That is less possible than overthrow him. That’s a Russian tradition. They fear to tell the boss the truth, but one day they might come with a weapon and escort him either to the grave or to retirement.
Kozyrev explains the fear of telling the truth to Putin and the potential consequences.
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It is less possible than overthrow him. That’s Russian tradition. They fear to tell the boss the truth, but one day they might come with a weapon and escort him either to the grave or to retirement.
The Kremlin spent the last 20 years trying to modernize its military, but much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega yachts in Cyprus.
He will try to intimidate the West and imitate Ukrainians. And unfortunately, he kind of succeeds to have initiative, military initiative, while NATO seems to be too cautious to me.
It’s not enough in any military confrontation. You cannot win a small skirmish, you cannot win especially large war like the one in Ukraine only being defensive.