I’d change you analysis by one click: Under the Czar, under the communists, and now, the heartless LEADERS of Russia have always been willing to squander the lives and well being of their people in support of their wicked ends. After hundreds of years of oppression, the people, like whipped dogs, take a lot before they backlash
Russia “...willing to squander the lives and well being of their people in support of their wicked ends...”
And in what country has that ever NOT been the case?