US intelligence: Putin spends record amounts on military over 'paranoid fear' of West limiting Russia's power
US intelligence: Putin spends record amounts on military over 'paranoid fear' of West limiting Russia's power
"Putin continues to believe that Russia is under threat and almost certainly assumes that a larger, better-equipped military will convey that opinion to Western and domestic audiences," Director of U.S. National Intelligence Avril Haines said.
"Putin continues to believe that Russia is under threat and almost certainly assumes that a larger, better-equipped military will convey that opinion to Western and domestic audiences," Director of U.S. National Intelligence Avril Haines said.
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Eh. That's what he says. What he thinks inside his own head is privy only to him, not any of his inner circle or US intelligence. I have a feeling what he actually thinks is "If I can pull this off, I could be better than Catherine the Great. Maybe they could call me Putin the Amazing".
They usually go with first names with "the" titles. So he'd be going for Vlad the... (Or Volo I guess in actual Russian).
But I still think he's closer to Vlad the Impotent than Vlad the Impaler as far as getting remembered.