You have the freedom to express your views on Medium. You’d have no such rights in Russia.

Putin believes in the restoration of the Russian Empire (with himself as czar) and is indifferent to the human suffering he inflicts in furtherance of that goal. I find both the means and the ends barbaric.

Moreover, all your talk about Western hegemony, even if true, seems to suggest that military force is a reasonable alternative for Russia. Tell that to the families in Bucha.

The Nazis now reside in the dustbin of history with small pockets of support occasionally appearing. This too will be the fate of Putin’s Russia.

There is a great nation to be forged in Russia if the Russian people have the courage to build it.