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While I agree each unhappy subject state is unhappy in its own way, the examples of Chechnya, Crimea and Georgia all show in different ways how machiavellian Pu

While I agree each unhappy subject state is unhappy in its own way, the examples of Chechnya, Crimea and Georgia all show in different ways how machiavellian Putin is - anything goes and the lives of others (including his own citizens) simply don’t matter if he thinks he will get away with it. I think given the public statements demanding absurd terms from the west and the very public troop movements Putin would now find it very hard to back down.

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
Both Chechen wars have started before Putin came to power. And both were lost by Russia, actually. Russia just picked one of many rivalling clans and pays tribute to them. So no, it's not Machiavellian, more like a gopnik who stole a TV set while the neighbors were putting out a fire in their house.