Inside his country he is not. Putin has to answer to a lot of ex-KGB and to his people up to a point. Salman doesn't care, he can borrow that much and not blink

Inside his country he is not. Putin has to answer to a lot of ex-KGB and to his people up to a point. Salman doesn't care, he can borrow that much and not blink twice. USA doesn't have many options with SA. Oil will be needed maybe for another 20-30 years, plus Israel needs an ally over there.