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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And Putin still lost. He's been shown to be weak. He compromised.

Now the other sharks that Putin surrounded himself with will smell that weakness.

Autocrats must project that Strongman image, especially when it's a lie. Dictators who show weakness like this rarely die peacefully.