“Personally, I RESPECT Russia looking out for the interests of its people (i.e., ethnic Russians) in the Ukraine.
Yes. Just ask the Georgians and Ukrainians how great Russian friendship is. Might as well as the Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, Finns, Estonians, Lithuanians, and Latvians as well.
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Russia is out for RUSSIA... anybody thinking they are a loyal friend or benefactor in good faith is delusional and -eventually- in for a hideous shock