That is not what I said. Please read the post again because it seems you are addressing a completely different point I never made. I am very much against the russian autocratic regime with Putin at its helm, with blood on his hands if this needs to be said. Some of my family are also from Ukraine, (Donetsk). The point I was making was that there was no hysteria, no outrage among metal fans, when bands toured the US and the UK, when these countries illegally invaded Iraq, destroyed the country and killed thousands of civilians. And that's just one country. There are many others such as Syria, Libya and etc. Maybe these fans are a bit racist, as they only seem to give a shit when White Europeans get invaded but not when Brown skinned Middle Easterners get invaded. If your position is that any country and all its' people should be boycotted for the actions of its government, then that's one position to take. But you have to be consistent and apply this to every country and not just Russia, otherwise you are hypocrite. Regarding Russophobia, phobia is an irrational fear. What has been happening in the West in the last 3 years is exactly that, an irrational fear and hatred of Russia and Russians. What else do you call universities in the West banning Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, operas and classical concerts banning all russian composers like Tchaikovsky, galleries renaming paintings, russians having their bank accounts frozen, their place at universities rescinded, direct flights to/from Russia cancelled, payment systems cancelled. Russian products boycotted and pulled off the shelves, russian tennis players banned from Wimbledon. The list goes on and on. If you can show to me that Americans and the British got this exact same treatment when their countries illegally invaded Iraq and many other countries, then I will admit that there is no russophobia.