No, it’s happening exactly because it invaded and is killing people in Ukraine. Why invent an alternative and much more complicated reason? Russia was a mess,

No, it’s happening exactly because it invaded and is killing people in Ukraine. Why invent an alternative and much more complicated reason? Russia was a mess, weak and poor for 20 of the last 30 years. All the West did during this time was invest and assist trying to integrate a former adversary into the world economy.