He sounded as detached as if counting down a boring batch of thousand empty sheets of paper, being somewhere in the middle.
Guess who gave him the idea for that blackmail move...
And Putin seems intend on catching up to Hitler's, Stalin's and Mao's body count. Perhaps his bio-clock is accelerating illness-wise, so he doesn't hold back anymore to script and direct his Emperor biopic, 'bringing home' ex-colonies; his successors may clean up the mess. Doesn't make anticipating his moves much easier. If those of influence aren't nationalism-brainwashed as well, they could consider if they'll still have a country functioning enough to milk in the future. Playing world power costs, and economy is hardly a Russian strength. And with the red button in reach for a wayward who hasn't got anything to lose - if there'll be a world at all to play overlord strategy games in. |
