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The most recent Ezra Klein podcast is great in this regard; Timothy Snyder giving his analysis of Putin's position. To Snyder it's really down to the quirks inside Putin's mind, not a tactical move. And it's less about the old USSR, the Communists were way too accommodating to non-Russians for Putin's liking, and more about good old Tsarist greatness where all the little countries and various minority ethic groups around Russia knew who was the boss.