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A perfectly fair stance Russia's current government aint good, yes its better than the western backed looters that preceded them but that bar is so low its underground. Like let us not forget Putin tried to have Russia join nato, Russia under its current leadership only opposes nato imperialism because they couldn't partake.
I think that's a very fair point, but I do think it is slightly unfair to blame Russia for asking to join NATO. Of course it's not that simple, but even the USSR was interested in NATO, for the same reasons Russia is today, most likely: To have a seat at the table and steer things