Two obvious major US provocations come to the mind of this non-expert who hasn’t been paying that much attention: The expansion of NATO to the east (which we sa

Two obvious major US provocations come to the mind of this non-expert who hasn’t been paying that much attention: The expansion of NATO to the east (which we said we wouldn’t do when the Berlin Wall fell); Trying to stop construction of a gas pipeline between Russia and Western Europe (i.e., trying to usurp the sovereignty of all involved).