"they're genocidal imperialists who have been invading their neighbors and taking land for hundreds of years." That's seems a little one-sided. So the English, the dutch, the Spanish and the French can do it for centuries, and more recently isreal, but only the Russians are genocidal imperialists? Also, then what? The Russian economy breaks, then NATO will just disband and leave Russian territories to handle themselves? Sorry I don't see it. The imperialism is just as strong from the west. They will advance and conquer if allowed.