Thankfully, Putin and by implication Russia, have few illusions about the nature of the Western cabal. As Poland attempts to pin the entire beginning of WWII on Russia (seriously! - alleging the 23 Aug 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact), Putin, ever patient as he is the face of the alternative to endless diplomacy with agreement-incapable Western idiots, reminds the world (amongst other things) of the 1938 Munich Agreement. Putin: “Let them read historical documents so that they can see that the Munich Agreement was signed in 1938: the leaders of key European countries – France and the United Kingdom – signed an agreement with Hitler to divide Czechoslovakia.” I would add, let them look in the hypocrisy mirror of NATO's destruction of Yugoslavia. Da West got some chickens comin home... Putin Reminds The West: Those Who Ignore History Are Doomed To Repeat It https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-reminds-west-those-who-ignore-h... https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/01/01/putin-reminds-west-those-w... PS: Careful with articles or anything from The Strategic Culture Foundation, they tend towards revisionist neo-"liberal" "progressivism". Nothing against progressivism per se, but be extraordinarily careful with throwing out the baby with the bathwater, and avoid cliche ignorance tropes like ignoring the "constitutional" Federal Reserve Bank - hint: it's not.