Nah, Putin is a moderate among the leadership of Russia. His replacement would be far more aggressive.
It would do folks good to have a objective look at Europe, and Russia, and ask themselves what is it that Europe has that Russia would want.
You can begin, and end, with oil. View all things through the prism of oil. Norway and the North Sea are the only real source of oil in the entirety of Europe. And it’s dying. Russia doesn’t have that problem.
This presumption that Putin is now going to March to France it’s just silly. Francis loaded with Muslim extremists that every couple years said all their cars on fire. Why would Russia want this? Russia also has a population of about 150 million and it’s not like they don’t have any land for them to live on.
Stop with this presumption that Europe is this hugely desired item that Russia is desperate to have. It’s absurd. Europe has nothing.
As always voice to text generates some odd spelling