STRADDLED

To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

"Putin seems to be everywhere at once, straddling the ocean, filling the sky, just like Stalin."

To consider or favor two apparently opposite sides; to be noncommittal.

"Wanting to please both sides, he straddled the issue."