Applying moral relativism here is as wrong as it is in most other situations. The arguments for industrial leadership are also rather weak. Russia is a rather

Applying moral relativism here is as wrong as it is in most other situations. The arguments for industrial leadership are also rather weak. Russia is a rather small market and in exchange they didn't spend much time in sending millions of refugees across the boarder. Belarus was a good example how having a puppet regime is a national security issue, so you either do sanctions and deny nasty people economic capability for further wars, or you postpone your issues a few years until he starts with a new round of threads while putting new demands.