After USSR breakup money has been added to the mix of ways to control people. Propaganda, violence and money.
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Maybe some of the violence is not approved by Putin but executed as a gift to him as it is believed he would like it.
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Putin would rather die than admit he lost control; might lead to actions Putin dislikes go unpunished so he can save face
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Putin is KGB. He lives with it and like the mafia you never leave the KGB. KGB is all about control, no control is failure.
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From a poor childhood in St. Petersburg thru KGB to the height of power Putin straight thru cynic and sinister.
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For me, as a soft westerner, the sinister side of ex USSR has been very hard to take to heart.
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The evil of the KGB is simply beyond my imagination which always catch me off guard to what they come up with.
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So, how to deal with Putin? He only respects power. Hard cold power as manifested by servile subjects, cash or dead opponents
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Anybody bending is a loser in Putin's mind and a free pass to more evil. Soft power has no effect.
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Therefore, contain Russia or, when trying to strike a deal, act from a position of more power than Russia has.
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Has Putin got any positive sides. No, not really. The economy grew because of oil and will sink because of Putin.
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Is Putin a great strategist? No, but he is a master of playing a weak hand aggressively and to his advantage.
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Putin is short and was probably small for his age as a boy. A tough childhood taught him to always strike first and hard.
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Striking first and very hard, taking advantage of others weakness, having few and very low level beliefs. That's Putin.
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Just some of my own ideas based on observations and reading about Putin.
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Many maybe, could be, might be, I think etc should have been included but twitter is for short messages.
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Exactly; he can keep his background clean, while - behind the scenes - using the complete RU state as an oversized ATM
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