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TL:DR the countries who voted against did so to prevent Russia from using this vote as a justification for their invasion of Ukraine. Indeed they used the pretense of “removing Nazis” for their invasion.

This doesn’t explain why the West has repeatedly voted against it for over a decade.

gods forbid two great powers in conflict actually talk to each other to attempt to finally end a decade long crisis

If you’re getting a laptop with a graphics card, make sure you go with something by AMD. Nvidia cards will work fine enough, though for a whole host of different reasons, AMD is generally preferred for Linux.