Regarding negotiations with Russia

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15. Imperialism.

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Four months into the invasion, Putin compared himself to Russian emperor Peter the Great. He said that Tsar Peter had returned "Russian land" to the empire, and that "it is now also our responsibility to return (Russian) land". Peter Dickinson of the Atlantic Council sees these comments as proof that Putin "is waging an old-fashioned imperial war of conquest".
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Russian imperialism

And I would expect that if some parts of Ukraine are ceded to Putin he will take some time to rest up and rebuild his military before continuing his war of aggression westward aimed at taking more of the former SSRs.