Is Russia seeking Lebensrum?
Hitler strived to regain parts of Germany that were surrendered by the treaty of Versailles.
Germany had to pay repartations for WWI till I believe 2009.
Russia is actually taking back territories that it gave up through Perestroika.
Baltic States Estonia, Latavia, Lithuania.
Rumania, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Finland
Russia is not seeking living space, but it is turning the clock back on its reforms and becoming more westernized.
The History of Russia is one that vacillates. Putin is going after the west because the west is weakened and has the inability to respond. The West(europe) has become dependent upon Russia for Oil, Natural Gas. Russian History will show its hand as the world is more volatile.
Russia to survive will isolate itself and bring the satellites around it to be a buffer.
Look what happened to Russia in history with pacts and treaties with the West Russia lost out.
Napleonic War fought in Russia devastated Russia.
germany signed a treaty with Russia than invaded Russia
A better comparison is Russia and Arab Countries (Oil)
Estonia, Latavia, Lithuania, and maybe some of the others on your list were independent Republics before the Soviet Union came into existence.
That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Rumania, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Finland are sovereign nations. The people's of those countries took back the freedom that Russia stole from them.