By Eliza Popova
In January 1994, Putin was the deputy mayor of St. Petersburg and was considered a reformer. However, it was that year, according to German Consul in St. Petersburg, Putin discovered his imperial ambitions. "Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and Northern Kazakhstan - at least these territories - have never been alien to Russia, but have always been part of the Russian territory.
No Russian should be forced to understand that now it is a foreign country for him," Putin said then, which is confirmed by a publication in the publication published by the Institute of Modern History. Putin emphasized that the economic and social situation of Ukraine and Kazakhstan, even if it is satisfactory "does not matter", and the event would be "unreasonable" to be called "the revival of Russian imperialism" the desire to achieve Russian interests.
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