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Putten's a Russian Politician, and I Don't Think He's Going Insane
Puden has entered a kind of late stage messianic phase, where he's thinking about himself as this grand historical figure, rather than e politician. So you really do need to try and understand what he's thinking. And that's just a really difficult task, because i don't think he's so voluble,. even with his inner circle, about, you know, what he’s thinking, let alone feeling about certain issues. Many of them couldn't quite fathom the invasion because it just, the political aims just did make any sense to them. Since the invasion happened, that disbelief has turned into just absolute white hot rage. Broadly, they see russia and