The West is always treated as though it has no conscience.

President Biden has more of a conscience in his little finger than ever demonstrated by Vladimir Putin. This has gotten to be ridiculous. 

This is what paranoia looks like.

The USA cannot even begin to remove it's nuclear tirad or reduce it's inventories because of Russia and it's willingness to use them.

 Global Nuclear Inventories 2022 (click here) 

Russia must immediately lock down it's nukes and end the occupation of Chernobyl.

Chernobyl must be returned to the custody of the IAEA. Immediately.

February 28, 2022

Russia (click here) also calls for 'the demilitarization and denazification of the Ukrainian state'

Russia's President Vladimir Putin told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Monday that the demilitarization of Ukraine and Western recognition of Russian sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula were prerequisites to ending fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

"Vladimir Putin stressed that a settlement is possible only if Russia's legitimate security interests are unconditionally taken into account,” a Kremlin readout of the call said.

These interests include “the recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea,” in addition to “the demilitarization and denazification of the Ukrainian state and ensuring its neutral status," the Kremlin continued....

Putin is acting as though he has a legitmate grievance with the world in general. It is ridiculous. He is emboldened and that is a clear indication his estimation of the circumstances is completely wrong.

February 28, 2022
By Jay Cannon,Celina Tebor, David Jackson, Caren Bohan, Katie Wadington, Matthew Brown, and Rick Rouan

Countries tightened the vise around Russia's economy on Monday, (click here) announcing new sanctions on its central bank and individuals, with even Switzerland breaking its neutral stance to join the EU in its actions.

The moves came as Ukrainian and Russian delegations met at the Belarusian border for their first direct talks since Russia's invasion began on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said it would demand an immediate cease-fire.

In response to Russia's invasion, the U.N. was meeting in two separate forums: The General Assembly gathered for only its 11th emergency meeting, and the 15-member Security Council came together again to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.

Also Monday, the U.S. announced it was expelling 12 Russian diplomats stationed at U. headquarters in New York. for engaging in “espionage activities” that undermine U.S. national security....

The people in Crimea are Ukraineans, not Russians. If Vladimir Putin is paranoid about Russia's national security, it is his problem, not the world's!

Febraury 12, 2022

Chonhar Crossing, Ukraine — Oleg dragged his suitcase (click here) down a long cement road, crossing from a territory Russia invaded eight years ago to a territory Russia may be preparing to invade, to go visit his mother-in-law.

He had set off from his home in Crimea, passing a Russian military convoy along the way. Nearing the boundary, he walked past an abandoned hotel from the days before the hostilities, when Crimea's Black Sea resorts were a top vacation destination. Then he showed his papers to the armed Ukrainian guard on the other side, and waited for a lift next to little stray dogs and a row of dried fish dangling from the open trunk of a merchant's car....

This is the result of propaganda. The people do not accept the fact that Russia has borders and expansionism is an international violation. That is Soviet Speak and not that of an independent Russia.

February 23, 2022

As the world waits (click here) to see if Russia will invade Ukraine, an exclusive new poll of both countries for CNN finds that twice as many Russians believe it would be right for Moscow to use military force to prevent Kyiv from joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as say it would be wrong.

One out of every two Russians (50%) says it would be right, while only a quarter (25%) say it would be wrong. The other quarter (25%) are unsure, according to the survey.

But the poll also found that more Russians think it would be wrong than right to use military force “to reunite Russia and Ukraine” – two countries with a long and complicated history of being intertwined....

Why does NATO exist? Putin needs to answer that question. We, in The West, know why NATO exists and Putin is clearly demonstrating with Ukraine why NATO exists. Putin has no right to reach outside Russia's borders to define where Russia's national security interest begins and ends. NO RIGHT! Putin is why out of line and it needs to end.

The communists have these ideas that are part of their political dialogue all the time that The West is interested in destroying them. WRONG! Just because Putin is paranoid about Russia's national security he needs to PROVE concretely that his ideology is actually backed by facts. It is not!

Russia invaded Ukraine. Ukraine did not invade Russia. Russia invaded and is occupying the Chernobyl nuclear power plant without any agreement with any other international authority regarding the state of the facility or the right to occupy the land. Putin's plans have caused a spike in radiation and now Ukraine is starting to look like Russia, poisoned and exporting poison to it's neighbors.

Putin is reckless and dangerous.

I would think he would welcome peace talks in Geneva, it would allow him to breath fresh air and know what it actually feels like.