The stock (i.e. politically correct) answer is presumably the Russians were rattled by the thought of NATO coming ever closer. The real answer is that Putin used that as an excuse - he could easily have just put on a show of force to intimidate the West and left it at that. Instead the reality is he sees himself as the new Peter the Great and wants to take back lands that were once part of the USSR.
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
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