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Western values. it all looked great from the west. ♪ i'm a cowboy ♪ >> to vladimir putin, it was a catastrophe. >> vladimir putin views the breakup of the soviet union, as he said himself, to be the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. >> but it wasn't just geography to putin. to break up, he said, tore millions of russians away from the country they loved, the country in which they belonged. >> tens of millions of russians, russian speakers, were quote/unquote abandoned and ripped away from us that didn't have to be. the soviet union was our common past. >> the most painful ...

>> coca-cola. >> almost overnight -- >> mickey mouse. >> new freedoms, capitalism, western values. it all looked great from the west. to vladimir putin, it was a catastrophe. >> vladimir putin views the breakup of the soviet union as he said himself, to be the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century. >> but it wasn't just geography to putin, the breakup tore millions of russians away from the country they love. the country in which they belonged. >> tens of millions of russians, russian speakers, were quote, unquote, abandoned. ripped away from us but didn't have to be. the soviet un...

Have _ well, i think ukraine is going to have to — well, i think ukraine is going to have to he _ well, i think ukraine is going to have to be as tough on that as you imagine _ have to be as tough on that as you imagine it — have to be as tough on that as you imagine it should be as a nation which _ imagine it should be as a nation which prides itself on being part of the west. — which prides itself on being part of the west, western values and democracy. right now it is very difficult — democracy. right now it is very difficult in _ democracy. right now it is very difficult in a war s...

Developing western values. on the european union for the economy. so he is tempted to act. i think now he thinks he's in a box and cannot figure out how to get out of it. >> let me ask you about that. is there any possibility that he, maybe even in the beginning, had decided to move all of these forces in place to say hey, this is what we have got and we have the military might to do it if we want to. is there still some sort of diplomatic off-ramps that he could except, that he would feel would save face. >> i sure hope he does. because it's going to be a disaster for russia if he actually in...

So the west has to wake up to this massive threat. ukraine will not be the end of it. but to putin, the ukraine's mother russia. he sees it slipping away, developing western values. on the european union for the economy. so he is tempted to act. i think now he thinks he's in a box and cannot figure out how to get out of it. >> let me ask you about that. is there any possibility that he, maybe even in the beginning, had decided to move all of these forces in place to say hey, this is what we have got and we have the military might to do it if we want to. is there still some sort of diplomatic o...