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I am willing to agree. That is one of the reasons I sometimes feel people do not treat Putin seriously enough. The guy rose through ranks of US equivalent of CIA. You do not get there purely by luck. You do need skills including management.

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I would rate Putin as extremely intelligent. What he has achieved is pretty impressive and he has held his position for a very long time. . You don’t have to like him but you have to accept that he is very good at what he does.

Yeah, it looks like he will succeed at demolishing of the Jail of Nations.

Comments like yours, where you threaten the demolishing of their homeland when talking to people, is what make people cling to ones like Putin.

The cycle is complete. The Doom is inevitable.

USSR collapsed in 70 years. RF is about 2x smaller, so it should collapse in 35 years -> 2026.

Is he though? Yeah he is definitely intelligent and surely ruthless. However: there is a reason he’s still in power. There is no one, in the world, to be able to guarantee his and his family’s safety once he leaves power. At the moment he’s all-powerful, but wouldn’t you rather have the option to retire?

Or a sister by mother in Germany...

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