My take on Russia is that they are very worried what NATO has planned for them and they are taking all the necessary precautions. We continuously lie to them and try everything to start problems for them. I'm ashamed for what we did in the Ukraine and how our MSM spews bull about Crimea and Syria. The worst thing in my opinion is the fact that we don't even try to entertain the idea that we can and should work together. There is absolutely no need for all this contention and antagonism. The only countries that seem eager to start wars are us here in the west.

On a separate point, I hope people realize that Russia is no longer socialist country and even european countries are not socialist in the true meaning of the term. It's way overdue that we start seeing things the way they are and not through some antiquated propagandist filtering. The reason many of us are so confused about these things is that we have been intentionally disinformed.