Putin's motivation is nostalgia. He misses the USSR. He misses the Cold War. He misses the restrictive cultural atmosphere of totalitarianism. And he wishes he

Putin's motivation is nostalgia. He misses the USSR. He misses the Cold War. He misses the restrictive cultural atmosphere of totalitarianism. And he wishes he could have fought the Nazis. Now, at the age of 69, he gets to relive his youth.