Or we've been overestimating Putin for the past decade and his "crafty tough guy" persona was just successful marketing. My personal opinion on this changed whe

Or we've been overestimating Putin for the past decade and his "crafty tough guy" persona was just successful marketing. My personal opinion on this changed when I saw pictures of him sitting at the end of that long table[1] when talking to his advisors/generals. The fact that he's that scared of COVID shatters the tough guy persona. The fact that he was seemingly ok with these pictures going public shows that he has no sense of how silly and bad this looks. [1] https://nz.news.yahoo.com/photos-putin-keeps-his-distance-during-meetings-194633383.html https://nz.news.yahoo.com/photos-putin-keeps-his-distance-du...