>Also, we would be led to believe that putin spent all this time and effort getting his boy in and now is just going to give up on him within a month? From my

>Also, we would be led to believe that putin spent all this time and effort getting his boy in and now is just going to give up on him within a month? From my understanding of Russian strategy, they generally don't invest too deeply in any given potential regime. They invest lightly all across the political extremes in Western countries, and then see what crops up. If they like it, they invest more heavily.