He ' s a populist and an opportunist , but he also isn ' t wrong . And there isn ' t anyhing interently abad about making unions , as we see , from purely economic point at least , nobody gives an F about the ' stans but the ' stans themselves and a lil ' bit of Russia and China . WWII is The Great Patriotic war in Russia , and Russia did do most of the heavy lifting , with most of those first 2 years nothing happening , but Germany gaining powers and most continental states giving up without a big fight if we are talking about Europe . 7080 % of WWII did happen on the Eastern Front . That is where Germany was defeated . Then you see western media , and I follow it much more than i do Russian media , pretty much slam and ignore USSR contributions , everywhere except maybe Discovery Chanel . You see tropes and Russia as a scapegoat . He ' s a populist , but he isn ' t wrong . Everyone is an opportunist . It ' s a dog eat dog world when you are a large country . I agree with Ukraine , to an extend , but georgia attacked first and Saakashvili is a hack .