Well, that makes sense. A country that claims to be a great power should, theoretically, act responsibly and refrain from moves like this. The peculiar thing about Russia right now is that it is acting like some crazy little statelet itself, and in fact seems to be modeling itself more on nutty states like Iran than on the supposed great power model. The blustering leaders, the sudden power grabs, the deviousness, the blithe ignorance of agreements, etc. are really more typical of third-rate dictatorships.
Perhaps one of our errors is that we were honestly trying to treat Russia as a responsible great power, or at any rate, one that was trying to reach that point. But suddenly it has revealed itself simply to be another unstable, unpredictable and uncivilized rogue state.
And while the majority of us get up early to drive/commute to do the Job thing, in order to earn money to pay taxes, buy groceries, etc., away from home... robbers and burglars enter our homes as a "thief" in the day. Our cars get ripped off right outside our workplaces.
North Carolina is seeing an unprecedented rash of car breakins, with the GPS system being stolen.
Just the GPS thingees....
The Russians moved during the Olympics because Georgia launched a massive attack on civilian areas of South Ossetia during the Olympics. But, you already knew that. You fail to mention it because it doesn't fit your propaganda!
Russia is not, nor has it ever been, a civilized nation. They had some westernizing monarchs like Peter and Catherine (a German!) but the overall Russian nation has always toed the fine line between civilization and barbarism, often opting for the latter.
That's probably where they missed the boat.