Except we don't force countries to enter commonwealth, Putin is scared of old soviet union nations joining Europe. They're free to do so.
They don't force anyone
> Putin is scared of old soviet union nations joining Europe
I don't think Russia is scared
They are worried Europe became an american military base with long range weaponry
https://www.thesoldiersproject.org/how-many-us-military-base...
> They're free to do so.
Nobody said the opposite
So why did they invade Ukraine then?
There is bad in both sides
https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia...
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/attacks-schools-quadru...