
No.
Never again Putin, don't push your nation over the edge again.
The Soviet Union is dead, as are the millions of people that fueled its economic 'growth'.
Putin the KGB thug who runs Russia of course wants to regain that power Russia once had.
So he uses the age old Russian strategy of making more and better nukes and then pointing them at places.
All this in response to 12 missile interceptors and a few radar stations the United States (the Hegemon) that are placed in Europe in order to protect her from any missiles the thugcracy in Iran fires at her.
O Putin do not provoke the Hegemonic Anti-Empire for we could very easily become the world nightmare if you do.
We could quash you if we had enough missile defense and most of the worlds military. We could destroy your cities and take your territory as our own. We could annex most of the world and respond with the utmost force to any rebellion.
We could become Rome or the Mongols if we choose to.
Yet we do not.We don't because we couldn't stomach it, because we don't want to.
We don't want to conquer and slaughter all who stand in our way, we want to trade and Help them.
We can't do that its not us, its not part of our values therefore we are the anti-empire...
While Putin wants to reconsolidate the Russian Empire and impose his will on all that they will conquer.