Maybe not the leader, but around the country itself. Even people that were vehemently against the leader were deeply against "the West". >Start an actual war t

Maybe not the leader, but around the country itself. Even people that were vehemently against the leader were deeply against "the West". >Start an actual war to depose the leader (not always turning out great, and I'm assuming your country wasn't a nuclear superpower)? Leave everything as it is, let the leader invade neighbors with no repercussions? I don't know, I am not a world leader but I know that those sanctions are not going to have the intended consequences, just about the opposite. If I had to say something, I would recommend to let them battle em out, with substantial military aid to Ukraine. Throwing out common Russian people from universities and jobs across Europe is just going to feed a siege mentality and its plainly speaking, racist.