I’M NOT CONVINCED RUSSIA — EVEN WHEN PUPPETTING THE SOVIET UNION — WAS EVER UP TO IT:  The Search for Relevance.

Putin dreams of himself as a new Napoleon, but one who succeeds in uniting Europe. Not just regaining the old territory of the Soviet Union but going beyond that, to fulfil Stalin’s dreams of all of Europe, and eventually, all of the world I am sure. The trouble is, he ain’t up to it, and neither is Russia. Let’s talk about it.