I mean really, ikosmos. Here's a paragraph from that last story you linked. Please tell me in a comradely way whether you actually believe this brain-dead apologia for colonialism and imperialism:
When Russia is ruled by great leaders, she always attracts other countries to her sphere of influence. Under tsar Alexey I the Cossacks living under the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth became a key part of the Russian state. Under Alexander I an emergent Serbia sought support from Russia as did a young Greek state. Under Alexander III, Russia’s influence amongst the Slavic peoples of the Balkans grew immensely. Under Brezhnev half the world saw the Soviet Union as a beacon of liberation against the imperialist west.
You know that when Germany was ruled by Hitler, there was no shortage of anti-colonial organizations in various vassal states of Europe and elsewhere that looked to the Nazis to "liberate" them from their oppressors. I suppose that made Hitler a "beacon of liberation"?
Give me a serious break. Opposition to imperialism doesn't mean picking teams, no more than it means putting an equal sign between all enemies.