He reminds me of many dictators, his long town hall type discussions where he goes on for hours and hours talking reminds me of Castro. He has done a lot these last 10 years to garner more control over media, he's made a cult of personality a big part of Russian life and now with his behavior during the Ukraine crisis, one he probably spearheaded from the start leaves me wondering what are his long term goals, which is what should worry everyone.
I don't think he's capable of going far enough to start an all out war, even he can't be that stupid, but he's going to push where he senses weakness and sadly the EU and especially eastern EU is rife with pickings for this new way of waging warfare, the proxy, deniability "rebellion" style war might just be the first of many.
The worst part is how solidly he controls the media and what people hear in Russia, they are fully eating up all that he says and convinces them all that the US, EU are the liars. Its frightening how this can happen with the internet so pervasive now, you'd hope the youth in Russia would at least see through his BS but they are some of his most dedicated followers.
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