[libertine]

I don't think that was the framing, it was more of a political alternative - even with all it's flaws it was a more viable than the current collapsing regime.

Now look at what Russians are facing, the end of the federation at the hands of a corrupt elite with an accelerated demographic collapse and economic ruin... And they can't even back out of the war because it will crumble the rest.

The biggest tragedy is dragging Ukrainians into this...