The corporate media presents Russia as militaristic but ignores Canada’s invasion of that country. 100 years ago today a popular revolt ousted the Russian monarchy. Enraged at Nicholas II’s brutality and the horror of World War I, protests and strikes swept the capital of Petrograd (Saint Petersburg). Within a week the czar abdicated. Later in the year the Bolsheviks rose to power in large part by committing to withdraw from the war. Most Canadians have probably forgotten about this sorry chapter in our country's history. But the Russians haven't! And that's one reason why they regard Trudeau & Freeland's sending of troops to Ukraine, Poland, and Latvia with alarm. [article by our old friend and colleague, Yves Engler] http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/15/when-canada-invaded-russia/