Hi Clo:
That may (or may not) be true. Certainly the western media is pushing that as a truism.
Putin didn't start the fiasco in Ukraine. That was the workings of economic/political subversion by the West
and Ukrainian oligarch scum.
PS:
I wonder Who shot down MH17? Time the U.S. provided some real evidence
(Utubes and Twitters don't count) if they want to blame it on the Russians.
http://www.google.com/search?q=MH17+evidence&rlz=1C1EODB_enUS594US594&oq=MH17+evidence&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.5864j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8