страна 404

From Russian страна́ (straná, “country”) and 404 (“an error”) (страна́ четы́реста четы́ре), suggesting claims about Ukraine as an illegitimate state.

Later used back by Ukrainian netizens to mock Russia's war crimes and international sanctions against Russia.

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страна́ ⁴⁰⁴ • (straná ⁴⁰⁴) f inan (genitive страны́ ⁴⁰⁴, nominative plural страны́ ⁴⁰⁴, genitive plural стран ⁴⁰⁴)

1. (politics, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) Ukraine.
2. (Ukraine, politics, Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) Russia.

Mainly used by Russian nationalists.

Aside from expansionist and militarist claims about the whole of Ukraine as former Russian territory, this term refers to the ousting of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych during the Euromaidan protests of 2014, making the presidents after him and the entire country appear illegitimate.

Recently, during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some Ukrainian online users also used it back towards Russia to mock its war crimes, sanctions by other countries, and poorer international reputation.

Terms referring to Ukraine:

• Малороссия (Malorossija, “Little Russia”) (historical term)
• Незалежная (Nezaležnaja, “independent”)
• Хохланд (Xoxland, “khokhol land”)
• Хохляндия (Xoxljandija, “khokhol land”)
• Хохлостан (Xoxlostan, “khokhol land”)
• Анти-Россия (Anti-Rossija, “anti-Russia”)
• Ухань (Uxanʹ, “Wuhan”)
• Цеевропа (Cejevropa, “it is Europe-land”)
• Щеневмерла (Ščenevmerla, “the-land-is-not-dead”) (mocking the first words of Ukraine's anthem)
• временное географическое недоразумение (vremennoje geografičeskoje nedorazumenije, “a temporary geographical misunderstanding”), ВГН (VGN)
• Руина (Ruina, “ruin”)
• Салорейх (Salorejx, “lard regime”)
• Свинорейх (Svinorejx, “pig regime”)
• Укрорейх (Ukrorejx, “Ukrainian regime”)
• Укруанда (Ukruanda, “Ukraine as Rwanda”)
• Уркаина (Urkaina)

Terms referring to Russia:

• Ра́ша (Ráša)
• Рои́сся (Roíssja)
• Мо́рдор (Mórdor)