I never mentioned 19th century Russia. Invading to occupy, oppress, steal, and subjugate is 20th century Russia, no need to go back any further.
As I said before, justifying Russia acting like a medieval power in 2018 by citing American expansion in 1850 is just stupid. It's whataboutism but not even logical.
You might have thought you were being clever by blurring the distinction between Crimea and certain European nations, but everyone in this thread has seen through this. Crimea was part of Russian Empire from 1783. That's a long time ago.
You would have been fine if you just stopped with "Russia has invaded other nations". That's simply true. This "Russia invades more nations than USA" is obvious bullshit. Even the TV news admits that.
As I said before, justifying Russia acting like a medieval power in 2018 by citing American expansion in 1850 is just stupid. It's whataboutism but not even logical.