To who? The Russian people love him, the UN will not do anything, he does not care a whit NGOs or Obama think.
The premise makes no sense.
Agreed. And since when is a premise the only thing we need to complete an argument, anyway? And a premise is ALL that underlies this, not one shred of evidence.
Did you read the article?
he says Putin cynically authorised the tragedy not only to obtain worldwide sympathy at a time when Russia was being treated as a pariah because of its aggression towards Ukraine, but also to gain support for its ostensible belligerence against ISIS[...]
The aim was to get ‘at least silent international approval’ for massive military operations against Assad’s enemies under the guise of a campaign against the IS terrorists blamed for bombing the Russian passenger jet; and to bolster Russia’s multi-billion-pound weapons business with the Middle East.
So,