Agreed.
That is such disingenuous propaganda, only the stoopid or ill informed don't understand this.
From the WSJ propaganda posted by TimFitz
“At the Bering Strait with the United States,” the 9-year-old boy ventured hesitantly. Mr. Putin, who chairs the board of the Russian Geographic Society, contradicted the boy to triumphant applause. “The borders of Russia,” he pronounced, “never end.”
The rest of the piece? Just fear mongering and opinion, not based on squat TBH.
That so called, "triumphant applause?" Was because everyone there knew it to be sarcasm and a joke.
I watched it myself. You don't even need speak Russian to know Putin's being cheeky. This link is blocked by this site, but I found it on YT, and bookmarked the exchange. (Surprise surprise, the truth is censored?

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Clearly? Trolling the west.
IMO? I think this is a play on the fact, that the western powers are continually causing the borders of Russia to change. . . thus? "They never end."