03-03-2022, 06:08 AM
^^^No doubt, that's why he's been in power so long. However, he's showing signs he's mentally losing it as well has having ineffective information and advice. Things aren't going as well as he'd hoped for if the intelligence is accurate. Putin may be a victim of his own ruthlessness, surrounded in the end by yes men, who have reinforced his straying from a rational path. If his only remaining path taking Russia and the world down, I would think enough in his inner circle and power structure would intervene. I don't think Putin has the time some believe he has.