Other than being crazy enough to press a button, there is nothing that Putin can do militarily to fundamentally alter American interests.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Vladimir Putin is only going to respond to action, strength, and resolve. He's not going to respond to words.
Nothing more threatens Vladimir Putin than not being able to track his own citizens.
Putin needs strong moves to keep the country as one. There is some criticism that he is centralizing power, but in Russia, if you don't centralize power, you have the risk of losing the country.
Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
I think that Putin and his cronies are really a kleptocracy, that are really an imperialist power that want to expand.
Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.
Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland and religion.
Rebuilding the military is something Putin will pay attention to.
It's almost as if Putin is brilliant, really - he's outfoxing Obama all the time.
Putin is playing the long game. He has a strategic plan in mind: the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to Europe.
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