Whether putin really has that power. i think from a basic strongman standpoint, he looks fundamentally weakened. this is a saving culture. you need to play a part of the strongman if that s the part you ve chosen to play. and what he s experienced over the course of several days, and that armed insurrection, that basically he took over a large city, marched all over the way to the coast, to moscow, and in fact parts of the country welcomed him. meantime, knocking down seven aircraft, six helicopters, one plane. and with what cost? there was an armed insurrection, and so far nobody has been held accountable. that does not make putin looked strong. however, there are a lot of people who think vladimir putin is not the right guy to one russia. they are pro democracy activists. many of them are in jail, including navalny, vladimir kara-murza. this doesn t help their cause. this is right-wing,
Have serious doubts as to whether putin really has that power. i think from a basic strongman standpoint, he looks fundamentally weakened. this is a saving culture. you need to play a part of the strongman if that s the part you ve chosen to play. and what he s experienced over the course of several days, and that armed insurrection, that basically he took over a large city, marched all over the way to the coast, to moscow, and in fact parts of the country welcomed him. meantime, knocking down seven aircraft, six helicopters, one plane. and with what cost? there was an armed insurrection, and so far nobody has been held accountable. that does not make putin looked strong. however, there are a lot of people who think vladimir putin is not the right guy to one russia. they are pro democracy activists. many of them are in jail,