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Pegasus is Israeli, I'm not sure it is "western".

Israel is very lenient towards Russia.

Israel is very intertwined with the typical conception of "the West" via a very cozy relationship with the USA including billions in annual funding, and a great proportion of its citizens having roots in Europe and the USA.

At the same time Netanyahu is happy to wear Koloradka. And big chunk of Israeli population has Russian/USSR origins.

It's certainly a country at the nexus of many dimensions.

What's the significance of wearing Koloradka? It looks like something christian priests wear, I don't think I understand.

Koloradka originally was tsarist Russia reward. Later it was revived by soviets in WW2, but not used much after the war. Then Putin revived it as a symbol of continuous history of tsarist Russian empire, USSR and his regime. Nowadays it's a symbol of modern Russian imperialism with a historical flavor.

In those parts of europe where both tsarist Russia and Soviet union were occupiers and now Putin is a threat, koloradka is pretty much on the same rank as nazi symbols.

> And big chunk of Israeli population has Russian/USSR origins.

Most of whom probably still remeber very well the moderate Russian racism towards jews.

Also they probably would have stayed in Russia if they were happy with their government. Luckily Israel was one of the good ways to get out of the country if you had jewish roots.

Israel finds itself in the same position as Russia war-wise.

Some do remember. Some just used some obscure grandpa's paper as a getaway card into a better-off country. With many of those grandpa's papers being forged.

Used to be lenient

I'm surprised this was the case for so long as Iran is a close ally of russia.

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