Putin’s Health and State of Mind are very Hard Targets
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva writes for The Cipher Brief that the current horrific invasion of Ukraine has raised questions as to Putin’s state of mind and associated health issues. While Putin has long been recognised as a ruthless, calculating, and masterful tactician, strategist, political leader, KGB-trained intelligence officer, and diplomat, his recent speeches, political actions, and decision-making calculus have raised questions both in the media and among current and former senior Western politicians – including those who have met with him – that ‘something is off’, or that Putin is ‘erratic’, ‘different’, or has ‘gone off the rails’.
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