Russia is restoring its historical fullness, gathering the Russian world, the Russian people together - in its entirety of Great Russians, Belarusians and Little Russians.
In what borders, in what form will the alliance with Russia be fixed? This will be decided after the end is put in the history of Ukraine as anti-Russia.
A multipolar world has finally become a reality - the operation in Ukraine is not capable of rallying anyone but the West against Russia.
The reasons for 'reuniting Ukraine' with Russia are said to be not simply geopolitical, but to heal Russian self-esteem and identity, and to show the rest of the world that Western domination is over.
As I've noted a couple of times, my professional assessment is that Russia thought the Ukraine operation would be over by Happy Hour on Friday.
The content of the essay fits in very well with what we've seen from Russia for the past few years.
I think the fact that the essay talks about uniting the Russian people and Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus acting as one polity is much closer to the view I expressed yesterday than to the idea that Putin wants to recreate the USSR. This is a quote from Putin's Threats to Sweden and Finland Are Much More Real Than They Are Being Given Credit For; "If you think the goal is a reconstituted USSR, I believe you have it wrong. The goal is the Russia of Nicholas II. He's not interested in Potemkin Soviet Socialist Republics. He sees Ukraine and Belarus, and Moldova as integral parts of Greater Russia."
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