[guffaw]

Because of Ukraine invasion I took some time to study what kind of background he has.

I don't think he has any specific philosophy or guiding principles.

He is guides by mostly his desire to expand power and control...and he is willing to do anything so long as he can get away with it. Killing people or human lives is not of any concern to him so long as he does not have face any consequences. 

Dropping a bomb to kill everyone in Kiev  it is not the lives lost that will stop him but how he will be punished. However I believes he will kill for a purpose not out of evil ...either for cover up or to silence.  There is not limit to the actions he will undertake to achieve his goals. 

His conflict with the west is not due to geopolitics alone but the western govt has been trying to remove him from office for some time.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vla...n-the-West