Putin has little time left to stop the utter collapse of the Russian economy. Nations just don’t recover from what is happening to Russia right now in anything short of decades.
Even if Putin pulls back, nobody ...NOBODY will be investing in Russia in any way shape or form under the current regime and even with Putin and his cronies gone it will be a long time till Russia will be welcome back into world of foreign investment. The Chinese will take advantage of Russia and the Russians will get the short and pointy end of that stick.
Some of us were predicting exactly what is happening now, months ago and you dismissed our economic logic then and you still don’t get it, Russia is in economic ruin. They have lost.
Putin could go to war that is certainly a possibility but he can’t win there either just get millions killed.
Watch as Europe gets new reliable natural gas supplies, there will be some pain there but they know they can’t depend on Russia for anything other than aggression and insane pride.
You know Putin almost makes Obama look smart by comparison.