How do I put this nicely....any impression that the Biden administration is working to impede Russian expansion into Eastern Europe is for show and a complete fraud. Taken as a total package, this administration's policy edicts put Putin in the position of strength, restored his revenue stream, and provided him the technology injection he needed to resume his "destiny to reunite" (Putin's words) and rebuild the USSR. This administration suspended REAL sanctions, cut US production of energy products via regulatory action and administrative edict (every aspect of the energy industry is federally regulated), halted exports of energy products which put Europe back under Putin's dominance for energy products. The current war in eastern Europe would not be possible without those measures - putting OPEC+Russia back in control of energy products world wide.

There is more, plenty more, that this administration has done to benefit Putin's Russian vision. Those are just the highlights.

If you think the empty "sanctions" and tough talk mean anything, I respectfully submit that you review the entire record. And contrast it with the time period 2017 through 2020.