Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the keystone of President Vladimir Putin’s two lifelong objectives. They are to dismantle the ring of hostile NATO nations now blocking Russian expansion and to reassemble the Soviet Union. Putin’s PlanThe linchpin of his plan is the dismemberment and repossession of Ukraine, which he has always considered an integral part of Russia. Even the possible loss of hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives would be a very small price to pay. Article by NAME, EqualOcean, an investment research firm focusing on China. Please consider the two most traumatic ev…