Putin was probably involved in the initial uprising to pave the way for his intervention. Another ‘manufactured crisis’ requiring a remedy. Saul Alinsky 101. Barry endorses the spread of communism.
One way or another, this was inevitable...whether Putin or some other Russian leader....They were not going to let the entire of Ukraine get away from them...Western Ukraine, fine. But Crimea and Donetsk, wasn’t going to happen.