Absolutely not. But his appears to be a last ditch effort by a man with waning influence. He has not made Russia better or stronger; he has only made a few pe

Absolutely not. But his appears to be a last ditch effort by a man with waning influence. He has not made Russia better or stronger; he has only made a few people close to him ultra rich at the cost of the general population. Even if he were to win and gain control of Ukraine, he will lose. He likely will have lost support at home, and he absolutely will have lost support in much of the rest of the world.