Doubtful. Putin despises Obama.
Who doesn’t have contempt for him among leaders of the world? But he’s a useful idiot for those who want America weakened.
I believe this was a crisis created to change the front pages and MSM attention away from the building antagonism toward Obamacare. It has worked beautifully.
Only one thing besides evading his responsibility for leading the country matters to him and that is putting medicine under government control 100%. I bet that was the deal he made with the Clintons in exchange for not sabotaging him. She will sweep in to the Presidency and be the savior who “fixes” Obamacare via the single payer plan.