The British empire was an advanced imperialist power relative to the rest of the world at the time. Hence why it was bad.
Russia is not an advanced imperialist power relative to the unipolar hegemony of anglo-American dominance. They are a colonized anti-imperialist regional power, backed into being anti-imperialist by necessity.
TIL Britain during the times of the East India Trading Company was less imperialist than any neoliberal nation now.
The British empire was an advanced imperialist power relative to the rest of the world at the time. Hence why it was bad.
Russia is not an advanced imperialist power relative to the unipolar hegemony of anglo-American dominance. They are a colonized anti-imperialist regional power, backed into being anti-imperialist by necessity.