Putin and Russia have been on the good side of history since 1990. While USA & Allies have made every effort to still destroy them Economically, bar them from profiting in the market with Europe, sanctions & sabotage on every field. Put missiles all around Russia: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey & Ukraine. Granted most of those states still bear a grudge against the old USSR, but it's still injustice and a stranglehold forcing Russia to take unprecedented measures.