Putin oversees the government structure that has repeatedly caused a litany of unforced errors.
He has chosen his senior officers, and these have chosen theirs, down the hierarchy.
Putin has been in power so long that the cascade of appointments by now have a sole source. The Russian military in every part is, by now, an institution built according to his will.
“ Putin oversees the government structure that has repeatedly caused a litany of unforced errors. He has chosen his senior officers, and these have chosen theirs, down the hierarchy.”
That sounds awful. Nobody in America can imagine such a thing. Lol