The “just fighting Nazis!” pretext vs. 30 years of Russian imperialism

First Chechean War, Second Chechean War; Russia only attacked Ukraine because “Nazis.”; Illegal occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia; Coercive “alliance” with Belarus; Transnational chemical attacks on dissidents, ex-spies, and journalists; The Kremlin’s dismantling all dissenting media within Russia; The fact that all European countries (and the United States) have “Neo-Nazis” that would furnish a Russian pretext for war