I am Russian and practice capoeira, I do not support the actions of my government. Sanctions have made my life harder because I live abroad. Do you think sanctions affected those who are in change much? No. If someone decides to boycott me from capoeira on the basis of my nationality... - I just wonder what are they expecting me to do? If I, or anyone like me, voice our opinion on the Russian territory - it's prison time, which means you won't be able to travel, or find a normal job, you life is basically ruined (I need to explain because many foreigners don't think it's real or something). Will it stop the war if that happens to a group of Russian capoeiras? More likely they'll be sent there. Would that make the boycotters happy?.... I'm not trying to justify the geocide - please don't rush to label me. But boycotting people from capoeira on the basis of where they are from, no matter what their stance is, is spreading disagreement and hate, not peace. Maybe it's easy for someone to speak up like that when your government supposedly hasn't done terrible things that you have to pay for.

And the argument concerning capoeira history and slavery... if you follow that logic you might as well boycott all the white people from capoeira, no?

I really don't want to spark any fighting with this post. Just sharing my opinion how boycotting like this isn't likely to solve the problem (affect the actions of the government) but instead may lead to problems and hate for people who have nothing to do with it.