Putin was KGB, but he was not one of that agency's brightest lights.
He's never been even clever in the manner of Stalin or Kruschev, and certainly has never had the bureaucratic fluency of Brezhnev.
In poker the least reliable and frequently most dangerous player is the fish who does not know how to bluff or read other players. Putin is nothing if not a bad poker player.
Putin was KGB, but he was not one of that agency's brightest lights.
He's never been even clever in the manner of Stalin or Kruschev, and certainly has never had the bureaucratic fluency of Brezhnev.
In poker the least reliable and frequently most dangerous player is the fish who does not know how to bluff or read other players. Putin is nothing if not a bad poker player.
Putin was KGB, but he was not one of that agency's brightest lights.
He's never been even clever in the manner of Stalin or Kruschev, and certainly has never had the bureaucratic fluency of Brezhnev.
In poker the least reliable and frequently most dangerous player is the fish who does not know how to bluff or read other players. Putin is nothing if not a bad poker player.