> Is anyone in an elected or influential position talking about invading Russia? I hope not. That's never worked. Napoleon, Hitler, and the Wagner Group's comi

> Is anyone in an elected or influential position talking about invading Russia? I hope not. That's never worked. Napoleon, Hitler, and the Wagner Group's comic-opera invasion all failed. The Economist seems to view this as the end of a happy era for Europe, an era when the EU could focus on making the EU work well and provide a good life for its people, without worrying too much about external problems. They're not wrong. Putin's stated goal is to re-establish a Russian empire, out to the boundaries of the 19th century Russian Empire.[1] He's been saying things like this for years now: "Peter the Great waged the Great Northern War for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them, he did not take anything from them, he returned [them (to Russia)]. Apparently, it also fell to us to return [what is Russia’s] and strengthen [the country]. And if we proceed from the fact that these basic values form the basis of our existence, we will certainly succeed in solving the tasks that we face." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire