“No, you would need a recent governor of one of those states to on record saying that the failure of the South to secede from the Union was a geopolitical tragedy.”
Still would PROVE he wanted to also bring back slavery. Perhaps there’s no longer a benefit in slavery, but there is still a benefit in not being part of the Neocon-run United States?
If there is NO EVIDENCE of Putin saying that he wants to restore the Soviet Union, then any claims to that effect attributed to him are INVALID. Sorry.
There is no evidence of Putin saying that he wanted to invade Ukraine. In fact, he said he didn't want to. Then he did it.