Putin wants to restore the Russian Empire, but everybody else is an imperialist.Lol, so sayeth the imperialist supporter...And bunch of ignorant american imperialism apologists, like yourself,Every forum has their resident Russian apologist and they all say pretty much the same thing
Seriously - do you understand that Russia is the one engaging in imperialism here? They're the one who invaded a neighboring independent country and tried to forcibly occupy them.
I say "tried" because you guys haven't done a very good job of it.
This is a problem for Russians who were educated when Russia was still claiming to be a communist state. Putin has turned party dogma on its head and the apologists haven't really been able to make the transition. Imperialism requires a different vocabulary, which is a problem because empire building is a hard sell. In history, very few people have voluntarily joined an empire. I can't recall any nation which ever held an election to decide whether or not -to join an empire.