I think we'll see some old grudges set aside shortly.
My thinking as well. This going to sound bad, I certainly dont mean it to be, but this attck I think has sealed Kerry's fate.
Sadly, I don't think so. Look at the last two lines of the article.
Putin said some foes wanted to tear off parts of Russia, and others were helping them.
"They help, supposing that Russia - as one of the greatest nuclear powers - still poses a threat to them. So they have to get rid of that threat."
Since it's the US who has military units all over former Soviet Republics in the south, I believe that he's referring to the US here. Putin just can't get past his Soviet KGB past. So he'll continue to play footsie with the old Soviet client states in return for cash (he's one to talk about corruption) and a chance to annoy the US. One of these days, a Russian city will die from a nuke, most likely a nuke built by the Russian/Soviet military and later resold to a Middle Eastern client.