I think generally people don't like Russia's influence campaigns on Western democracies and that distaste bleeds over; not to mention it's imperialist campaigns against Ukraine.

as bad as Russia has been (bots on internet), it pales in comparison with US/UK interference in other countries. In fact it pales in comparison with US meddling in Russian affairs - http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960715,00.html

Yes, and decades of anti-Russian sentiment due to the Cold War, maybe. Russia’s position in Ukraine is distasteful to the west, but entirely in keeping with their defence strategy which has been consistent for hundreds of years.

I don't think hand waving the invasion of a neighboring country is going to change anyone's opinion.

I’m not trying to change anyone’s opinion. I think Russia is heading to dark place and as a liberal I am appalled at some of the Russian government’s policies and oppression. But the story most of us get in the west is weirdly biased, and not contextualised.

> "weirdly biased"

Yeah it is.