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>Has Russia ever refrained from offending the West

Of course. Like abstaining in a UN SC vote, allowing NATO bomb Libya.

>Russian stooge as a president at the time, installed via fossil fuel extortion

Nope, Yanukovich was elected by Ukrainian people.[0] Previous pro-Western president received only 6% of votes in the first round.

>If Russia wanted truly neutral Ukraine, they should've backed the fuck off in the first place.

Enlighten me, how backing off when the US supports pro-Western coup in the Ukraine would've resulted in "truly neutral Ukraine"? And please mind your language

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Ukrainian_presidential_el...

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> Of course. Like abstaining in a UN SC vote, allowing NATO bomb Libya.

The generosity!

> Nope, Yanukovich was elected by Ukrainian people.[0]

Tell me more of those exciting stories. From your link:

>> After all ballots were counted, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission declared that Yanukovych won the election with 48.95% of the vote compared with 45.47% for Tymoshenko.

> Previous pro-Western president received only 6% of votes in the first round.

After the guy was poisoned, disfigured beyond repair all while fighting smear campaigns calling him beekeeper.

You should've linked [0] when you talk about Yushchenko, comrade.

> Enlighten me, how backing off when the US supports pro-Western coup in the Ukraine would've resulted in "truly neutral Ukraine"? And please mind your language

Quid pro quo, it's a really tough principle for Russian to understand, because they're only used to extortion.

> And please mind your language

Your attempt at patronizing is as pathetic as Russian military takeover of Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%E2%80%932006_Russia%E2%80...

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