@es0mhi @simsa04
I'm not so sure that "restotring the territory of the Soviet Union" are mere empty words. At least Putin believes in them, and, as it seems, more than 50% (numbers are sometimes up as high as 75%) of Russians support his war in Ukraine. It seems to me that many Russians rather choose "meaning", the feeling of importance, over freedom and good neighbourhood.
This is the same reason why I also don't see this as the "beinning of the "end" for Russia.
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