because russians (including ukrainians) have been genetically buck broken ("selected") to not resist authority.  save for short bursts of rebellion, the history of russia (including the ukraine) for the past 500 years has been autocratic rule over serfs, then chekist rule (okhrana, cheka, etc.) to the present day. anyone who spoke up got killed; hung, shot, exiled to siberia, or sentenced to the prison labor camps (the latter two often resulted in death). so the only people left were sniveling and obedient cowards.  i love the russian people (including ukrainians) but this is a fact.
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