Russia, the same as Ukraine is far from perfect, but which country is Max? Spheres of influence Max. The US has the whole world as the sphere. Russia is happy just with friendly countries in their neighbourhood. Big difference.
We have been over the events from 2013 many times. Unfortunately, you are unable to accept that the EU and IMF did not want to bail out bankrupt Ukraine and Yanukovich was forced to accept the bailout from Russia, even though he originally did not want it. What was he suppose to do in your opinion?
