Wrong western thinking

I am getting really tired of the media and their spin on world events.  I don't know why I even bother reading the news especially when it comes to Russia. 
If I remember correctly, the fall of Soviet Russia brought about the dissolution of the unity of the numerous "states" that made up the Soviet Union.  Again, if I remember correctly, the unity that all of these enjoyed was very long term, long before the fall into communism.  The Ukraine even used to be called "little Russia".  So it's maddening to read the western nations speak of Putin as a bully trying to take over independent Ukraine.  The West needs to stop thinking as if Russia is just another country.  Russia is eastern in its thinking.  Russia has been Christian for 1000 years, minus the blip of communism.  These two things make Russia different than anything the USA has ever known or understood.
In my opinion, the West and President Obama need to listen and learn from Russia.  Is Putin perfect? Of course not. No one is.  But as one with a Christian worldview, he is light years ahead of the US.
What will be the end result of this conflict between Russia and the Ukraine?  I don't know, no one does, but I guarantee it will go much smoother if the US and EU stay out of it.
I would not encourage anyone to join the EU or to shift their thinking to be more like the West.  In fact, being more Eastern in thinking is the very thing I am trying to do.  To put a finer point on it, eastern thinking is far more Christian than western.  Western thinking is the result of 1000 years of Roman Catholic scholasticism.  That's a bad thing.
What can we do at this point?  Pray for God's mercy and work at taking on the mind of Christ. All the political action in the world will accomplish nothing without the heart of Christ leading us.  And that means the leadership of the Church.