Beginning of the end of Putin?

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Putin continues to be invisible...commented on here in the non-partisan Project Syndicate webpage by Polish Journalist and historian WACŁAW RADZIWINOWICZ.

Putin not resurfacing by now says more about this than anything else.

Originally Posted by donquixote99

I agree the Putin has been weakened by this, and shown to be so. His and the Russians army's abilities are now correspondingly reduced.

If you're worried about a knife in the back you don't walk into the room backwards, or at all.