Russia is the largest country in the world covering 11 time zones and 1/8 of the world's land mass. Russia is the 2nd most prolific nuclear power, 2nd to the U.S. It's no secret that Russia tries to interfere with U.S. policies and elections and we do it to them. The negligence of the Hussein administration led the "intelligence" networks to assume that Russia had actually interfered with the electoral process but it has never been proven. For some reason the crazy angry left has gotten it into their pretty little empty heads that we should goad the 2nd most prolific nuclear power into some sort of conflict or try to isolate Russia as some sort of "punishment" for something that never happened rather than inviting them to sit down at the negotiating table. Today's radical lefties are like the sissie on the school bus who keeps kicking the bully until he gets a black eye.
pfft....
Russia, as large and grand that you claim, doesn't even have the Economy size of Italy.....due to their corrupt Putin/Oligarch government cronyism.
THEY are no one to look up to!