Russian imperial expansion did not end in 1994. Nor was Ukraine going to join NATO anytime soon. The claim that Russia was provoked because of this is laughable.
Russian expansion would not have happened because without NATO there was no threat to them. No NATO - no threat. IDIOTS IN THE WEST PROVOKED THE BEAR. Again for those with any common sense NATO caused the thing it was supposed to stop.
Idiotic globalism that you display is how we got here.