Russia Ukraine war, page-3886

"He gets riled by the mere existence of democracy."

Russia has not been "surrounded by democracy" the past 30 years , it is being surrounded by an aggressive militarist alliance, US/NATO which now openly states the agenda it has been pursuing all along.
The total disarmament and subjugation of Russia, through war, like they have done (or tried) to Yugoslavia/serbia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria to name a few.