In a joint statement following talks, Xi Jinping and Putin stated that the war in Ukraine could only be resolved by removing its “root causes”.
Such formulation clearly echoes key Russian propaganda messages used by the Kremlin to justify the launch of the full-scale war, including the threat of NATO expansion, discrimination against Russian-speaking people and the suppression of the Russian language, culture and media in Ukraine.
Just because a country does not side with russia, it is a US vassal. These US “vassal” are refusing to import chlorinated chicken from US. what kind of vassal refuse trade with their “master”.
You left out russian invasion, coups, separatists, and terrorism inside Ukraine, Donbas.
Instead of filling your head with propaganda, take a look at the map and russia borders and coasts. Measure the length of the russia border. Now measure the length of the Nato border with russia before the Ukraine war. No way is russia cornered.
The most peaceful borders of russia with the least number of border troops are along NATO borders.
NATO and other reasons are just excuses made for different sheeps/audience. Russia wanted the warm water ports in Ukraine’s Crimea and the water supply to crimea from Ukraine’s Donbas and eventually link up to Tranistria. It is just expansionism. Empire building. Putin already admitted it during the interview with Carlson.
It is not complicated. Complexity was created because different sheeps needed different reasons to support russia, like NATO for some, Nazis or LGBTQ and etc, for others,
Russia has zero security issue since they have most nukes in the world. They also have most land to shelter from nukes. They are already surrounded by nuclear powers like France, china, nkorea and etc. It is other countries that have genuine security issues with russia, its nukes, and imperial expansionism