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  The Kremlin Rat and his options - Post Link This Post Link   Russia's Vladimir Putin, His Rat And 6 Ways War In Ukraine Could End Saturday March 5 th , 2022  at  5:05 AM NDTV News - Topstories 1 Share Nobody knows how Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine will end, but most scenarios range from bad to worse. To grasp them, start by considering what is indubitably the world's most notorious rat. That's the one Russian President Vladimir Putin claims he once - as a boy in what was then Leningrad - chased down a hallway. Cornered, the rat turned and attacked him.  Why has Putin made sure that this anecdote keeps getting recycled among Russia watchers the world over? The conventional wisdom is that it's yet another of his veiled threats. I'm that rat, except that I have nuclear claws, he implies. So don't corner me. This vantage point - let's call it the rat's-eye view - must factor in all possible scenarios. If the analysis were about what's