It’s just Putin. When we dealt with the Soviets, we were able to speak to the Politburo.
That’s really wrong. In the Soviet era, the rubberstamp politburo was not our direct contact. Politburo members having direct contact with the west would have been arrested.
And if you think Putin is the problem, you need to recalibrate. The ones who would actually replace him, not the DC/London fantasy football pick, are FAR more hard line.
It’s embarrassing to see how clueless you actually are.
Where do you come up with these things?
Do you hear this somewhere else, or is it just a vivid imagination?
If that were the case, someone would have killed Putin years ago.