I was always thinking that if Putin listens to anyone at all, then that would be his “friends” from Russian elite, such as Deripaska or Fridman But I might be

I was always thinking that if Putin listens to anyone at all, then that would be his “friends” from Russian elite, such as Deripaska or Fridman But I might be terribly wrong, of course, and you are right. Mr. Madman might be out is his mind for a very long time, and he does not listen to anyone.