The Meaning of Putin's Mission

"I got this further rammed about they were all fascists, and they had no right to exist anyway. But I'm thinking, what is the meaning of this extraordinary outfit? And pondering it, I figured, well, what he's really trying to tell me is that as the citizen of a settler society, I have no concept of the blood and soil connection," she says. "This guy sees himself as bringing on a mission from his god to take back all the lands of greater Russia."