By Malcolm Dash Mar 14, 2022
No state should invade another country. It’s morally and ethically unjustifiable. But when descending from mount Olympus, the real world of national interests obscures all virtuous modalities. From time immemorial, powerful nation-states have asserted their hegemony over other states; through military, economic, and territorial expansion.
From the age of the Czars, Russia has exercised its influence over the Baltic nations. However, regarding Ukraine, Russia considers this country and its people as one with Russia. And Ukraine serves as a buffer state for Russia; let’s not overlook that the West invaded Russia many times, the Swedes in the 1700s, Napoleon in the 1800s, the French and British during the 1917 Russian revolution, and the third Reich in WWII. It imprinted these invasions into the collective history of generations of Russians.
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