I ' d be thankful when it would be Friday already but , I am thankful , that it ' ll be Friday already tomorrowI ' m around here since it ' s quite an active community . The last thing I did with doge was sending it to a friend <| sep |> But where was this in the news ? <| sep |> Dude . It even has a name . The Putin Doctrine . A part of which is how he views Russia as the ' protector ' of all Russian people no matter where they live . Well , guess what ? The Baltics particularly Latvia and Estonia have significant ethnic Russian minorities that he could trump pun intended up a reason to protect . Kinda like in Ukraine , nu ? But since you asked for a quote , I ' ll give you twoPutin , surely , is the main guarantor of the security of the Russian world , the president ' s spokesman , Dmitry Peskov , said on state television last month . And Putin has rather unambiguously stated that . In 2005 , after winning a second presidential term , Putin told the nation that the Soviet collapse in 1991 was a genuine tragedy for the Russian people . Tens of millions of our fellow citizens and countrymen found themselves beyond the fringes of Russian territory , Putin said at the time . Cited all over the place , but I got it 0413 putin 21 y e a r q u e s t t o b e g u a r d i a nofrussiansbeganinestonia . The whole article discusses how Putin views ethnic Russians living in other countries and how they can be molded to his use . Ironically , it was the Republicans making the most noise about Putin ' s threat to the Baltics . You know , before Donny and Vlad became BFFs .