + Finland however, it's different, and it has to do with relatively recent history, and generally more contact with russians.. Probably why Xant, Kuujis and even the otherwise likable Cristo are a bit raw.
Anyway.. the only thing worthy in a thread like this would/could have been some kind of communication or exchange. We are all here because we don't believe our media 100%, we want confirmation by relation.
Personally im curious why otherwise intelligent people would support RF actions in Ukraine. I'm curious how RF propaganda works, and why this pointless war felt so right for many russians.