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CMV: We should stop saying "Russia" and start saying "Putin."

"Russia says it is liberating Ukraine"  
"Russia threatens nuclear war"  
"Russia destroyed peace efforts"  


I am seeing a lot about what Russia is doing lately, for fairly obvious reasons. However, as I understand it, the majority of Russians are not in favor of the current direction of the country. Moreover, none of them have the power to make, or halt, these decisions.  


When people say "Russia" they really mean "Putin." Putin invaded Ukraine. Putin threatened nuclear war. Putin destroyed peace efforts. It's one dude with the power, and allowing him to hide behind "Russia" is shifting where the responsibility for these acts lie. We should be titling our posts and our news leaks with Putin because he specifically made the decisions, not the general public of Russia.   


Pointing out that Putin was elected and therefore represents the will of the people is not going to change my  mind. He is still and individual giving individual orders, presidents are responsible for the effects of their decisions. We have no problem saying "Trump allowed Covid to get out of hand" or "Biden caused inflation" instead of "the US caused inflation."
gpt
>He is still an individual giving individual orders

And there are still a lot of individual Russian soldiers following those orders. If it were truly Putin and only Putin, pretty sure the Ukrainians could shut down that one-crazy-man invasion very quickly.