Putin protection officer DEFECTS and labels the Kremlin despot a 'war criminal' so paranoid about his own safety he stays 'in his bunker' and is 'mortally afraid' of Covid

FOR MAILONLINE ^ | 4 April 2023 | By WILL STEWART

[wildcard_redneck]

Dennis you need to face facts and admit to yourself that you are just a candyaZZ stooge for the Biden Regime.

[NorseViking]

Did anyone see Putin talking? He has better grasp on most issues compared to most other national leaders you hear.

[Widget Jr]

...He only receives information from his closest circle, which means that he lives in an information vacuum

Some of the isolation is for appearances and political self protection. One of the laments of the Czarist era was "if only the Czar knew". The Czar knew, acting as if they were misled by their advisors protected them (until it didn't).

Putin rose through the ranks of the Russian government, he is intimately familiar with its functioning and failings. He is not ignorant of the Russian army's failings in Ukraine or the cost of the war on the Russian society and economy.

[dennisw]

“One of the laments of the Czarist era was “if only the Czar knew”. The Czar knew, acting as if they were misled by their advisors protected them (until it didn’t).”

If only Stalin knew! This also went on.
And many shell shocked Roooskies were crying in the streets, when the rotten ol’ bastard finally croaked.

[ansel12]

“”Putin rose through the ranks of the Russian government””

He rose through the ranks of the secret police, as an LT. Colonel in the KGB and then to head of the new KGB when it was created.

Secret police, behind-the-scenes ruler, to the president for life, not really what we think of as government worker.