Probably because Putin knows he's a dictator, and he doesn't have to please anyone but his henchmen. The message is "Work for me, even if they arrest you I'll g

Probably because Putin knows he's a dictator, and he doesn't have to please anyone but his henchmen. The message is "Work for me, even if they arrest you I'll get you out and bring you home a hero.". Of course a "hero" in Putin's circle, not in the West or civilized Russians' eyes, but in Putin's view, who gives a shit about them, I'm beating them/I have them under oppressive control...