Russia has a 500 year long uninterrupted track record of invading and occupying its neighbors. Now, you might say that this is an unfair comparison because hund

Russia has a 500 year long uninterrupted track record of invading and occupying its neighbors. Now, you might say that this is an unfair comparison because hundreds of years ago everyone was doing that, and okay, yes! But the last time Russia bit off a piece of one of its neighbors was 2014! Russia acts like a 19th century imperialist in the year 2022! The last time Russia occupied a foreign territory and deported its inhabitants to Siberia was this year! And they’ve done it every place they’ve occupied in the 21st century! I mean, it’s actually incredible. Saying that this particular instance of territorial expansion has a self-defense motivation is, I think, implausible given the history.