Originally Posted by CyberSEO

The USA wants Mexico. Dude, look at the World's map. Russia is the largest country ever with a population about only 140 millions. It can't manage itself and secure its borders. Why anybody here would want the poorest Ukraine with the official AIDS epidemic?

Putin has started a war on the Ukraine to improve his ratings. He doesn't want to join the Ukraine. The only thing he wants is to make a war zone in a Russian-speaking country (a very weak country) at our borders to show Russians that somebody else feel worse. When the people here start complaining about their salaries, he says: "look at the Ukraine!" When people ask why Putin and his friends steal money, he says: "look at the Ukraine!" And so on. Every question in Russia ends up with Putins "look at the Ukraine!" and "do you want to live like the Ukrainians?"

And that... works. Nobody here wants to live like the Ukrainians because their country is extremely poor. And Putin use this fact to improve his ratings. Do you know what about 1/4 of the Ukrainians were unable to participate in the presidential elections? Do you know why? Just because they are living in Russia. They are still the Ukrainian citizens, but the Ukrainian government has taken out their right of voice since... they are betrayers who have moved to a richer country, which started a war at their territory.