Watching Putin operate I have come to realize we are getting to see how a Mafia Don gains and maintains power.
Putin learned from his shooting down the Malaysian Air Jet that you have to create the path of deniability in order to avoid blame for things you are obviously responsible for. He hasn't done that in the Ukraine so Russia is suffering from the sanctions that the West was able to agree to.
Now he has had a political opponent murdered, but by immediately calling for an investigation he has created a path of deniability unless someone (very unlikely as they would likely be murdered as well) can actually prove who the killer was and get them to talk, which would likely involve getting at least 2 or 3 other people to talk if you can even find them.
Russia deserves better than this, but as I have written before, Putin is modeling himself on Peter the Great and no doubt will use the power of government to stay in power until he dies of natural causes in 20 or 30 years, at which point I will likely be dead and won't see what happens next.
I don't understand why the neo-conservatives in the U.S. were saying we needed a President like Putin a year or so ago. They are probably hoping people forget what they said.
Farewell, Russia, home to 1/4 of my heritage.
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