@santiago Russian imperialism didn't vanish in any year. The French stopped, the Germans stopped, the Brits stopped, the Spanish, the Dutch, the Portoguese, the Russians keep on going. And I for one wouldn't want to lay that on feet of communism except for stating that communism didn't change anything about this, not over night and not over half a century. And changing to stone age capitalism didn't improve things either. Russia is simply a shitty neighbor to have.