
"I'm Beginning To Worry About Putin's Mental State"
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Is He a Jingoist, or a Meglomaniacal?
Every time he's engaged in incursions abroad, it's redounded to his increased popular at home. Now there doesn't seem to be much of a kind of this jingoistic spirit among the population. The economy is in pretty dire straitsi it's not really grown since 20 14. And on top of that, while russia has lots of money in reserves, i mean, 650 billion dollars, it hasn't spent that on people's well being. But they have really, really built up their military.
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