Here, since 24 Feb of this year, if you look at the landscape, accomplishments, losses, and performance....the Russian strategy (whether intentional or accidental) has been to under-perform.
It is something that you would not have considered prior to 2022.
Is it a statement about Putin? Some might argue that he lacked the skills for this particular job.
Is it a statement about the old Soviet Union and how Russia didn't evolve out of it....it just renamed or rebranded itself? Some might suggest that.
Is it a statement about a dying empire? Some might go back to the 1917 period and argue that Russia/Soviet Union's peak was really over 100 years ago.
I would make the case that the nation (with only 144-million in population) is about ten times the size for what they want to manage and achieve. There are areas about a thousand miles to the east of Moscow....where you'd leave pavement and travel for four hours.....to find some remote village of sixty people who rarely ever see strangers.
There's the legend of the Potemkin-villages....which were just a show piece and not intended for real people to reside in. I would suggest on a grand scale.....a Potemkin-nation has been built, and Russia can never perform to the level that you'd expect.
More of the same to occur? Probably.
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