Russia Ukraine war, page-236762

"Sphere of influence" ? That's a laugh. Is that code for "play the game my way and do what I say and want and leave my Puppets alone or I'll wipe your country and culture off the face of the Planet ?
Of course preventing War is much better but it's much too late for that isn't it....one Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin saw to that in a Big way didn't he. How to win friends and influence people and take someone into your sphere of influence ? He's achieved and is achieving the opposite in fact I suspect.
He's apparently never been able to get over the dissolution of his beloved USSR which he's described as the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the Century " of which Ukraine was a Crown Jewel and seems intent on making it thus since the Independent State of Ukraine has made it very clear they want to go their own way. He should respect that wish.
What do you think about Russian involvement in secret payments to US Content Creators and fake news websites etc etc ? Is this another of his "sphere of influence" operations working again ? Has some of it even flowed through to HC do you think ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-05/us-charges-russian-disinformation-rt-propaganda/104313552