This article seems to have an anti-Putin bias.
It says “Hill and Gaddy explain that the fall of the Soviet Union, and Russia’s struggle to rebuild in the 1990s, instilled in Putin a fierce desire to make Russia a dominating force once again and get vengeance on the West for pushing his nation down in the first place.”
But the article says, seemingly to support that claim, support that, has a very neutral bit quoted from Putin:
“In order to work with people effectively, you have to be able to establish a dialogue and bring out the best in your partner. If you want to achieve the result you have to respect your partner. And to respect means to recognize that he is in some way better than you are. You should make that person an ally, make him feel that there is something that unites you, that you have some common goals. That skill I think is the most important skill.”
Fiona Hill’s lectures and interviews are accessible on youtube. She unpacks the intricacies of corruption in the Kremlin, but is very fair-minded and stresses the value of finding common ground with Russia.