because the west wants to balkanize russia before absorbing parts of it basically for free. cia supported jihadists, ukrainian radicals and all other types of destabilizing groups not to establish a trustworthy environment with russian state, you know? you see, your elites wants misery around the globe and be the only safe haven. naturally it also destroys your whole population's well-being, now that you are competing with all the smartest people around the globe and can't even afford a house anymore. because you can't compete with every smartest jeet, gook and european being just an average mutt. especially with such tuition cost and anti-intellectual culture you have there. but your oligarchs like getting all these h1b people that are smarter than you, more hardworking and less demanding for free. it's the ultimate goal, get all the brains, get all the resources, own and control everything. it's just servers nobody except for a few dozens of bezoses, musks and zuckerbergs, but since they can buy all your politicians and media, it works for them, right?
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