What is Putins end game?

He wants to restore Russia to the Empire that it was from 1721 onwards that included much of Scandanavia and went all the way down to Turkey . The war that happened at the time lasted 21 years.
Neither Norway, Sweden nor Finland want to become part of any Russian Empire.

Here is a link to the translated text of an interview he gave recently talking about his intention.
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68606

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Adrift · 61-69, F

I watched a video that pointed out that when putin lost ukraine, he lost some of the biggest oil reserves. These happen to be in the same key areas that they have targeted to gain control of.
Russias main thing is their oil.
Ukraines last president was corrupt and in bed with Putin so all was peachy.
Zolinski doesn't play ball his way.