When Putin denied Ukraine, an Independent country with a Russian President, the right to start talks aimed at joining the EU, he revealed his real intentions ! This in turn led to direct confrontations with the West.
Putin had this secret, non-avowed dream, to recover the might of Russia which it lost in 1990 when the Berlin Wall was breached and which then led to the liberation of many communist satellite countries in 1991.
That was a bad mistake by Putin and it provoked the hatred of Ukrainians who had all dreamed of joining the EU ! To save face he grabbed Crimea before the West could move ! This way he recovered his personal reputation !
But Putin wanted still more ! He wanted all of Ukraine and there is now irrefutable evidence that he was and is helping the Russian Rebels with weapons and soldiers. The West slammed him with sanctions and they are now beginning to bite !
The shops in Russia lack supplies of Western goods but Russian citizens know what is going on. They have contacts with people who live in Ukraine. The next bubble to burst will probably be the "Rouble" which is fast losing its value. Oligarch friends of Putin are moving their fortunes out of Russia and Sanctions mean that the Rouble can no longer find support on western Money Markets !
These are the serious issues which explain why suddenly there are Anti-Putin revolts in Moscow and other large Russian cities ! They will go on.
How long can Putin last ?
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