dla:
putin is just a facade front man. country is ruled by a group of clans. it was designed like that by lenin, then after stalin’s death they returned this arrangement called collective lidrship

this is how they benefited:

-russia is exporting up to 8 or 9 million barrels of oil a day
-usa pulled out our troops from Saudi Arabia
-usa rating declined in the world drastically: in case of war against us i have doubts that even our european allies will be supporting us effectively
-inside usa we have this IRAQ debate shaking our political and social grounds almost like in time of Vietnam
-IRAN is not threatened by IRAQ anymore