I can’t imagine what the deep state looks like in Russia. What a mess Putin has to handle.
True, theirs got put in by force back in 1918 and has been evolving since then, perestroika helped to begin it’s demise and Putin is dedicated to killing it.
This is why at the risk of being called a Putin lover I refrain from criticizing him and don’t really like it when pundits say “he’s a bad guy” without any evidence. And when there IS evidence I don’t know whether I can believe the evidence.
What I DO know is he seems to have controlled the oligarchs (the mob), proscribed George Soros, promotes traditional Orthodox (but I repeat myself) Christianity, and is not part of the international banking cartel.
THESE are the real reasons NATO and EU are trying to Crush Russia. And why they are our greatest natural allies in teh world.