[WoofDog123]

I wonder how much of russian posture on topics like this going forward is going to be influenced by what they perceive as the west hijacking the ukraine election, which they DO consider their traditional sphere of influence (and they are correct, at least until now).

[Sender]

I wonder how much the West actually did influence the Ukrainian election. Clearly Putin wanted to influence it the other way. I think the people of Ukraine proved that no outside influence or authoritarian government can forever hold down the will of the people...and that is what scares would-be dictators everywhere.