And I'm likely one of the few here that's actually been to Russia, actually the USSR. My grandmother joined a peace group in the late '80s which had a "sister town" in the USSR and she asked me to go with her/them on their first visit.
Of course I thought my sensible Nana had lost it, but I could never turn her down. So I went and it turned out to be the trip of a lifetime (literally, I obviously could never go back now), I loved the group, all senior citizens except for one lady and me, we met with other groups dedicated to peace and even people on the street were happy to meet Americans. But that was under Gorbachev who had instituted more progressive policies, totally different from today.
And I certainly agree with you, he should have been permanently removed after January 6th, but according to Liz Cheney's book, only 10 Republican House members voted yes on impeachment, others were too afraid of being primaried or subject to retribution. She said that if the vote had been anonymous, it would have been overwhelming. And one of their excuses was that he'll be gone soon, anyway.
As far as I'm concerned, attacking another country to orchestrate regime change, this is worse than January 6th, and he sure isn't planning to leave anytime soon, but will the Republicans go for removal this time? From what I heard on MS NOW, some in Republican leadership knew what he was planning for Venezuela (John Thune, Marco Rubio?) so are we expected to put up with his revenge and lawlessness for another 3 years? I don't want to even wait for the midterms, he's just too dangerous.