Why did Putin attack Ukraine instead of retiring on a superyacht? Why is he risking it all for what would, in a best-case scenario, become a decade long guerilla war against the ukraine resistance, even if russia managed to capture all of ukraine (which probably was the assumed/likely outcome as the war broke out).
Clearly the incentives and motivations of people running oppressive regimes are slightly different.
Clearly the incentives and motivations of people running oppressive regimes are slightly different.