I think you’ve been watching different news than the rest of us, he is running rings around world leaders quite frankly. Putin didn’t rise through the KGB and spy circles to end up running Russia like a dictator by being an idiot.
He didn’t do it the Obama limp wrist way to the top, that guy climbed up there fighting tooth and nail.
I don’t watch news, and so far, Putin hasn’t gotten outside of the children’s circle, your hero worship has been too easily won.