If one takes the Crimea as an example of the new Putin Doctrine ie one in the future can change any border based on language/ethnicity/culture using the Russian model.

There are approximately 365 hot spots (language/ethnicity/culture) where border changes can/could occur in Asia/Africa just as easily as the Crimea.

That is the significance of the Putin Doctrine for the 21st Century.

Economic sanctions will hit Russia hard as they are a two resource based economy, have a poorly developing internal economy that needs investment and new plants from the West, the Rubel has taken a massive hit and the stock market is at a 4 year low and will go lower after Monday as will the Rubel. So I am not sure who the KGB is trying to convince that it will hurt the West more---certainly not European economists who understand the Russia economy.

Gasprom has lost over 14B USD in wealth just in the last ten days and will also go lower which is one of their main cash cows.