Originally Posted by Osem

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26704205

What really worries me is that Putin, buoyed by events in Crimea, might just go one step too far and set off a very serious chain of events. He's denying the action in Crimea was planned but that's as preposterous and his claim that Russian forces weren't involved. It was planned and executed and if he feels he can snatch a bit more territory elsewhere and get away with it, he may well try it on again. Given that he clearly wants to be seen as a warrior, a big Russian bear, how would his huge ego react to having his bluff called I wonder.