You may be right about Von Eggert, but Putin is no anti-Soviet and he set the Soviet detox process back. Way back. It was sad for me see while living there for a year. I had initially come in giving him the benfit of the doubt.
That MAY be true, however the critical question is: Is Putin Pro Russian ahead of all else, and there is considerable evidence he is.
...and he set the Soviet detox process back. Way back.
I would propose that Russia is undergoing the first ever national and cultural Soviet "detox" in world history, and as such, there is no history to compare, or a completed successful "detox". "Way back" may not be anywhere near accurate. It may require a strong and ruthless nationalist leader and significant time, to pull a national culture through Soviet Communist detox, we don't know, it's never been done before.
I would point out that Putin did not set any of this up, but he must deal with it and succeed to conserve Russian culture. Muslim Jihadis, Globalist shills and American Democrats certainly will not.