Putin is still in charge. That’s not going to change. The mercenary leader got what he wanted by sacking the Minister of Defense and busting open the false justification for the war. He never mentioned Putin as a bad guy in all of this. He only said the Ministry of Defense tricked Putin into the war and then didn’t fund it. Putin was weakened but is still in charge.
I think this is very accurate. He was absolutely weakened by this “rebellion,” but he is still the top guy. It will be interesting to see how this affects the war going forward.
The only reason he’s still in charge is that, weak as he may be, everyone else is weaker. Putin has spent the last two decades trying to ensure that nobody is stronger than he is, not so much by building himself up but rather by tearing everyone else down.
That’s been working for him in the short term, but I think this may be building up a really big problem for Russia in the longer term. When Putin finally does fall - as he surely will - there will be no succession plan and there will be nobody strong enough to step into his role.
Totally agree. Russia’s screwed in the long run regardless, he made sure of that. I’m a Russian immigrant, have been living in the US since 2001. I haven’t seen much future for my country since the 2012 election (it’s the last one I bothered to vote in, it became clear they were a total farce, and Vlady boy was making himself tsar). And then they attacked Ukraine. I lost all hope. I’m not wasting any time trying to make Russia better. I’d rather invest time and money into helping people hurt by them.
Putin is still in charge. That’s not going to change. The mercenary leader got what he wanted by sacking the Minister of Defense and busting open the false justification for the war. He never mentioned Putin as a bad guy in all of this. He only said the Ministry of Defense tricked Putin into the war and then didn’t fund it. Putin was weakened but is still in charge.
I think this is very accurate. He was absolutely weakened by this “rebellion,” but he is still the top guy. It will be interesting to see how this affects the war going forward.
The only reason he’s still in charge is that, weak as he may be, everyone else is weaker. Putin has spent the last two decades trying to ensure that nobody is stronger than he is, not so much by building himself up but rather by tearing everyone else down.
That’s been working for him in the short term, but I think this may be building up a really big problem for Russia in the longer term. When Putin finally does fall - as he surely will - there will be no succession plan and there will be nobody strong enough to step into his role.
Totally agree. Russia’s screwed in the long run regardless, he made sure of that. I’m a Russian immigrant, have been living in the US since 2001. I haven’t seen much future for my country since the 2012 election (it’s the last one I bothered to vote in, it became clear they were a total farce, and Vlady boy was making himself tsar). And then they attacked Ukraine. I lost all hope. I’m not wasting any time trying to make Russia better. I’d rather invest time and money into helping people hurt by them.
By placing the blame for the war on the military leadership, could this give Putin an out to stop the war and absolve himself of all blame?
Could he possibly believe that, though?