Stop reading Putinist propaganda for a while and you see that it's very much Russia who has been the aggressor. Thanks to internet, we have more and more direct evidence from the areas that are being attacked and we can see who is doing what.

I recommend following Bellingcat's investigations. They have done some great reports from Ukraine and Syria.

There should be no question about massmurders executed by Russia in Ukraine and Syria.

I'm not a fan of USA, either. I just judge politicians and countries by their actions. Currently Russia is the one who is acting very aggressively against the neighbors and other countries. Putin's actions should be judged like Obama's actions are judged.

Libertarians should be the ones who are against all warmongering politicians. Condemning all kind of aggressive behavior is the only way to prevent the war.

Russia is pretty much a failed state by now. Putin has destroyed the economy even more than Obama has done in the USA. To keep his power, what Putin can do? Of course he could stop spending so much money to military and start freeing the economy, but that seems to be highly unlikely. More likely is that he will start or join to bigger conflicts or even a war. That's what despots have always done when they need a tighter control over their country.