Only the Party apparatus has changed. The goal remains the same.
Yes, and the Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Poles, Ukrainians, Belorussians, and even the Russians must pay for Putin’s unchecked autocracy, new found Russian chauvinism, ersatz Orthodoxy, and crony capitalism. The whole world is going to pay for Putin’s self aggrandizement. It’s inevitable and sadly a wonderful thing for the phony conservatives who admire tyranny.