Russia
Related to: Russification, Russian colonialism
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Argument: "US did lead so many wars while Russia is a peaceful state."
Answer: As one of the empires and later superpowers, Russian empire / Soviet Union / Russia led many wars, here is a small list of them:
List of Russian wars (Wikipedia)
As USSR USSR.icon
1939 Invasion of Poland (invasion started 2 weeks after the German invasion)
1950-1954 Korea (air power)
1953 Suppression of East Germany Uprising
1956 Suppresion of Hungarian Revolution
1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia (the last soldier left in 1991)
1979-1989 Soviet-Afghan war
As Russia Russia.icon
1994-1996 First Chechen War
1999-2000 Second Chechen War
2008 Georgia
Since 2014 Ukraine
Since 2015 Syria
Infographics
https://twitter.com/libreenUSA/status/1499511555964260353?s=20&t=kGZs5Rizz29F52rDwvqjuQ
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https://twitter.com/MuKappa/status/1575803662345306112?s=20&t=kEBHE_dZk0iOTe1iRte4nA
Russian army:
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1497993363076915204?s=20&t=sZVfEjvB5vbQmmfG2I-9Ww
On Russian maps of progression
https://twitter.com/Calthalas/status/1498998318755680260?s=20&t=Thf2VmqXxAhI7yIi6FYtnA
Putin on Russians and Ukrainians being one people
"I will never abandon my conviction that Russians and Ukrainians are one people ... but the way the battle is going shows we are fighting neo-Nazis."
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1499428529964036103?s=20&t=bo41WdRbobO53PsoH-Qs6g
See also
Russification
Russian colonialism