[ddalex]

It doesn't matter what Russians think, it matters what Dughin's fanboys holed up under Altai Mountains think.

Go back to 1986, and imagine what the Soviet response would be if NATO would have breached the Iron Courtain and would have fighter planes and tanks in Kiev. This is what we're dealing with here.

[vkou]

They probably think that being czar-for-a-week of a nuclear wasteland is something that's only attractive when literally all other options are exhausted.