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Truth is simple.
For people in Europe (especially middle/east) russian imperialism is the same thing, as american imperialism to a middle east and countries in the North and South America.
We can all hate russian and USA imperialism, hate the mainstream media, but please don't use other imperial contry as a alternative :)
One has military bases on every inhabited land mass on earth, the other does not, your local concerns do not make them even remotely comparable
Just because russia is a failing economy, and no longer has bases all over the world, that does not mean that it's no longer imperialist country.
Authoritarian pseudo communism ruined soviet union, an then thanks to Jelcyn, neoliberalizm killed what was left.
Neither Russia nor USSR ever had bases around the world as that's what imperialistic countries like USA tend to do