[Hiddigeigei]

"The nightmare scenario has arrived."
And it looks like our government was instrumental in causing it. IMHO, at one time Russia would have much preferred to be an accepted part of European culture and as an European state.

[AndyJackson]

at one time Russia would have much preferred to be an accepted part of European culture

Let's see some of their cultural accomplishments measure up:
Ballet?
Music?
Literature?
Physics?
Mathematics?
Engineering?
Art?

Nope. Nothing. Just don't measure up. Failures. Complete and utter failures in every category I can imagine. Don't even know why we bother with this kind of discussion.