Russians are motivated by the fact that several million holders of Russian citizenship are living in the area that Ukraine is set to reconquer.
Most of whose did not live under Ukrainian control for a decade now.
Most of whose did not live under Ukrainian control for a decade now.
Those who did not live under Ukrainian control have lived under occupation.
Russians understand what's going on here and are motivated to not let that happen. At the moment they are successful.
That's just funny. Seriously, I can't tell if you're trolling or serious but on the off chance that you are serious: you're so misinformed it is tragic, at the same time you are apparently able to fix that and refuse to do so. Which makes me wonder why. I have enough contacts in former USSR countries and inside Russia itself to know that this sentiment is prevalent, wilful misunderstanding as some kind of defense mechanism. But in the modern day with ample access to information you really have no excuse.
Serbia will have to come to terms with the degree to which Russia has been using them at some point. This probably won't happen until Russia itself has gone through an enlightenment and shaken of the current crop of mobsters. I'm not holding my breath for that one.
Russian citizenship is a prized asset in the post-USSR countries to the extent that people spend effort to move to Russian Federation and pay money to engage in shady schemes to obtain it.