Putin: The Man Behind the Russia’s New Global Empire | ’Greater’ Russia Documentary

On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. He claimed it was a “country in the hands of the Nazis” and threatens the use of his nuclear weapons to prevent any intervention by the West. But the invasion of Ukraine seems to be the culmination of a strategy that the Russian president has been applying since he came to power in 2000: the reconstruction of Greater Russia. Through his foreign policy, Vladimir Putin has constantly destabilized the neighbouring states of Russia. First came the war in Chechnya in 1999, then military intervention in Georgia in 2008 and the annexation of Crimea in 2014. His objectives: were to reintegrate these territories into the Russian fold and prevent them from embracing democracy and a rapprochement with the EU or NATO. Their role is now decisive in Putin’s war against Ukraine. In particular, he can count on the unfailing support of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, who has sent more than 10,000 of his soldiers to the Ukrainian front alongside the Russian army.