24-09-2022, 11:50 AM
Some are saying that Putin is now a 'dead man walking'
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...sian-ruler
"Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat and military mobilisation shows the Ukraine invasion is becoming an all-or-nothing war for the Russian leader, analysts say, and it will harden the resolve of New Zealand and Western partners.
"What we're witnessing here is a major turning point in Putin's regime. He's going to be very lucky to survive politically in the next few months ... He's a dead man walking,” said Professor Robert Patman, an international relations expert at Otago University."
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...sian-ruler
"Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat and military mobilisation shows the Ukraine invasion is becoming an all-or-nothing war for the Russian leader, analysts say, and it will harden the resolve of New Zealand and Western partners.
"What we're witnessing here is a major turning point in Putin's regime. He's going to be very lucky to survive politically in the next few months ... He's a dead man walking,” said Professor Robert Patman, an international relations expert at Otago University."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)