Originally Posted by editeur

Noone cares what they (or anyone else) want unless they have enough power to defend things they want. Putin doesn't like what they want and he has enough will and resources to impose his will on them. If they don't like it they can wage war alone or with help from someone, if they dare.
Russia is not a charity, far from it. We spend large chunk of our budget on the army. Don't like what Russia doing? Spend on your army as well. Just don't expect another country to care about what you want.