Yeah and how did the current greedy/evil bastard get in power? I have no great love for Russia and don't believe at all in the idea that the U.S. or the west i

Yeah and how did the current greedy/evil bastard get in power? I have no great love for Russia and don't believe at all in the idea that the U.S. or the west in general is the source of all the misery in the world. I think it's pretty clear there are some malignant actors in the world and China and Russia are foremost among them. But you might want to look into American post-Soviet collapse policy before you get too far over your skis.