On the other hand, Putin cannot allow a democratic neighbor as it would call into question Russia’s non-democratic government.
Listen to the Victoria Nuland 2014 phone call with the US Ambassador to Ukraine as she basically appoints the new Ukraine government like a freaking EMPRESS, and then get back to us about the "democracy" in Ukraine.
59 posted on 03/04/2022 7:12:29 PM PST by Jim Noble
(Who saves the nation breaks no law)