The RF has a big problem that is creating a social issue in the RF and a spilling around like a massive hen poop pool spilling. It is called and oversized and poorly led army. Countries with large armies eventually become armies with a country attached and that means that their only purpose becomes waging war.
This is clearly the case in the RF. I am more and more getting the feeling that there is a disconnect between the "civil" authority (Adolf Putin) and the pyschos that lead the army. At this moment, the influence of the military in the RF means that the civil society has nothing to say on what happens and even becomes a tool to support the army.
This is similar to Prussia before WWI. For those who do not know, it does not end up well.
What the hell is in your head? Russia has a very compact army for such a vast territory. Even the recent increase in strength by 137 thousand people does not make the Russian army bloated (in general, there is a fairly plausible version that this increase will occur entirely due to the inclusion of the LDNR people's militia in the Russian army). In terms of population, Ukraine has a larger army than Russia.