<bq href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/23/putin-narrative-ukraine-master-key-crisis-nato-expansionism-frozen-conflict" author="Vladimir Putin">[...] the demise of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. [...] Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.</bq>