> Any victory Putin has will be entirely phyrric His victory is pyrric from a western, democratic point of view. From his point of view, it's a win - Russia is

> Any victory Putin has will be entirely phyrric His victory is pyrric from a western, democratic point of view. From his point of view, it's a win - Russia is an authoritarian regime; the population (up to an extent) doesn't matter. People actually started to be jailed due to protesting already. I don't think it's realistic that an insurrection will happen, but it'd be interesting to read opinions from Russian people.