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On Putin's rationality, I listened to someone make the point that if you take a more c19th imperialist view then it all holds together much more.
Personally I struggle to forget Adam Curtis talking about Soviet conceptions of truth and reality. I think it's important to not get too bogged down in what Putin & Co. say, as ultimately it is transitory and not based in reality. In a nutshell he wants to re-establish a Russian empire and will do anything to achieve that. Rationalising the extent to which NATO posses a threat to Russia, etc. is futile.