Putin will not attend Gorbachev's funeral due to not wanting to confuse mourners about who should be in the coffin. Putin to snub Gorbachev funeral due to work schedule https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/putin-will-not-attend-gorbachev-funeral-kremlin-says
A man in Moscow goes up to a newsstand and buys a newspaper... He then glances at the front page, then turns aside and tosses the whole newspaper straight into the trash. Next day, he turns up, and does the same thing. Buys it, glances at the front page, throws it in the trash. Next day, same thing. The newsstand worker is increasingly puzzled, but doesn't say anything. But eventually, after a couple of weeks of this, he can't take it. "I'm sorry, friend, but I must ask: why do you buy the paper every day and then just look at the front page and throw it out?" "Oh, I'm just checking for something." "OK, but: what are you checking for?" "I'm checking for a particular obituary." "But sir, you don't even open the newspaper! The obituaries aren't even on the front page!" "Oh, believe me, the one I'm waiting for will be."
Putin's vision is to re-establish the Soviet Union as his legacy. Now he is spelling it out directly. Putin approves new foreign policy doctrine based on 'Russian World' https://www.reuters.com/world/putin...licy-doctrine-based-russian-world-2022-09-05/
'He Was Bored': Historian Alexander Etkind On Putin's Mechanisms Of Self-Destruction In Ukraine War https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-modern-russia-etkind-interview-ukraine/32023956.html
We have reached the point where Putin is looking for someone to blame... Russia is losing in Ukraine - who will it blame? Analysis If Moscow can blame its Ukrainian separatist partners for its failures, perhaps Russia can save face. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-716886
What drives Putin? He wanted to cause lots of genocide and leave behind his new Soviet legacy. Putin was never interested in any type of peace deal which precluded NATO in Ukraine -- it was just an excuse like his claim to be removing Nazis in Ukraine.
Putin has a hit list. He's nothing more that the equivalent of a mafia boss. Putin Crony Says He Drafted Russian ‘Kill List’ of Western Officials ‘THERE WILL BE NO PEACE’ “Those who are with us will be fine, and the rest we will kill,” said one of Vladimir Putin’s most prominent mouthpieces while promoting his idea on Russian state television. https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin...list-of-western-officials-on-russian-state-tv
Vladimir Putin turns 70 today. Any guesses what he wished before blowing out the candles? Not to fall down the Kremlin stairs and land on some bullets. Not to end up like Gaddafi. Not to drink the wrong cup of tea. He wished for his neighbor's birthday cake and presents too. "I hope they find the cure for Syphilis". Hope these are not exploding candles. What do you give the man who has everything but Ukraine? Ideas? Leader of Belarus gifts Putin a tractor for 70th birthday https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...aa27de-4645-11ed-be17-89cbe6b8c0a5_story.html