>The massive buildup of Russian troops on the Ukraine and Belarus borders, therefore, is not to deal with a threat from the West. Rather, it is to divert attent

>The massive buildup of Russian troops on the Ukraine and Belarus borders, therefore, is not to deal with a threat from the West. Rather, it is to divert attention from the internal health, demographic challenges, living-standards collapse and pervasive corruption that the Russian citizenry is suffering under the mismanagement of an incompetent Putin regime. This, most Russians are living a hard life, hand to mouth. They ask him why he sends their children to die trying to kill friends in Donbass and now possibly the rest of Ukraine. This is an evil murderous criminal gang with Putin as their leader. Somehow he has convinced a piece of Russian society that they are under threat by a country like Ukraine that is even poorer and more fragile. He has also gone to great lengths eliminating any who voice an opinion counter to his. The world really needs to come together and not just for Ukraine's sake but for the millions of Russians who are suffering under this despot in poverty and despair. Hopefully, enough pressure developes that makes this killing of Ukrainians to costly even for Putin and his inner circle. What a shame it would be having Europe and the world bend a knee to this crime against humanity.