Breathe... Soon enough your glorious leader will fall, either at the hands of nationalists or democratic forces.
and Russia's oil revenue goes up, 'thanks' to the EU sanction and high oil prices. and their war chest is getting bigger and bigger. Soon Russians will be enjoying the nice cold/warm winter, and the UK will be freezing under the harsh cold winter.
Germany is willing to freeze itself over Ukraine. Russia is slow walking the war to destabilize the west. The west is flipping over the card table.
Europe is determined to support Ukraine against Russia's invasion and will manage this coming winter just fine. I'm not sure that will be the case for Putin.
I've always liked China and Russia, ever since I was a little kid. Their discipline and intelligence is commendable. Much more so than liberal, too much freedom, free thinking, messy, crazy America, Canada, and Western Europe. Law and Order and Control and Limits and Purpose and Direction are needed to control a populace.
China and Russia absolutely suck. Can't hold a torch compared to the Western World on any level beyond human rights violations. Perhaps you do need to be controlled though.