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I'm quite sure that putin has [inaudible] when that happens, when that period ends. but i am not sure there is a clear an easy exit for russia. perhaps this time there is. but perhaps in this game of brinkmanship, i think, only ends one way. with escalation. >> this is precisely my worry, why find the dynamics are somewhat recognizable to hawks in the u.s., the domestic local context, who i think are almost always wrong. but you will sometimes see that make the argument that for credibility's sake we have to do that. we threatened missiles and now we have to fire missiles, as if you could just...

Great czar. he often talks about peter the great being his role model and he wants to unify the russian people. behind all that is a particular animus putin has, which is a very dangerous one, which is he sees russia as the great victim. he sees russians as being the great victim. that quote, the greatest geopolitical tragedy that the west has wronged russia. whenever you hear that, i don't make hitler analogies loosely. but these are the kind of things when people start thinking of themselves as victims, as having been humiliated, strips of their lights and dignity, it tends toward the feelin...

Working, this putin gas price hike? >> reporter: well, let's put it this way. democratic political strategists are glad that he did that. obviously gas prices have been high and rising long before the russian invasion. by calling it putin's price hike, the white house has a villain to confront. of course, putin has, and the invasion has played a role, but that's not the entire cause. the reason the democrats want to have a way to divert attention from this or divert blame for this is that gas prices are the thing that voters see so directly. they go to the gas pump. they see the dollars tickin...

To develop that further, because i to develop that further, because when it comes to whether the people of russia will allow him to stay, genuinely what choice do they have? the elections, when we see them there, they do not exactly suggest a transparent and open electoral process, so honestly, what power do they have? {iii process, so honestly, what power do the have? _, , ., ., they have? of course not. i have worked in _ they have? of course not. i have worked in electoral— they have? of course not. i have l worked in electoral administration of figure 20 years around the world and this i...

In one fell swoop, Russian President Vladimir Putin invasion of Ukraine has forced a momentous change in thinking for Western leaders and strategists. Putin