Leader is the SPIRIT and the embodiment of the Nation, in Russia especially. Vladimir Putin is tired and sick man, after 20 years in power, and so tired and sick is his country.
Совещание с постоянными членами Совета Безопасности • Президент России https://t.co/gO1uA0hV2r pic.twitter.com/0fHcNg1UqZ — Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) May 21, 2021 Leader is the SPIRIT and the embodiment of the Nation, in Russia especially. Vladimir Putin is tired and sick man, after 20 years in power, and so tired and sick is his country. He lost the ability to govern effectively, and tends to rely more and more on the administrative State powers, to protect himself. He performs mostly the representative functions, which is very much the actor's job. The real mover and shaker behind the scenes is Sergey Ivanov, the RF Security Council Controller. Putin serves the role of unifier of the different factions and interests, including the Organized Crime. The State and Mob structures continue to merge. This appears to be the abnormal situation, more and more, and the links of these abnormalities got spilled over into the US political and social lives, manifesting themselves ...