The blame lays squarely on Russia. No argument about it. The point was that with the right policies in the beginning of 2000s the US could have prevented this o

The blame lays squarely on Russia. No argument about it. The point was that with the right policies in the beginning of 2000s the US could have prevented this outcome but had chosen not to. The EU could've done the same at the time but it always plays poodle. After Putin's second return to power it was probably too late anyways.