>throw Russia is responsible for it's own action. It's not a weird state machine reacting to "western" actions and applying appropriate response. Russia was g

>throw Russia is responsible for it's own action. It's not a weird state machine reacting to "western" actions and applying appropriate response. Russia was given everything they possibly could be given to become part of "the west" - growing, democratic nation, like many of the nation they formerly occupied. Instead they choose kleptocracy, mafia state ruled by the guy who bombed apartment buildings in his own country to become president - and it only went downhill from there.