The governor of western Russia’s Kaliningrad region blamed the 18th-century German enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant for the outbreak of war in Ukraine. “He is directly related to the military conflict in Ukraine,” Anton Alikhanov, who governs the western exclave of Kaliningrad, said Friday at a local political science forum.
Putin was but a helpless pawn in the hands of much greater forces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative
That is, only do something if you are willing to have everyone else do the same.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mongolia-s-former-president-mocks-putin-with-a-map-showing-how-big-the-mongol-empire-used-to-be-and-how-small-russia-was/ar-BB1i9mwI