Can Russia ever become a normal country? – Russia

Would Russia be a peaceful democracy today if Boris Yeltsin had chosen a liberal politician as his successor instead of ex-KGB man Vladimir Putin at the turn of the millennium? If one follows the analyzes based on the classical school of geopolitics, then the answer is: no. The invasion of Ukraine is therefore not a lonely decision by one man, but is deeply rooted in Russian history – and even more so in its geography.