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The Nazi regime was a relative short episode but it still took Germany decades to overcome it, recognize the mistake it was, how deeply it was embedded into society, pay reparations and it's still an ongoing process.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergangenheitsbew%C3%A4ltigung
Russia now has over 100 years of terror regimes of different shapes but somehow gets a free pass, the current face is Putin and everybody just thinks somebody needs to stab him and it will all be ok again.
They stole half a century of the future of Eastern Europe. "The West" pulling out of Russia is seen as punishment, Russia pulling out of Eastern Europe was liberation. That is the fundamental difference and that's what I mean by they have nothing to offer.