A couple of times in every hundred years, European troops invade Russia, are rebuffed, and then lick their wounds for a long time. Then they attack Russia again and are defeated again.

So who is the aggressor here?

And here is a British cartoon about Russia’s loss in the Crimean War (a severed paw in the Crimea region) There are inscriptions on the bear: “Slavery”, “Tyranny”, “Repression”, “Ignorance”, “Wants more land”. Now compare it with the modern content of anti-Russian propaganda.

@malzoffsgallery