how are the CIA, Biden, Hillary, DNC any better than Putin? peter the great, alexander, elizabeth petrovana - those are some powerful leaders who brought positive changes in Russia - can't be selective of names. lets not forget the no of countries that attacked russia, or for how long it has been embargoed or sanctions because of ideology. what do you expect Russia to say "opps sorry US, Nato, we will worship you now? " Well most countries did do that. Russia didn't
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And most of those countries are happy and prosperous with elected governments (at least in Europe) so ...
(I mean I get that in Latin America, Russia is far and Washington is near. We have luxury of forgetting about Manifest Destiny, and they have the luxury of ignoring the gulags, famines, and "deportations".)