yeah, there's that pandora's box, again.

if putin was ever in charge, he isn't anymore. the army is calling the shots now. that's how you interpret this apparent paradox.

and if this whole "destroy russia" thing is being driven by a segment of the american establishment that was never properly deconditioned to the end of the cold war, it's complement no doubt exists in russia.

once set in motion, this trajectory cannot be altered.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-john-kerry-warns-moscow-against-splitting-country-in-two-ahead-of-donetsk-referendum-9331279.html