His behavior is like that of the Tsars. His friend and fellow politician Dmitry Medvedev is likely the return version of Nicholas 11. Their idea from ancient times is to make one country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and to subjugate the various white ethnicity (Slavic races) into one nationality. Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev screwed up everything for a time, but now they are trying to reform the situation by using the oligarchy system. They have a tight hold on everything and it would take a hell of a revolution to shake them away, especially since they are partially capitalists.