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All this propaganda going one way or the other. Who cares?
The fundamental issue is that no one has ever, nor will they ever, want to be part of the Russkiy Mir. No one. Every country in proximity to Russia flees like all hell to join the Western world as fast as they possibly can.
Russia wasn’t able to provide a better or equal living standard to the West when it was a superpower with global reach and it sure as hell isn’t able to provide it today as a corrupt craphole mafia state that’s GDP is less than Italy’s but wants to be a world power rivaling the US/China/the EU.
All the Russians have to ensure that these countries don’t leave the Russian sphere of influence is military power, and they’re incompetent at that, just like they’re incompetent with everything.