Yeah, the number if "experts" on this board and elsewhere, who claim that Putin is trying rebuild the Soviet Union, are demonstrating nothing but their ignorance of the man and Russia. Would any self-respecting Commie surround himself with Romanov trappings and embrace the Russian Orthodox Church?
People are saying that he wants to rebuild an empire, you are saying he doesn’t, the Communism isn’t the real issue his empire building is what is scaring so many nations as they scramble for protection from him.