It's a fair point but it's contradicted by Putin's rambling speech where he seemed to talk of a sort of Russian-version of Manifest Destiny. He expressed regre

It's a fair point but it's contradicted by Putin's rambling speech where he seemed to talk of a sort of Russian-version of Manifest Destiny. He expressed regret at Lenin having created some of the countries as separate states, and gave the viewer a history lesson. That's in contradiction with the "he had no choice, he was encircled" theory. Also the claims of neo-Nazism is wildly exaggerated, even if you have Russian sympathies. It's hard not to see that as wild propaganda.