Quote Originally Posted by 14Russian View Post
(Deleted. L.) It is a waste of time to discuss this further. The facts are supplied by those articles which demonstrate the serious economic troubles Russia is having and continue to hurt ordinary Russians who are victims of the Putin administration's greed and quest to maintain power. At least, everything they are doing is backfiring. It's just sad that the citizens are the ones harmed.
That's a good definition for any government on the planet... including the US and the EU.
Tbh, if I told my neighbor's wife that her husband was abusive, greedy, and cruel - and that he was just using her and that she should leave him - then her husband would probably slam my head into a brick wall. And I wouldn't blame him if he did.
I think it's okay to offer CONSTRUCTIVE advice if there is a real problem but pushing a divorce is NOT constructive.
In the end, it's the wife's decision how she should deal with her problems. It's also the Russian peoples' decision how to deal with their problems.
Also, they know their leaders 1000x better than we do.

Imo, Russia and Putin will survive everything that's happening.
Also, considering the problems Russia is facing, I think the best American response would be to focus on OUR OWN problems. We have tons of those to deal with already. And with a Lame Duck President, our problems will only get worse.