Arranged overland rail transport from South Korea to Hamburg, quicker than sea route by some 12 days. Ouch, that hurts.
Striked deals to share wealth with Germans, British Royals (BP) and Dutch - they are resellers of Russian gas. Thats why Europe does not care about American call for sanctions.
Established international bank to rival IMF leeches. Ouch, that hurts - Dollar will NOT be used for transactions for 4/5 of the world population.
This "incompetent commie" established flat tax 13%. How would you like that for yourself?
It does not sound incompetent to me. More of a game changer with capitalist spirit.
If Putin has been shorting the MICEX (Russian stock market), then maybe he's been personally profiting from his official failures. But, if he's been trying to strengthen his country, then he's been a failure.