That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Rumania, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Finland are sovereign nations. The people's of those countries took back the freedom that Russia stole from them.
Ukraine has mostly been part of Russia since they voted to join Russia in 1654.
You may think it is absurd. But just wait these nations to will soon feel the pains of the Ukraine, just like the Republic of Georgia. Putin will not stop till the sovereign nations are back under the reign of Putin. As long as there are Russian nationals in these states, Russia leadership will believe they have to protect their Russian citizens.
Europe and the US are to weak to stop Russia as it will expand in the years to come. The idiot US has brought modernization to Russia, western businesses have brought technology to these countries and the western lead companies will be kicked ou but not their products.
In Russian history the western ideas were adopted, but when the elite oligarchy felt threatened, they resorted to extreme measures. Forget about international law and established boundaries, Putin will not recognize them. Face it will Great Britain, France , Germany and the USA resort to war to stop Russia, no way. Each of these countries have financial problems that have reduced the countries to weaklings. Appeasement by America and Europe will just embolden Russia under Putin.