You evaded the question...No surprise there.
BTW slick, the moniker is based on the definition of the word, not some TV show you watch.
Putin wants his opponents to fear him, “Slick”. That’s why fanboys like you love him. That’s not an evasion, that’s a fact, like your hero Joe Friday wants. If you don’t like the truth, that doesn’t make it an “evasion”, slick.