Don’t see too many “modern world” countries, as you put it, attacking neighbors in a land grab. Russia has done so several times over the last couple decades in a very colonial way. Calling it an Empire might be glib, but isn’t incorrect based on their expansion
Understandable. RSS is fantastic for news and such, but lacks the community of comments which is what drives a lot of people to content they normally wouldn’t read.
Glad they’re stating the obvious. But everyone else is thinking ‘no shit’