Nobody can know for certain ahead of time if someone they are voting for will turn authoritarian or not after they are in power.
America invades everywhere, Russia only neighbors, that's what you learn in school.
russian federation was created in 1991.
Since then russia occupies entirety of Ichkeria, parts of Moldova, parts of Georgia, and parts of Ukraine
What lang grabs does US got since 91?
If you want to go before, russian occupation called 'ussr' and 'russian empire' caused pretty much unparalleled suffering and extinsions of peoples. But also, we are talking about current events. Past brutality is poor justification of current actions