I kind had the theory from the beginning of the war that the only real reason that Putin would commit so hard is to create economic chaos and destabilize the wo

I kind had the theory from the beginning of the war that the only real reason that Putin would commit so hard is to create economic chaos and destabilize the world so that he could maybe have a shot at greater world domination. Russia has a pretty good history of using scorched earth tactics to "save" itself, but I have not seen it used in this way before. (Also I am no historian).