Such bullshit. Putin has been hammering at Kiev for almost two years and has garnered a few yards of dirt. And now we’re to believe that Russia really has its sites set on countries it previously occupied?
Ya, right.
The problem with the ideas this Russian general has expressed is something more long term than this war or its immediate aftermath.
If this is the state of mind of the Russian elite that runs its institutions, or of their pool of successors - I like to call that the people filling up the “cursus honorum” - thats a Roman concept, look it up - then the Russian threat is going to be a perpetual problem.
Europe is probably going to have to watch its back for generations.
Someday Russia will get better leadership, and then it will use its resources more effectively. If that general’s state of mind persists, then its just going to be worse for everyone.
And that state of mind is likely to persist. Russia is under a curse.
Suggested reading - “Russia Under the Old Regime”, Richard Pipes.