Russia vows no Ukraine invasion as leaders seek solution

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30. He is simply expressing the methods that we have established

These are the rules that we use, we are consistantly interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. Far more than Russia does on any measure.

I saw an interview with Putin after what happened in Georgia. In that interview he expressed surprise at the way he felt the west was able to manipulate the version of events in the media (and OSCE verified that Russia indeed went in *after* Georgia targeted civilians in their investigation afterwards and that western media claims were false). The look on his face definitely appeared to be genuine astonishment. It was in the years after that he started to ramp up his own media efforts.

I have been paying a lot of attention to matters in that part of the world for a while. And it looks to me like he has been essentially learning from us, and adjusting his tactics to match ours. I am not sure that can really be blamed on him. We have been doing this for many, many, years. He just seems more willing to actually speak about it, whereas our government always denies it is going on. Maybe Putin has not yet learned to do that?