Factors such as media coverage with a strong critical narrative of Russia, the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees – Spain granted temporary protection to some 210,000 citizens between 2022 and 2024 – and the activity of Ukrainian nationalist organisations have influenced this context. In addition, statements by some Spanish officials have stoked the controversy. In June 2022, for example, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, in a conversation with some pranksters, supported the need to “punish Russian bastards”, according to media reports.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 