And they returned the favor in the form of banning russian language, inviting NATO and murdering russians.
"I bought her flowers, and she still didn't love me. She even started chatting to another guy. So obviously I had no choice but to beat her to a pulp. And the bitch scratched my face when I hit her, so really, trying to kill her was the only thing I could possibly do".
Sadly for barbos, the "but surely
everyone is a self-centred psychopath with anger control and violence issues" defence fell out of favour some time ago.
Maybe it's still considered an effective legal defence in Russia.