Quote of the day:
“He (Putin) wants to drain the west not so much economically but emotionally.”
I noticed this in the AM....from the Russian Strategic Policy expert, Alexey Muraviev, who is a Curtin University Professor.He says that the whole strategy now for Putin is simply there to buy time...figuring that public sentiment in Europe and the US will lessen over support with the Ukraine.
I pondered over this. It's a crappy idea and it reminds one of how Soviet leaders were thinking in the 1950s/1960s. They always felt economics were of zero value, and society would just survive....even in crappy times, without any consequences.
One might go and ask if Russian Reservists are that enthusiastic now over their little part of the war, and if public sentiment in Russia is draining faster than expected.
In some way, I don't think Putin is prepared for the role he intends to display at this point.
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