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    Doyle McManus: Russia feels threatened by NATO. There's history behind that

    Thirty years ago this month, the Soviet Union collapsed, and Ukraine broke away from Moscow's control. Russian President Vladimir Putin has never gotten over it. That, more than anything, underlies the current crisis in which Putin has moved nearly 100,000 troops to Ukraine's frontier, raising fears of an invasion. "To us, the end of the Soviet Union is a done deal," but not to Putin, said ...
    by Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times Dec 20, 2021 3 minutes

    Thirty years ago this month, the Soviet Union collapsed, and Ukraine broke away from Moscow's control.

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has never gotten over it.

    That, more than anything, underlies the current crisis in which Putin has moved nearly 100,000 troops to Ukraine's frontier, raising fears of an invasion.

    "To us, the end of the Soviet Union is a done deal," but not to Putin, said historian Mary Sarotte. "What he really wants to do is renegotiate the 1990s."

    Last week, Russia sent the

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