RE: Simple question22 Jul 2023 09:16
Isolating parts of history to suit your narrative, east to west never? I suggest you read your history books again. Russia is and always will be a troubled state. The imbalance of wealth even in the communist era is vast, it’s makes the American disparity look positively amateur. The post war Stalin era accounted for more than double the 2nd world wars human count, his own people. Until Russia becomes truly democratic, we will see these despotic faux Tzars rise and cost the lives of ordinary Russians. As for NATO & the so called march east, surely as the newly sovereign states take control of their own borders & security, it is upto them which alliance they join. They could have rejoined the old Soviet pact, but they chose to look to a democratic West. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not perfect, but at least you have freedom of movement and are not told what to do by the state. Having worked in Russia pre and post Perestroika I am grateful to have been born in the West.