For months western analysts and spies have been debating over Vladimir Putin’s state of mind. Was he the same shrewd, rational international operator who managed to convince George W. Bush that he was “ straightforward and trustworthy ” in 2001?...
Or, over the last couple years of pandemic-induced isolation, had he become a more isolated and volatile authoritarian acting on impulse?...
delusional, reflecting a warped vision reminiscent, not of a global leader, but of Europe’s worst authoritar
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