Russia was becoming our friend under Yeltsin. Putin has worked tirelessly to reverse that. When the speaker of the Russian Duma speaks seriously of reversing the “illegal” transfer of Alaska to the United States one should take him seriously. When Putin states that “Russia knows no borders” and threatens all his European neighbors, we should listen. When Russians brag incessantly about their ability to “win” a nuclear war then we should take notice.
Our entire country is being taken over right now and it isn’t Russia who is doing it. This is not our fight, nor is it our biggest threat. We cannot afford this game and neither can Europe. No one can argue that this would be happening without Western instigating this conflict. They tried to impeach Trump several times over this very agenda.
Yeltsin was selling Russian wealth and resources to Western oligarchs.