The Smiling Pony
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@Ebalosus
Oh sure, he bashes its failures and ultimate collapse, but he loves the hell of how it was “The Russian Empire”. Putin would rather the USSR still be around if it meant all its territories were still effectively “Russian” and there be all the fancy symbols and flags and medals everywhere to remind everyone that Moscow’s in charge and inspire that good old nationalist fervour.
Oh sure, he bashes its failures and ultimate collapse, but he loves the hell of how it was “The Russian Empire”. Putin would rather the USSR still be around if it meant all its territories were still effectively “Russian” and there be all the fancy symbols and flags and medals everywhere to remind everyone that Moscow’s in charge and inspire that good old nationalist fervour.
Besides, his whining in his speeches was more about undercutting Ukraine’s validity to exist and have territory by turning it into an invented creation* than anything else.
*unlike every other country on the planet, apparently