With Crimea as the feather in his cap, he is the greatest Russian ruler since Peter I.
No Western leader is his true equal. And he does not care about membership in the declining West, whose true lack of clout has been exposed in the ineffectual sanctions imposed on Russia.
For Russia, the value of the BRICS, of which it is a member, outweighs any prestige the G-7 once had. Putin has plenty of options. Obama has no real sticks on hand.
What I’d say about the BRICS is that they should kick South Africa out and take on Nigeria instead. SA is becoming a basket case at the hands of Jacob ‘burn whitey’ Zuma.
” Putin has plenty of options. Obama has no real sticks on hand.”
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Putin is a real man, and he knows that Obumbo is a man-child.
Putin is feeling his oats, as he should.