Putin is not giving off the same vibes of dark inspiration that he had in, say, Grozny. He comes across as foolishly distant, esp. compared to Zelensky: https:

Putin is not giving off the same vibes of dark inspiration that he had in, say, Grozny. He comes across as foolishly distant, esp. compared to Zelensky: https://nitter.pussthecat.org/kgorchinskaya/status/1497979262216900613 https://nitter.pussthecat.org/kgorchinskaya/status/149797926... There are signs that he is losing the confidence of Russia's elite: https://nitter.pussthecat.org/olliecarroll/status/1497944338457939973 https://nitter.pussthecat.org/olliecarroll/status/1497944338... In terms of being at risk of a coup, you have to look back to Kruschev to see a leader in Moscow more clearly in danger of losing his grip on power. The invocation of the nuclear threat can only have increased this danger.