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Why Putins days are numbered - Vladimir Milov
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https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/why-putins-days-are-numbered/
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Why Putins days are numbered - Vladimir Milov (Original Post)
BootinUp
Mar 2022
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BeyondGeography
(39,346 posts)1. This rings very true
Putinism was not built to withstand such comprehensive isolation from global markets, technologies, financial systems, and logistics. It possesses neither the resources nor the competence to weather this kind of perfect storm. The problem for the regime is not just that more ordinary Russians will soon personally feel the economic consequences of war. Its also that Putins nomenklatura is totally incapable of handling such a shock to the system. They, as much as everyone else, were caught off guard by Putins attack on Ukraine, and they lack any experience with wartime mobilization-management techniques.
I worked in senior levels of the Russian government for six years (19972002), and I know many of the officials who are still working in top government posts today. They are personally devastated by the consequences of Putins aggression, and they have almost no idea how to do their jobs when G7 countries are blocking Russias financial reserves and the country is cut off from global markets and vital technologies.
I worked in senior levels of the Russian government for six years (19972002), and I know many of the officials who are still working in top government posts today. They are personally devastated by the consequences of Putins aggression, and they have almost no idea how to do their jobs when G7 countries are blocking Russias financial reserves and the country is cut off from global markets and vital technologies.
PortTack
(32,705 posts)4. Thx for your expert opinion...really great!
BeyondGeography
(39,346 posts)5. Excerpted from the article...I should have specified
Lovie777
(12,218 posts)2. Well he going to take as many lives as he can. ....
Putin cares nothing about life.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)3. Great article!