Love Russia and the Russian people, but here's a brief history lesson for Trump...

1919 - Russia attacks Ukraine
1920 - Russia attacks Poland
1921 - Russia attacks Azerbaijan
1939 - Soviet Union attacks Georgia, Finland and Poland
1940 - Soviet Union attacks Baltic countries
1956 - Soviet Union attacks Hungary
1968 - Soviet Union attacks Czechoslovakia
1979 - Soviet Union attacks Afghanistan
1992 - Russia attacks Georgia and Moldova
1994 and 1999 - Russia attacks Chechnya
2008 - Russia attacks Georgia
2014 - Russia attacks Ukraine
2015 - Russia attacks Syria
2022 - Russia attacks Ukraine

Trump to Zelenskiyy: “You should’ve never started it … You could’ve made a deal.”

“He should never have let that war start … That war’s a loser.”

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CedricH · 22-25, M

I don’t love either. Anyway, great list. Here are some minor corrections. Beginning in 1918 the RSFSR attempted to strangle the newly independent Baltic states in their cradle. Subsequently, Azerbaijan was attacked in 1920, followed by Armenia in the same year, and the takeover of the South Caucasus was completed with the invasion of Georgia in 1921. Farther to the East, Russia invaded Mongolia in the same year.
In 1940, the USSR(Russia) not only invaded the Baltic states but Romania to occupy and annex Bessarabia and the Bukovina region.
I‘d also add the Soviet invasion of northern Iran in 1941 since the Soviet Union, unlike Britain and the US, tried to stay and continue the occupation until after the war despite pre-existing agreements.

ididntknow · 56-60, M

@CedricH How many military bases does Russia have around the world ?
How many military bases does America have around the world ?

CedricH · 22-25, M

@ididntknow Perhaps Russia ought to cultivate a few more mutually benificial alliances. That, however, would require a different conduct in international affairs.
Besides, the entire rhetorical question is childish. Foreign military bases are neither intrinsically good nor bad, it depends on how they‘re being used.