Dayuhan----you are better sometimes and bad at others.

If one understands nationalism especially Russian nationalism whiuch goes back to the Czarist days and the nationalism tied to the glory of the Soviet Union as a "superpower" the two are in fact the same.

Review both forms and you will notice Putin is working both of them in his messaging to the world and to the Russian population.


The Russian are not pulling back and are still very much interested in matching into the Ukraine--the problem is that the initial reasons which they used for the Crimea are not working currently in the Ukraine as both the Ukraine/US/NATO/EU have worked hard in the last two weeks to eliminate the Russian arguments actually quite successfully.

So they are attempting to reestablish new arguments which if you and say wm would expand out the reading to "see and understand" the other view point say reading Interfax or TASS.

I have over the last three days pasted in the comments at least three new arguments the Russians are attempting to establish as a legal reason for moving.