Yeah tell the Russians to worship Putin. You idiot.
Things you should realize about Putin’s personality; and these are constants that have never changed:
1.) Putin is envious, possessed by an entrenched vice of greed since he was a young man;
2.) Putin is vengful;
3.) Putin in a fight feins peace, then when his opponent’s guard is down he attacks again;
4.) Putin makes no distinction between his own person, the state, and Russia - IOW, if protests occur in Russia, he considers them to be a personal attack on him, not on his policies;
5.) Putin is parinoid, and has been so since his days as a KGP officer. He used to hold his meetings in an abandoned elevator shaft at KGB headquarters;
6.) Putin is a wreckless opportunist, not a thoughtful planner. He never considers likely reprocussions or the possible consequences of his actions, and he never changes course once he sets his mind upon a particular goal. If he seems to retreat or give up a goal, he will soon again pursue that same “prize” undeterred.
These are all proven constants of Vladimir Putin’s personna. And for these reasons I argue that he will not stop with Ukraine.
Putin cannot and will not accept that his course of action is wrong, no matter the objections of his advisors or citizenry. If Russians protests his policies or actions, then Putin automatically assumes that these protetsers must “not be Russians” - but rather the “puppets” of the U.S.
Again, this has been the constant behavior of Vladimir Putin since he removed all Democratic processes that had begun to form in Russia, following the collapse of the USSR. By the time Putin’s second year in office was completed, he had vanquished these reforms, as he began to solidify his grip on power.