You seem a thoughtful and intelligent poster, Chesney, but the above statement is nonsense.
Unless of course, you are talking about orientation towards the EU?
I am talking about the West in the cultural sense. Christendom. And the heart and soul of Russia is firmly there, even as Western Europe has largely vacated the West in any meaningful sense.
There is a vague feeling at the back of my mind that I have heard pal oil production causes deforestation, which I suppose is a bad thing, but in general, environmental issues just make my eyes glaze over with boredom. Sorry.
Au contraire, I think you will find that the U.S. government claims to have landed men on the Moon and returned them to Earth.
There is no independent corroboration of this, so we have to accept that either they are telling the truth, or they are not. Personally, I have no idea wither way.
RE: heart & soul
Joy Division, another blast from the past.How can anyone not like 80s music?